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The Russian pharmaceutical manufacturer PFK "Renewal", operating under the Renewal brand, has commissioned a new production facility for the production of vital and essential medicines (VED) in the Novosibirsk region. The area of the complex exceeds 18.1 thousand square meters, and the design capacity reaches 100 million packages of finished products annually.
The company of the "NEOPOLIS" group will build a new production and warehouse building to meet the growing demand for flexible packaging for food and feed. The capacity launch is scheduled for April 2026.
The Korean manufacturer SMCG (Somang Glass) has announced a new line of packaging glass for the cosmetics industry: the share of post-consumer recyclables in the material reaches 60%, and compliance is confirmed by the international GRS certificate. The new product is designed for bottles and cans of skin care products, decorative cosmetics and perfumes.
"VERTEX" is completing the commissioning of a blister-cardboard line with double-sided aluminum packaging, unique for its capacities. The new machine will become the tenth blister line of the enterprise and will allow to produce about 260 thousand packages by the end of 2026.
A new production facility for food polymer packaging will be opened in the "Kashira" special economic zone in the Moscow region. The SEZ resident "Ushakov—Kashira" company will invest about 600 million rubles in the project and create 90 jobs. The launch of the enterprise is scheduled for 2028.
One of the key Russian manufacturers of food packaging, PJSC "Lambumiz", has reached the stage of approving the construction of a new aseptic packaging production. The first stage of the workshop with the capacity to meet the growing demand of dairy farmers will be launched in the summer of 2026.
"Arabia", a manufacturer of professional cosmetics from Moscow region, is completing the construction of a new production complex in Protvin. Investments in capacity expansion amounted to 700 million rubles, which will allow the company to increase production by 40%.
""""On Moscow Industry Day, Sergei Sobyanin opened a new production complex "Generium-Next" (GC "Farmstandart") at the Alabushevo site. The company will produce genetically engineered drugs for orphan and socially significant diseases for 8.5 billion rubles.
SIBUR and its partners have launched the industrial production of HAGL film with antifog effect, a universal domestic material for sealing plastic trays with ready-made food, at "BIAXPLEN" in Nizhny Novgorod. The tray and film are a monopolymeric solution that can be recycled without pre-sorting.
Kaluga-based polymer packaging manufacturer "Plant Protey" has launched a second production site in Zhukov: investments have exceeded 4 billion rubles, and the capacity of single—stage PET technology has increased by 80% to 800 million vials and cans annually.
""PSK Pharma" company has completed a major project to modernize the production site of capsules with powder for inhalation at its own enterprise in the "Dubna" special economic zone. Investments exceeded 1 billion rubles, which made it possible to double the capacity of the line — from 80 to 160 thousand capsules per hour — and purchase new analytical and tablet equipment.
JSC "Packaging" Packaging Systems, the largest Russian manufacturer of aseptic cardboard packaging (formerly the Russian "subsidiary" of Tetra Pak), intends to increase the capacity of the plant in Lobnya, Moscow region, by 50% — from 4 to 6 billion packages per year. The total investment in the project for 2024-2027 will amount to about 6 billion rubles, and the expansion is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2027.
The Russian full-service cosmetics company ESTILAB has invested about 200 million rubles in the relocation of the production site from Khimki to the Dubna science city. A new high-tech complex with an area of 6500 square meters. m will start operating at full capacity in November, increasing annual production for the ICON SKIN and DE_CODE brands from 3 to 5 million units.
PJSC "Biosynthesis", one of the largest pharmaceutical enterprises in the Penza region, is preparing to launch a reconstructed production site for tablet dosage forms. The volume of investments in the project is 350 million rubles, and the implementation will increase the production of drugs, including those included in the list of VED.
Glaspray, a manufacturer of cosmetic packaging, has introduced a patented innovation — a one-piece bottle with a dispenser made entirely of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) monomaterial. The new product is designed for reusable and waste-free recycling.
Pharmaceutical manufacturer "Nizhpharm" announced the launch of a new line of packaging and packaging of soft dosage forms. The volume of investments in the project amounted to 158 million rubles, the maximum speed of the equipment reaches 270 packages per minute, which will increase production by 50%.
High-tech production of aluminum cans for the beer and alcohol industry has been launched in the Voronezh special economic zone "Center". The "Alba Voronezh" plant was built in just 11 months with an investment of about 12 billion rubles and is already reaching a capacity of up to 4 thousand cans per minute. This is one of the key steps towards import substitution of packaging in the Russian food industry.
In Solnechnogorsk (Moscow region) A new production complex of the cosmetics company "Mixit" has been opened with a full production cycle: from formula development to packaging. Investments in the project amounted to 1.4 billion rubles, and the capacity allows to produce up to 14 million units of cosmetic products per month — twice as much as now.
By the end of 2024, the volume of the Russian cosmetics, perfumes and body care products market reached ₽1.11 trillion, showing an increase of +16.8%. At the same time, the production of domestic products increased by 16% to almost 464 thousand tons, and the number of local producers doubled in three years, exceeding 800 companies.
EXPOCENTRE JSC has announced the dates of the main industry event for the food and processing industry: the 31st International exhibition Agroprodmash-2026 will be held from September 28 to October 1, 2026 at the Moscow Crocus Expo IEC. The organizers promise a record scale — more than 930 companies from 21 countries and over 27,000 professional visitors.
Jiusu Technology Shanghai, a Chinese packaging manufacturer, announced that French premium cosmetics and skincare brand Galénic has selected Jiusu's precision packaging for its N°3 VB Serum.
Gerresheimer, a German company specializing in glass, specialty glass, and plastic packaging for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries, announced the commissioning of a new plant in Zhenjiang, China.
InterCHARM 2026 will be held October 14–17 at Crocus Expo: 1,700+ companies from 30+ countries, new products, trends, partners, and key beauty market solutions.
The PharmaTECH Kazakhstan exhibition, "Equipment, Raw Materials, and Technologies for the Pharmaceutical Industry," will take place from May 20 to 22, 2026, in Almaty.