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JW Aluminum to Invest Over $30 Million in Equipment Upgrades for Foil Production

Sep 20, 2018 03:17 PM

JW Aluminum, a leading domestic supplier of flat rolled aluminum, is investing $32.8 million to optimize equipment for foil production. The investment includes projects to enhance existing rolling mills, annealing equipment and slitters to improve...

Sonoco Reports Strong Second Quarter 2018 Results

Jul 19, 2018 10:39 AM

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today reported financial results for its second quarter, ending July 1, 2018. Second Quarter Highlights: Second-quarter 2018 GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.88...

Intertape Polymer Group Announces Agreement to Acquire Polyair Inter Pack

Jul 18, 2018 10:42 AM

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. (TSX:ITP) (“IPG”) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding equity value in Polyair Inter Pack Inc. (“Polyair”) for total cash consideration of approximately $146...

Accredo Packaging 200,000-Square-Foot Expansion is Underway in Sugar Land

Jul 18, 2018 10:40 AM

Accredo Packaging, a Sugar Land-based sustainable flexible packaging supplier, has started its third expansion on the 32-acre campus at 12682 Cardinal Meadow Drive, Sugar Land. The company is investing $50 million into constructing 200,000 square...

Sonoco Declares Regular Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

Jul 18, 2018 09:42 AM

The Board of Directors of Sonoco (NYSE:SON) today declared a $.41 per share quarterly common stock dividend. The dividend will be paid on September 10, 2018, to shareholders of record as of August 10, 2018. According to Rob Tiede, president and...

Germany's Melitta Buys Italian Cling Film Maker Cuki

Jul 17, 2018 10:44 AM

Pillarstone Italy, the debt manager set up by U.S. private equity firm KKR, said on Tuesday Germany’s Melitta Group Management had bought 100 percent of Italian cling film maker Cuki. Pillarstone Italy became Cuki’s main creditor after buying the...

Pregis Completes Acquisition of FP International

Jul 16, 2018 12:16 PM

Pregis LLC, a leading manufacturer of innovative protective packaging materials, equipment systems and surface protection, has completed its acquisition of Free-Flow Packaging International, Inc. (FP International), Fremont, California. “Pregis...

John Ferreira Joins ePac Flexible Packaging as VP

Jul 16, 2018 10:45 AM

ePac Flexible Packaging has hired John Ferreira as its vice president of sales and business development. “We are excited about John joining our team as our sales leader,” Virag Patel, chief operating officer, said in a news release. “John’s...

Fortis Solutions Group Acquires Lewis Label Products Corporation

Jul 12, 2018 12:17 PM

Fortis Solutions Group, a portfolio company of Main Post Partners, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Lewis Label Products Corporation. Lewis Label, located in Fort Worth, Texas, is a custom manufacturer of pressure sensitive labels, shrink...

PPC Flexible Packaging Announces Completion of First Phase of Cleanroom Packaging Expansion Plan

Jul 11, 2018 12:18 PM

Today PPC Flexible Packaging announced it has completed the first phase of a greater than $2 million facilities and equipment investment aimed at expanding and further upgrading production capacities for its Precision CleanTM cleanroom packaging...

Sealed Air Receives 2018 World Dairy Innovation Award

Jul 10, 2018 12:21 PM

Cryovac® Darfresh® on Board, a vacuum skin packaging system, has received a 2018 World Dairy Innovation Award in the Best Manufacturing & Innovation Process category. The program celebrates excellence and innovation achieved by leading-edge...

NB Renaissance Partners Acquires Uteco Group

Jul 10, 2018 12:20 PM

NB Renaissance Partners has signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of a majority stake in Uteco, a leading manufacturer of printing machines for the flexible packaging industrγ. Uteco Group’s top management team and current majority...

Liqui-Box Upper Sandusky Facility Awarded FDA/IMS Certification

Jul 10, 2018 12:19 PM

Here at Liqui-Box, quality and safety are at the heart of everything we do. That’s why receiving the CERTIFICATE OF FDA/IMS COMPLIANCE at our injection molding plant in Upper Sandusky, OH for more than 30 years in a row is more than just a...

Dow Receives Top Rating on 2018 Disability Equality Index

Jul 09, 2018 03:47 PM

The Dow Chemical Company has received the highest possible score on the 2018 Disability Equality Index® (DEI) for the second year in a row. The DEI survey, which is administered jointly by the US Business Leadership Network® (USBLN®) and the...

LPS Industries Names Paul Harencak as VP Business Development and Technical Services

Jul 09, 2018 02:29 PM

LPS Industries is pleased to announce Mr. Paul Harencak has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development and Technical Services. He will report directly to Madeleine Robinson, CEO, and in this role, Paul will identify and pursue...

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NOVA Chemicals Welcomes Greg DeKunder as New Polyethylene Marketing Vice President

Jul 09, 2018 10:47 AM

NOVA Chemicals Corporation (“NOVA Chemicals”), a leading supplier of polyethylene in the Americas, is pleased to announce that Greg DeKunder has joined the polyethylene business as its new vice president of marketing, effective today. DeKunder...

Robert Mart Invests 3 Million in New Machinery in the Wake of a Stellar Year

Jul 06, 2018 03:48 PM

The Leeds-based Roberts Mart and Co, one of the UK’s leading independent manufacturers and suppliers of flexible packaging, has invested £3 million in brand-new state-of-the-art machinery. The investment comes in the wake of a tremendously...

W&H Forms Joint Venture with Packing Machinery Maker Haver & Boecker

Jul 05, 2018 03:52 PM

Windmöller & Hölscher KG has formed a joint venture with German packing machinery maker Haver & Boecker OHG. The new joint company, Aventus GmbH & Co. KG, was formed June 11 as a 50-50 partnership and will specialize in filling technology for...

Amcor Names Aluisio Ragazzi Fonseca as Vice President, Flexibles, South America

Jul 05, 2018 03:50 PM

Amcor, the world’s largest supplier of flexible packaging, has named Aluisio Ragazzi Fonseca Vice President and General Manager of its South America Flexibles business unit, effective July 2. “We’re pleased to welcome Aluisio to Amcor at an...

Pro-Pac Buys Perfection in $58m Spree

Jul 04, 2018 03:53 PM

Pro-Pac Packaging is acquiring Melbourne based Perfection Packaging and Polypak in Auckland for a combined total of $58m, with the company saying it is adhering to its strategy of high growth in the flexibles market. The company is buying 40...

Gietz USA LLC Formed

Jul 03, 2018 03:54 PM

Gietz AG, the family-owned Swiss leader in flatbed hot foil stamping and embossing machines, is going to cooperate with Gietz USA LLC to increase its direct representation to existing and new customers in the USA and Canada. Gietz USA is an...

American Packagings New Plant in US Becomes Operational

Jul 02, 2018 03:55 PM

Flexible packaging solutions manufacturer American Packaging (APC) has commenced operations at its new 215,000ft² facility in the town of Chili, Monroe County, US. Under the first phase of an expansion plan, the company made an investment of...

Prakash Industries: Commences Trial Production of Flexible Packaging

Jun 29, 2018 03:58 PM

Prakash Industries Ltd has announced the completion of its Flexible Packaging Project at Kashipur (Uttarakhand). The trial productions have already started and commercial production is likely to commence from next week onwards. The flexible...

Bosch Plans to Sell $1.5 Billion Packaging Machines Division

Jun 29, 2018 03:56 PM

German engineering group Robert Bosch GmbH plans to sell its packaging technology division that generated 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in sales last year to focus on its core business. The main pharmaceutical and food-packaging operations have...

Automated Packaging Systems Receives Presidential Award for Export Business

Jun 26, 2018 04:02 PM

Automated Packaging Systems, the world leader in high-reliability bagging systems, received the President’s “E” Award for Exports from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on May 21. The President’s “E” Award...

American Packaging & Plant Equipment Rebrands itself to Unified Flex Packaging Technologies, to Offer Flexible Packaging Materials

Jun 26, 2018 04:00 PM

American Packaging & Plant Equipment (verticalformfill.com) has announced that it is changing its brand name to Unified Flex Packaging Technologies. The new brand identity does not entail any change to the corporate identity of the company itself...

DowDuPont Declares Quarterly Dividend of 38 Cents per Share Payable September 14, 2018

Jun 25, 2018 04:05 PM

DowDuPont™ (NYSE: DWDP) has declared a dividend of 38 cents per share, payable September 14, 2018, to shareholders of record on August 31, 2018. This marks the fourth cash dividend issued by DowDuPont. Prior to merger close, Dow and DuPont had...

Shorr Packaging Meets Growing Demands in Los Angeles Area

Jun 25, 2018 04:04 PM

Shorr Packaging Corp. (“Shorr”) will expand to a new location on June 25th, to accommodate growing demands within the surrounding Los Angeles area, serving the needs of customers within the Inland Empire, Los Angeles County, Orange County and San...

ePac Flexible Packaging Expands Wisconsin Facility

Jun 25, 2018 11:34 AM

ePac Flexible Packaging, an industry leader in fast time-to-market, high quality, short and medium run length orders, has announced that it is adding digital printing capacity to its Madison, Wisconsin-based facility to keep pace with growing...

Old Dow, New Dow to Have a Lot in Common

Jun 22, 2018 04:08 PM

The new Dow Chemical will look familiar to customers when the name returns early next year. DowDuPont Inc. — formed in September from the merger of industry icons Dow and DuPont Co. — is creating three separate publicly held spinoffs, including a...

LL Flex Restructures Executive Management Team, Renews Focus on Core Markets and Relocates Corporate Functions to Existing Louisville Manufacturing Plant

Jun 22, 2018 11:36 AM

LL Flex – a global leader in high-performance, paper, film and metals-based laminates for packaging and industrial solutions, will realign its executive management team and focus its assets in core markets following Centre Lane Partners’ (CLP)...

Kirwan Planning Disruptive Flexible Move

Jun 22, 2018 11:35 AM

Kirwan Print Group is planning on a major strategic move, with the launch of a flexible packaging business set for the end of the year, which owner Roger Kirwan says will disrupt the market. The new business will be branded under the Creatabull...

Mondi Acquires Egypt's Industrial Bags Producer NPP for $27m

Jun 22, 2018 11:30 AM

International packaging and paper firm Mondi Group has completed acquisition on 100% stake in Egypt-based National Company for Paper Products and Import & Export (NPP) for around €24m ($27.7m). The closing of the deal on a debt and cash free-basis...

Paxiom Opens New Milwaukee Xperience Center

Jun 21, 2018 04:12 PM

Paxiom Group, the global sales and service division for industry leading manufacturers: WeighPack Systems, Eagle Packaging Machinery, SleekWrapper and CombiScale, has opened its fifth new Xperience Center at 16850 West Victor Road, New Berlin, WI...

LyondellBasell Bets on New Technology, Better Plastics

Jun 21, 2018 04:10 PM

LyondellBasell is betting millions of dollars that new technology will give it an edge in the burgeoning market for polyethylene, the ubiquitous plastic that has fueled a construction and export boom along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The Houston...

Judge Awards Dow Chemical US$1.06B in Damages Against Nova Chemicals

Jun 21, 2018 04:09 PM

A judge has awarded Dow Chemical Canada US$1.06 billion in damages against Nova Chemicals Corporation in a dispute over a massive ethylene plant in central Alberta. The dispute centred around the operation of a production facility in Joffre known...

Pregis Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Purchase FP International

Jun 19, 2018 04:13 PM

Pregis LLC, a leading manufacturer of innovative protective packaging materials, equipment systems and surface protection, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Free-Flow Packaging International, Inc. (FP International)...

Tekni-Plex Acquires Oracle Packaging's Healthcare, Performance Lidstock, Induction Seal and Specialty Lamination Businesses

Jun 19, 2018 09:54 AM

Tekni-Plex, Inc. has acquired the healthcare packaging, performance lidstock, induction seal and specialty lamination businesses of Oracle Packaging, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Oracle Packaging is a portfolio company of Centre Lane Partners...

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Nova Advancing PE Resin Projects in Canada, Texas

Jun 19, 2018 09:49 AM

In world history, the Renaissance advanced art, science, music and critical thought and lasted for about 300 years, from the 14th to 17th centuries. North America's petrochemicals renaissance hasn't lasted nearly as long, but that's just fine with...

LyondellBasell and Odebrecht S.A. Enter Into Exclusive Discussions Concerning Braskem

Jun 15, 2018 09:45 AM

LyondellBasell, (NYSE: LYB), one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, and Odebrecht S.A., the controlling shareholder of Braskem (NYSE: BAK, B3: BRKM5, BRKM3), a leading plastic producer in the Americas, in a...

A. Schulman Shareholders Approve LyondellBasell Deal

Jun 15, 2018 09:44 AM

Shareholders in materials firm A. Schulman Inc. have approved a deal under which LyondellBasell Industries will acquire Schulman for $2.25 billion. The vote was June 14. The transaction still needs regulatory approvals in the European Union...

Comexi Expands Its Presence in the Russian and CIS Markets with a New Office in Moscow

Jun 14, 2018 09:46 AM

Comexi, global supplier of solutions for the flexible packaging printing and converting industry, opens a new office in Moscow, Russia, to enhance the support provided to customers in this region and in all CIS countries. The formal announcement...

Forbes Names Bemis One of Americas Best Large Employers

Jun 13, 2018 04:14 PM

Forbes recently named Bemis Company, Inc. one of its 2018 Best Large Employers in America, ranking it among the top 20 engineering and manufacturing companies. Bemis President and CEO Bill Austen credits the company’s employees for the award...

HQ Equita Acquires the Leading Packaging Machine Manufacturers FAWEMA and HDG (Steindl Group) and Establishes The Packaging Group

Jun 13, 2018 09:48 AM

HQ Equita has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in the Steindl Group, which consists of the leading packaging machine manufacturers FAWEMA GmbH (“FAWEMA”) and HDG Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH (“HDG”). These companies together will now...

JW Aluminum Announces Expansion at its South Carolina Manufacturing Facility

Jun 11, 2018 09:25 AM

JW Aluminum has started the expansion of its Mount Holly flat rolled aluminum plant in Goose Creek, South Carolina. This project will greatly enhance JW Aluminum’s capabilities to serve its primary end markets. Construction is underway and is...

A Federal Standard: Solving the State-by-State Patchwork of Product Labeling Laws

Jun 08, 2018 11:39 AM

Consumers should be provided with the most clear, accurate, and meaningful information possible when buying goods and products in the marketplace. States and cities, however, have been undermining this principle by proposing regulations that...

Transcontinental Inc. Announces Its Financial Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2018

Jun 07, 2018 09:28 AM

Transcontinental Inc. (TSX:TCL.A) (TSX:TCL.B) announces its results for the second quarter of fiscal 2018, which ended April 29, 2018. "Our good performance in the second quarter demonstrates that our strategic decisions in our three business...

Sigma Plastics Buys California-Based Poly Pak America

Jun 06, 2018 09:29 AM

There are certainties in life: birth, death and Sigma Plastics Group continuing to grow. The Lyndhurst, N.J.-based company is at it again, this time acquiring Poly Pak America Inc. of Los Angeles. Poly Pak extrudes, prints and converts heavy...

Fundamentals of Plastics Packaging Online Training Courses Offered Through SPE and IoPP Partnership

Jun 05, 2018 02:17 PM

SPE has licensed 19 modules—roughly half—of the Institute of Packaging Professionals’ (IoPP’s) Fundamentals of Packaging Technology online course. The three-year license provides online training to plastics professionals through a private...

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Packaging Online Training Courses Offered Through SPE and IoPP Partnershipgh SPE and IoPP Partnership

Jun 05, 2018 09:32 AM

SPE has licensed 19 modules—roughly half—of the Institute of Packaging Professionals’ (IoPP’s) Fundamentals of Packaging Technology online course. The three-year license provides online training to plastics professionals through a private...

Canon Enters Digital Label Printing Market

Jun 05, 2018 09:31 AM

Canon has entered the digital label printing market with the launch of the Océ LabelStream 4000. Océ LabelStream 4000 is a roll-to-roll industrial-scale UV inkjet press, offering CMYK+W printing and available in a number of configurations to suit...

S-OneLP Is Now in Canada

Jun 04, 2018 09:38 AM

S-One Labels & Packaging is excited to announce that it has expanded operations into Canada. Effective immediately, all orders that were processed through LexJet will now be handled by S-OneLP, which will have inventory and shipping out of...

Huhtamaki has Completed the Acquisition of Ajanta Packaging

Jun 04, 2018 09:37 AM

Huhtamaki has completed the acquisition of Ajanta Packaging's business in India. Ajanta Packaging is a manufacturer of pressure sensitive labels in India. The annual net sales of the acquired business are approximately EUR 10 million and it...

DuPont Safety & Construction Invests Over $400 Million to Increase Tyvek Capacity

Jun 04, 2018 09:35 AM

DuPont Safety & Construction, a business unit of DowDuPont Specialty Products Division, today announced plans to invest more than $400 million to expand capacity for the manufacture of Tyvek® nonwoven materials at its facility in Luxembourg...

Davis-Standard Acquires Brampton Engineering

Jun 02, 2018 03:15 PM

Davis-Standard, LLC announced today that it has acquired Brampton Engineering of Brampton, Ontario. Brampton Engineering, LLC (www.be-ca.com) is the leading provider of multi-layer AeroFrost® air blown and AquaFrost® water quenched film systems...

Insurance Company Asking for Declaratory Judgment in Dog Food Bag Design Theft Case

Jun 02, 2018 09:39 AM

A federal judge will have to decide if an insurance company has a duty to pay the legal defense costs for a host of defendants accused of stealing the design for a puncture-proof bag. The May 24 complaint for declaratory judgment was filed on...

Web Industries Expands Capabilities with $8 million Investment

Jun 01, 2018 03:16 PM

Web Industries has announced the completion of an over US$ 8 million investment that puts 8-color flexographic printing, 60-inch OD web spooling and precision slitting of flexible materials in a single facility. According to the company, the...

Mondi Group Completes Acquisition of Powerflute

Jun 01, 2018 09:40 AM

Further to the announcement made on 22 December 2017, Mondi confirms that all conditions have been satisfied and it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding shares in Powerflute Group Holdings Oy (“Powerflute”), a division of...

New Tech Centre for Oranmore

May 31, 2018 09:41 AM

A leading provider of sterile barrier flexible packaging for the global healthcare industry has announced the opening of its first Technology Centre in Galway, at Westlink Commercial Park, Oranmore. The choice of location for Oliver Healthcare...

Pregis Invests $6 million in Second W&H Blown Film Line in Grand Rapids, MI

May 30, 2018 03:21 PM

Pregis LLC is announcing an additional investment of approximately $6 million in its Pregis Films facility located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This latest investment is for a second multilayer Windmoeller & Hoelscher (W&H) blown film line to...

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Uflex Top Line for FY 2017-18 Up by 9% Year-on-Year

May 29, 2018 03:29 PM

Uflex Limited has declared the earnings for the fiscal quarter ending 31 March 2018. The consolidated total revenue for Q4 FY 2017-18 stood at Rs1,815.6 crore as compared to Rs1,625.7 crore in the last quarter of the previous fiscal period...

TPG Growth Joins First Atlantic Capital as a Significant Investor in Resource Label Group

May 29, 2018 03:28 PM

First Atlantic Capital, Ltd. (“First Atlantic”), a New York-based private investment firm specializing in acquiring and growing mid-size companies, today announced that TPG Growth, the global middle market and growth equity platform of alternative...

Sonoco to Acquire Conitex Sonoco Joint Venture

May 29, 2018 03:27 PM

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining 70 percent interest in the joint venture of Conitex Sonoco for approximately $133...

IMS Technologies and Laem System Form Strategic Alliance

May 29, 2018 03:25 PM

IMS Technologies and Laem System have entered into a strategic alliance that will see Goebel IMS’ product portfolio enhanced. IMS Technologies focuses on the design and manufacturing of slitting and winding machines, which are marketed under the...

Established Dayton Printer Selling Off Equipment, Facility to be Leased

May 29, 2018 03:24 PM

The future of one of the region's largest printing companies appears to be in doubt. A large auction will be held to sell off assets of the Hooven-Dayton Corp. and find a potential new operator of the facility. The Branford Group, based in...

2018 Salary Survey: Packaging Compensation Reflects Market Complexities

May 24, 2018 09:42 AM

Could 2018 be the year of the raise for packaging professionals? You can bet that would be more than welcome news for 2018 Salary Survey respondents who reported a meager 0.1% average salary increase last year. Combine those flat incomes with a...

Geostick Group, European Leader in Self-Adhesive Labelling, Acquires New Nilpeter FA

May 23, 2018 03:31 PM

Geostick Group, one of the biggest label printers in Europe, and the leader in the field of self-adhesive labels, has acquired a new Nilpeter FA to future-proof production and add capabilities in flexible packaging, special tags, and self-adhesive...

Dow Opens New Sales Center in Toronto to Advance Innovation and Customer Growth in Eastern Canada

May 23, 2018 03:30 PM

The Dow Chemical Company, the world leader in materials science innovation and manufacturing, will officially open its new Eastern Canada Regional Sales Center in Toronto on Thursday, May 24. Dow will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony alongside key...

LyondellBasell Receives Chinese Antitrust Clearance for Acquisition of A. Schulman

May 22, 2018 03:32 PM

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, today announced that it has received unconditional clearance from the Chinese State Administration of Market Regulation ("SAMR") for its...

NAM Monday Economic Report, May 14, 2018

May 14, 2018 10:26 AM

There were continuing signs of strength in the labor market last week, with job openings for nonfarm payroll businesses rising to a new all-time high, up to 6,550,000 in March. Hiring has been the top challenge for the past two quarters in the...

It's in the Bag: Salem Lakes Business Sees Expansion After Relocating

May 13, 2018 10:27 AM

Before relocating from Lake Villa, ll., Vonco Products, a maker of flexible, specialty shaped plastic packaging for food, breast milk and hazardous medical and industrial materials, was literally bursting at the seams. After launching an image...

Intertape Polymer Group Reports 2018 First Quarter Results

May 10, 2018 10:28 AM

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. (TSX:ITP) (the "Company") today released results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2018. All amounts in this press release are denominated in US dollars unless otherwise indicated and all percentages are...

NAM Global Manufacturing Economic Report, May 2018

May 10, 2018 09:29 AM

The global economy continues to show signs of strength, even as much of the recent data reflect some slowing in many markets, helping to boost international demand. In updated figures on TradeStats Express, U.S.- manufactured goods exports have...

New Chief Executive Officer of Bischof + Klein

May 09, 2018 10:31 AM

As part of the generation change within the Bischof + Klein executive board, Dr. Tobias Lührig joined the Lengerich-based packaging and film specialist's management as its chief executive officer on 1st May 2018. A holder of a doctorate in...

Klockner Pentaplast Announces Major Pharma Capacity Expansion in Cotia to Support Growing Markets

May 08, 2018 10:32 AM

Klöckner Pentaplast’s Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Films Division (kp Pharma) announces a 5 million Euro investment in their Cotia, Brazil facility. kp will expand capacity at its Brazilian location to enable new products to be manufactured in...

NAM Monday Economic Report, May 7, 2018

May 07, 2018 12:25 PM

Manufacturers added 24,000 workers in April, the seventh consecutive month with robust hiring growth in the sector, averaging 26,571 per month over that time frame. As such, the latest jobs numbers confirm that the labor market has tightened...

Kansas City Firm Alleges Mid-Missouri Companies Stole Trade Secrets

May 06, 2018 12:26 PM

Two Mid-Missouri companies are fending off a lawsuit from a Kansas City business that alleges the companies stole trade secrets. Kansas City-based Gateway Packaging sued the parent company of Meta-based Diamond Pet Foods and Jefferson City-based...

Novolex to Acquire The Waddington Group From Newell Brands

May 04, 2018 12:29 PM

Novolex, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group and an industry leader in packaging choice and sustainability, today announced it will acquire The Waddington Group from Newell Brands, Inc. The transaction is expected to close in approximately 60...

Mondi Poised to Close Scunthorpe Site

May 04, 2018 12:28 PM

The international packaging and paper group, headquartered in Vienna, has initiated a 45-day consultation over the proposed closure of the Scunthorpe plant, which produces food and non-food flexo packaging. The site, on the Foxhill Industrial...

B&G Products Becomes Part of Sirane Group

May 04, 2018 12:27 PM

SIRANE has acquired flexible packaging manufacturer B&G Products in a move which expands Sirane’s product range and allows for expansion at B&G. B&G Products – a UK-based manufacturer of bags and pouches – has become part of the Sirane Group, with...

Liqui-Box Names Andrew McLeland As Chief Operating Officer

May 03, 2018 12:36 PM

Liqui-Box, a world leader in flexible liquid packaging solutions is pleased to announce that Andrew McLeland has been appointed Chief Operating Officer at Liqui-Box. Andrew brings over 25 years of domestic and global experience, holding key...

Koenig & Bauer: First Quarter of 2018 in Line with Expectations

May 03, 2018 12:35 PM

After fully achieving and even exceeding its guidance last year thanks to strong revenue and earnings performance in the fourth quarter, the Koenig & Bauer group remains on track to meet its targets for 2018, underpinned by a high order backlog...

Berry Sees Bonus Savings from Clopay

May 03, 2018 12:33 PM

Berry Global Group Inc. expects to save much more money from its acquisition of Clopay Plastic Products Co. Inc. than the company previously believed. The Evansville, Ind.-based company is out with an updated estimate of cost savings associated...

Berry Global Group, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2018 Results and Confirms Fiscal Year Adjusted Free Cash Flow Guidance

May 03, 2018 12:32 PM

Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE:BERY) today reported results for its second fiscal 2018 quarter, referred to in the following as the March 2018 quarter. Commenting on the quarter, Tom Salmon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Berry stated...

Bemis Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend, May 2018

May 03, 2018 12:31 PM

The Board of Directors of Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE: BMS) has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 31 cents per share. The dividend is payable June 1, 2018, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 17, 2018. Bemis has paid..

Sun Chemical to Celebrate 200th Anniversary

May 03, 2018 10:35 AM

Throughout the remainder of 2018, Sun Chemical will celebrate its 200th anniversary. “Beginning with the inspiring legacy of Lorilleux and Samuel Morris in the early 1800’s, Sun Chemical has delivered 200 years of color expertise, innovative...

BOBST to Inaugurate New Production Site and Competence Center in Changzhou, China, with Grand Open House Event

May 02, 2018 12:38 PM

BOBST has announced the official opening on 16 May 2018 of Bobst Changzhou Co. Ltd, BOBST’s second production facility in China. Titled “China 4.0 – Beyond your packaging future” the formal inauguration will be followed by two days of Open House...

Bemis Moves into Eastern Europe with Romania Acquisition

May 02, 2018 12:37 PM

Global plastics packaging group Bemis Co. Inc. recently expanded its European footprint with the acquisition of two flexible packaging operations in Romania from Belgium’s Groupe Evadix. Bemis Europe confirmed the purchase of polyethylene film...

Sealed Air Receives WorldStar & PIDA Awards in 5 Countries

May 02, 2018 10:37 AM

The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) has recognized Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) across five countries for its innovative solutions in the packaging and food categories. Organized by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO), the WorldStar Competition...

Crawford Packaging Acquires Celplast Packaging Systems Ltd.

May 02, 2018 10:33 AM

We are excited to announce the acquisition of Celplast Packaging Systems Ltd and BVM USA. Celplast is a leading provider of shrink films, food trays and lids, lidding films and heat sealable films. The Company also has a deep line of packaging...

Tredegar Reports First-Quarter 2018 Results

May 01, 2018 01:05 PM

Tredegar Corporation (NYSE:TG, also the “Company” or “Tredegar”) today reported first-quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, 2018. First quarter 2018 net income was $18.2 million ($0.55 per share) compared with net income of...

Transcontinental Inc. Completes the Transformational Acquisition of Coveris Americas and Becomes a North American Leader in Flexible Packaging

May 01, 2018 12:50 PM

Transcontinental Inc. (TSX: TCL.A TCL.B) ("TC Transcontinental" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has completed the previously announced acquisition (the "Acquisition") of the business of Coveris Americas, a business previously...

Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. Launches Energy Saving Assistance Program for Plastic Manufacturers

May 01, 2018 12:49 PM

Ship & Shore Environmental Inc., a leading U.S. pollution abatement firm, announced today that is has launched a limited time Energy Efficiency Program for plastic manufacturers. This program includes complimentary Ship & Shore engineering...

SABIC and ExxonMobil Advance Gulf Coast Project with Creation of a New Joint Venture

May 01, 2018 12:42 PM

SABIC and ExxonMobil said today that they have created a new joint venture to advance development of the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project, a 1.8 million tonne ethane cracker currently planned for construction in San Patricio County, Texas...

ProAmpac Acquires Gateway Packaging Company

May 01, 2018 12:40 PM

ProAmpac, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing flexible packaging companies, today announced the acquisition of Gateway Packaging Company (Gateway), a flexible packaging and technical products company headquartered in White House...

Incoming BASF Boss Rules out DowDuPont-Style Break-up

May 01, 2018 12:39 PM

The incoming boss of BASF (BASFn.DE) has thrown his weight behind the chemical titan's contentious strategy of keeping divergent businesses folded into one company, at a time when its major rivals such as DowDuPont are breaking themselves up...

Constantia Flexibles to Double Sales in India in Five Years

Apr 30, 2018 04:34 PM

Constantia Flexibles, the world’s fourth largest flexible packaging group, is aiming to double its sales in India within the next five years. This is the result of its recent acquisition of a majority stake in Creative Polypack and its group...

Announcement from Coveris Holdings S.A. Regarding the Sale of its Global Rigid Business

Apr 30, 2018 04:33 PM

Coveris Holdings S.A. (“Coveris” or “the Company”), a premier global packaging manufacturer, today announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with Funds advised by Lindsay Goldberg LLC to sell its Global Rigid Business (“Global...

NAM Monday Economic Report, April 30, 2018

Apr 30, 2018 04:32 PM

The U.S. economy grew by an annualized 2.3 percent in the first quarter, according to preliminary data. This was slightly better than the consensus estimate of around 2 percent, even as real GDP eased from 2.9 percent growth in the fourth quarter...

Packaging Group Mondi to Buy Egypt-based Industrial Bags Maker

Apr 30, 2018 01:08 PM

Mondi has agreed to buy a privately-owned industrial bags maker operating in Egypt for 23.7 million euros ($28.75 million) to expand deeper into the Middle East, the South African packaging group said on Monday. Mondi, which is also listed in...

Huhtamaki Acquires the Majority of an Australian Foodservice Packaging Distributor

Apr 30, 2018 01:07 PM

Huhtamaki has acquired the majority of Tailored Packaging, an Australian foodservice packaging distribution and wholesale group. With the acquisition Huhtamaki gains access to a national network of distribution centers across Australia, allowing...

TC Media Sells Its 30 Publications in the Montreal and Quebec City Area

Apr 27, 2018 04:36 PM

Transcontinental Inc.’s (TSX: TCL.A TCL.B TCL.R) Media Sector, TC Media, announced today the sale of 30 publications, including 21 weeklies in the Montréal area, the Métro Montréal weekday newspaper, as well as 8 publications in the Québec City...

Constantia Flexibles Completes Acquisition of India's Creative Polypack

Apr 27, 2018 04:35 PM

Constantia Flexibles Group is now the third largest flexible packaging company in India after successfully completing its acquisition of a majority shareholding in India’s Creative Polypack Limited after all conditions were fulfilled...

LPS Industries Achieves Most Current ISO Quality Management Certification

Apr 27, 2018 10:42 AM

LPS Industries is pleased to announce being awarded the ISO 9001:2015 quality certification. This is the latest step in our long history of being an ISO certified company, beginning in 2003. ISO 9001:2015 represents a significant evolution of...

Shorr Packaging Announces a Larger Warehouse Operation for Nashville Area

Apr 26, 2018 04:39 PM

Shorr Packaging Corp. ("Shorr"), a national and independent packaging supplier, announced the expansion and new location of their distribution and warehouse facility in Nashville, TN ("La Vergne, TN"). "Shorr needed a larger facility to support...

Bemis Company Reports First Quarter Results and Maintains Full Year 2018 Guidance

Apr 26, 2018 04:38 PM

Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2018. Refer to the reconciliation of Non-GAAP measures detailed in the attached schedule, including adjusted earnings per share, adjusted EBITDA...

Huhtamaki Oyj's Interim Report January 1 - March 31, 2018: Solid Comparable Growth, Negative Currency Impact

Apr 25, 2018 04:43 PM

We achieved a solid 5% comparable net sales growth in the first quarter. In emerging markets our comparable net sales grew by 8% with Eastern Europe and India growing strongest. The North America segment started to benefit from the Goodyear plant...

DowDuPont Declares Quarterly Dividend of 38 Cents per Share

Apr 25, 2018 04:40 PM

DowDuPont™ (NYSE: DWDP) has declared a dividend of 38 cents per share, payable June 15, 2018, to shareholders of record on May 31, 2018. This marks the third cash dividend issued by DowDuPont. Prior to merger close, Dow and DuPont had paid...

Printpack to Reinvest in its Prescott Valley Plant

Apr 24, 2018 04:52 PM

Printpack’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jimmy Love, announced the company is making a major investment in the company’s Prescott Valley, AZ, manufacturing plant. His announcement came during a recent visit to the plant. Printpack built...

ISOFlex Packaging Expands in Washington, Creating More Jobs

Apr 24, 2018 04:50 PM

ISOFlex packaging, a full-service company providing flexible packaging solutions, is expanding. The company is going to add a third production line as well as more jobs to the market. A ribbon-cutting took place on Tuesday. The Daviess County...

Takigawa Breaks Ground on Flexible Packaging and Films Plant in Kentucky, US

Apr 23, 2018 11:44 AM

Japan-based packaging manufacturer Takigawa has broken ground on its $46m flexible packaging and high-performance films plant in Nelson County, Kentucky, in the US. The new 148,000ft² facility, which is expected to create 180 jobs, will be built...

NAM Monday Economic Report, April 23, 2018

Apr 23, 2018 11:43 AM

Real GDP grew 2.9 percent at the annual rate in the fourth quarter, boosted by strength in consumer and business spending but weighed down by inventory spending and net exports. According to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis...

Sonoco Reports Strong First Quarter 2018 Results

Apr 19, 2018 11:45 AM

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today reported financial results for its first quarter, ending April 1, 2018. First Quarter Highlights: First-quarter 2018 GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.73...

Harper Corporation of America Receives New ISO 9001:2015 Certification

Apr 17, 2018 11:46 AM

Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America has announced that it has achieved certification to ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, reflecting the organization’s long-term commitment to quality, transparency, and customer...

NAM Monday Economic Report, April 16, 2018

Apr 16, 2018 11:55 AM

In the latest Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey, 93.5 percent of respondents feel positive about their own company’s outlook, the second-highest reading in the survey’s 20-year history following the all-time high of 94.6 percent in December. Optimism...

Sonoco Completes Acquisition of Highland Packaging Solutions

Apr 12, 2018 11:57 AM

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Highland Packaging Solutions, a Plant City, Fla.-based, leading manufacturer of thermoformed packaging for fresh...

NAM Global Manufacturing Economic Update, April 2018

Apr 12, 2018 11:56 AM

The global economy remains robust, even as many of the data points showed signs of softening in March. For its part, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said that worldwide real GDP growth should rise from 3.7 percent...

Filmquest Group Appoints Vik Reddy as Vice President

Apr 11, 2018 11:47 AM

Filmquest Group has announced the appointment of Vik Reddy as its vice president. Reddy, former vice president of global operations at GBC Film Products, which was acquired by Cosmo Films, joins the Filmquest Group offering decades of successful...

AJ Adhesives and Mid-America Packaging Acquire Wes Adhesives - Now Serving the Entire Texas Territory

Apr 10, 2018 04:53 PM

AJ Adhesives and Mid-America Packaging (MAP) are pleased to announce the acquisition of Wes Adhesives, Inc. Wes Adhesives is a full line adhesive and adhesive application equipment distributor founded in 1981. For 37 years, Wes Adhesives and the...

Oliver Healthcare Packaging Expands Global Footprint to Strengthen Local Customer Support and Service in Asia Market

Apr 10, 2018 12:09 PM

OliverTM Healthcare Packaging, a leading provider of sterile barrier flexible packaging for the global healthcare industry, today announced the opening of a new 68,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Suzhou, P.R. China. In this facility, all...

ProAmpac Completes Acquisition of Pactech Packaging

Apr 09, 2018 12:01 PM

ProAmpac, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing flexible packaging manufacturers, today announced the acquisition of Pactech Packaging (Pactech), a Rochester, New York-based manufacturer specializing in pouch converting. Pactech’s...

Klockner Pentaplast Announces Pharma Capacity Expansion in China

Apr 09, 2018 12:00 PM

Klöckner Pentaplast’s Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Films Division (kp Pharma) announces the investment previously made in their Suzhou China facility is now fully operational. kp expands its converting capabilities for pharmaceutical business...

DowDuPont to Invest $100 Million to Expand Manufacturing Capacity at Sabine River Works

Apr 09, 2018 11:59 AM

DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP) announced today a plan to make a series of investments totaling approximately $100 million over the next two years to expand manufacturing capacity and to modernize facilities at the Sabine River Works (SRW) plant in Orange...

AIMCAL Members Elect Officers And Directors For 2018-19

Apr 09, 2018 11:48 AM

The Assn. of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) elected officers and directors at its Annual Meeting (March 23 at the DoubleTree South Park Hotel in Charlotte, NC). Acting Vice President Milan Moscaritolo of Toray Plastics...

Stefano Squarcina Named New Sales and Marketing Director at KBA-Flexotecnica

Apr 09, 2018 10:34 AM

Stefano Squarcina, who has worked with considerable success in various segments of the packaging market over the past years, has been appointed sales and marketing director at KBA-Flexotecnica. With this latest expansion of its sales capacities...

NAM Monday Economic Report, April 9, 2018

Apr 09, 2018 10:33 AM

The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported that manufacturing activity continued to expand solidly in March, even as it pulled back from the best reading since May 2004 in February. The ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index...

Schur Flexibles Group Welcomes New CEO

Apr 06, 2018 10:35 AM

Thorsten Kühn has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of the Schur Flexibles Group, a company based in Wiener Neudorf/Austria specialising in packaging solutions for the food, tobacco and pharmaceutical industries. The 45-year old...

Twin Rivers to Acquire Pine Bluff, Arkansas Paper Mill from Mondi

Apr 05, 2018 10:38 AM

Twin Rivers Paper Company LLC announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the paper mill located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas owned by Mondi Group. Twin Rivers, headquartered in Madawaska, Maine, produces specialty...

Constantia Flexibles Invests in First Digital Printing Machine for Pharma Customers

Apr 05, 2018 10:36 AM

Constantia Flexibles Group has successfully started up its first digital printing machine to cater exclusively for the pharmaceutical industry. The investment in a multi-color UV inkjet printer has been made at Constantia Fromm near Stuttgart...

Plastic Suppliers, Inc. Announces $35 Million in New Expansion Financing in Response to Sustainable Packaging Demand

Apr 04, 2018 12:30 PM

Plastic Suppliers, Inc. announced today new financing facilities of $35 million including funding for capital expansion of $23 million to increase capacity in 2018 and 2019 in response to growing demand for its EarthFirst® sustainable packaging...

RDG Media Purchases Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC)

Apr 04, 2018 11:34 AM

RDG Media, Inc., publisher of Plastics Hotline, Packaging Technology Today, Converting Solutions, Printing & Graphics Solutions and Workplace Material Handling & Safety, has acquired Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC) from YTC Media Inc. Founded...

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Transcontinental Inc. Announces Transformational Acquisition of Coveris Americas, Becoming a North American Leader in Flexible Packaging

Apr 02, 2018 03:39 PM

Transcontinental Inc. (TSX: TCL.A, TCL.B) ("TC Transcontinental" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the business of Coveris Americas (the "Acquisition"), a business held by...

Sonoco Welcomes Robert C. Tiede as President and CEO

Apr 02, 2018 03:38 PM

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, announced today the start of Robert C. Tiede’s tenure as the new President and CEO of Sonoco. Tiede replaces the retiring Jack Sanders, who served as President and CEO...

Masa Tatewaki Appointed President and CEO of Toppan USA

Apr 01, 2018 03:02 PM

Toppan USA, Inc. has named Masa Tatewaki as President and CEO, effective today. Masa has been a vice president since the company was established in 2014 in Griffin, Georgia. He will be responsible for leading Toppan USA’s further sales and...

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Resin Distributor Bamberger Polymers Bought by Plastiche SA

Apr 01, 2018 02:26 PM

Thermoplastic resins distributor Bamberger Polymers Corp. has been sold to Plastiche SA, a firm controlled by the same family that controls global materials giant Ravago Group. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Luxembourg-based...

AWT Labels & Packaging Welcomes Tom Nelson as the New Executive Vice President Flexible Packaging

Mar 30, 2018 10:39 AM

AWT Labels & Packaging welcomes Tom Nelson as the new Executive Vice President – Flexible Packaging focusing on their flexible packaging facility based in South Elgin, IL. Tom previously served as General Manager of Amcor’s Mundelein, IL...

Elif Invests in Pre-made Bag and Pouch Lines

Mar 29, 2018 02:32 PM

Elif, the supplier of the flexible packaging, has invested in pre-made bag and pouch lines to increase its capacity by 50% and provide advanced products and new features for the changing and developing customer needs. Having increased the...

DowDuPont Recommends Rejection of TRC Capital's Mini-Tender Offer

Mar 29, 2018 02:29 PM

DowDuPont™ (NYSE:DWDP) today announced that it has been notified of an unsolicited “mini-tender" offer by TRC Capital Corporation to purchase up to 2 million shares, or approximately 0.09 percent of outstanding shares, of DowDuPont Inc.’s common...

Mark Andy Acquires Presstek

Mar 27, 2018 02:33 PM

Mark Andy, the Total Solutions Partner to the label and packaging industry, today announced its acquisition of Presstek, a well-known global supplier of DI® (direct imaging) offset plates and presses, CTP solutions and world-class service for...

German Ink Major Siegwerk to Consolidate India Business

Mar 26, 2018 01:01 PM

German printing ink major Siegwerk is upbeat on India and plans to further expand its facility to cater to the growing market. In India, the company manufacturers and supplies its products made at a facility in Bhiwadi on the Delhi-Jaipur highway...

NAM Monday Economic Report, March 26, 2018

Mar 26, 2018 12:59 PM

Last week was marked by more volatility in equities, with financial markets processing both technology news and trade actions. With that said, the Federal Reserve noted continued strength in the underlying economy, particularly in labor markets...

Reynolds to Invest $3.2 Million in Temple Facility

Mar 24, 2018 01:02 PM

Yet another corporation is set to invest in its Temple facilities. Reynolds Consumer Products announced it will pour $3.2 million into its manufacturing plant at 3000 Pegasus Drive. The company makes products such as Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil...

Huhtamaki to Strengthen Its Labeling Business in India

Mar 23, 2018 01:14 PM

Huhtamaki has entered into an agreement to acquire the Indian business and related assets of Ajanta Packaging, a privately owned manufacturer of pressure sensitive labels. The acquisition will further strengthen Huhtamaki's labeling business in...

Constantia Flexibles Acquires Indian Packaging Group

Mar 23, 2018 01:12 PM

Constantia Flexibles Group has agreed to acquire a majority shareholding in the Indian film-based laminates producer Creative Polypack Limited. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed and the transaction is expected to be completed...

Sonoco to Acquire Highland Packaging Solutions

Mar 22, 2018 01:16 PM

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Highland Packaging Solutions for approximately $150 million in cash. Highland is a privately owned...

ePac Flexible Packaging Acquires Precision Pouches

Mar 22, 2018 01:15 PM

ePac Flexible Packaging, a manufacturer of fast time to market, short to medium run length flexible packaging, announced the acquisition of Precision Pouches, Schiller Park, IL. Precision Pouches, a toll converter in the flexible packaging...

Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. Expands Team To Support Recent Strategic Growth

Mar 20, 2018 03:13 PM

Ship & Shore Environmental Inc., a leading U.S. pollution abatement firm, announced today the expansion of its sales force to meet the growing market demand for pollution solutions and the ever-increasing demand by local regulatory agencies...

Fox Packaging Facility Open for Business

Mar 20, 2018 01:20 PM

Fox Packaging, McAllen, Texas, has officially opened a 32,000-square-foot printing facility. The second-generation, family owned company will be able to increase production and serve customers faster with the printing and conversion equipment at...

ExxonMobil Considers Polypropylene Production Expansion Along U.S. Gulf Coast

Mar 20, 2018 01:19 PM

ExxonMobil said today it has started detailed engineering work on a potential U.S. Gulf Coast project to expand polypropylene manufacturing capacity by up to 450,000 tons a year to meet growing demand for high-performance, lightweight durable...

Constantia Flexibles Invests in New Technology at Vietnamese Plant

Mar 20, 2018 01:17 PM

Constantia Flexibles Group is investing in new technology at its flexible packaging subsidiary in Vietnam to expand its product portfolio. Ho Chi Minh City-based Oai Hung Manufacturing Joint Stock Co. will install a new printing machine and a...

Sonoco Issues 2017 Annual Report to Shareholders

Mar 19, 2018 03:17 PM

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, announced today that its 2017 Annual Report to Shareholders is now available on the Company's website at investor.sonoco.com. The report, entitled A New Vision Leads to...

NAM Monday Economic Report, March 19, 2018

Mar 19, 2018 03:16 PM

The Federal Reserve reported that manufacturing production rebounded in February, up 1.2 percent, after edging down 0.2 percent in January. That was the fastest monthly pace of growth since October, and overall, the data continue to show healthy...

S-OneLP Partners with Toray Plastics (America) to Sell Flexible Packaging Products

Mar 16, 2018 03:20 PM

S-One Labels & Packaging has signed an agreement with Toray Plastics (America) to sell flexible packaging and specialty label films to HP Indigo users in North America. S-OneLP is the leading provider of off-line, in-line and custom primers as...

Bemis Company Announces Agreement with Starboard

Mar 16, 2018 03:19 PM

Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE: BMS) (“Bemis” or “the Company”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Starboard Value LP (“Starboard”), which currently owns approximately 3.3% of the Company’s outstanding shares, pursuant to which...

Double E Company LLC Acquires Convertech, Inc.

Mar 14, 2018 02:34 PM

Double E Company LLC, West Bridgewater, MA, has acquired Convertech, Inc. Headquartered in Wharton, NJ, Convertech joins Appleton Manufacturing, Epoch Industries, and Double E Europe as part of the Double E platform of companies manufacturing...

RPC Buys German Packaging Firm Nordfolien for EUR 75.0 Million

Mar 13, 2018 03:22 PM

RPC Group PLC said Tuesday it acquired German packaging peer Nordfolien GmBH for EUR75.0 million. RPC - a FTSE 250-listed plastic products maker - said Nordfolien was a "leading" polythene film manufacturer for the industrial and consumer...

Evansville Picked for $70 Million Berry Global Expansion

Mar 13, 2018 03:21 PM

Berry Global on Tuesday announced plans to expand its manufacturing operations in Evansville by investing $70 million dollars in new equipment and creating up to 150 new jobs by 2020. The City Council recently OK'd a tax incentive package worth...

IoPP Food Safety Alliance for Packaging Releases Product Stewardship Best Practices

Mar 13, 2018 02:45 PM

The Food Safety Alliance for Packaging (FSAP), a technical committee of the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP), announces the release of a product stewardship document for food packaging. The six-page document is titled “Food Packaging...

Materials Science Company (to be called Dow) Announces Senior Leadership Succession

Mar 12, 2018 03:44 PM

he Materials Science Division of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP), today announced that the Materials Advisory Committee of the DowDuPont Board of Directors, intends to appoint Jim Fitterling, currently Chief Operating Officer for the Materials Science...

Andrew N. Liveris to Transition Out of DowDuPont Executive Chairman Role, then Retire

Mar 12, 2018 03:43 PM

DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP) today announced that Andrew N. Liveris will be transitioning out of the role as Executive Chairman, and then retiring as the Materials Science Division of the company progresses on its succession process. Mr. Liveris has...

NAM Monday Economic Report, March 12, 2018

Mar 12, 2018 03:41 PM

Manufacturers added 31,000 workers in February, and revisions in the December and January data increased employment in the sector by 28,000 in total from previous estimates. As such, the latest jobs numbers confirm that the labor market has...

SIG and Amcor Push Responsible Aluminum Sourcing Further

Mar 12, 2018 03:26 PM

Following its responsibility approach entitled WAY BEYOND GOOD, SIG is committed to sourcing 100% of its direct materials from only certified sources. Working together with value chain partner Amcor, the partnership aims to assure that the...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Successfully Starts New Ethane Cracker in Baytown, Texas

Mar 12, 2018 03:25 PM

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) announced today that it has successfully introduced feedstock and commenced operations of a new ethane cracker at its Cedar Bayou facility in Baytown, Texas. At peak production, the...

CMD Corporation Names New President

Mar 10, 2018 01:21 PM

RICARDO ABUD has been named president for CMD Corporation, a 38-year-old design and manufacturing firm for converting, packaging and energy equipment, technology and aftermarket support. Currently Chief Operating Officer for the firm, Abud will...

FPA Partners with EastPack 2018

Mar 09, 2018 04:12 PM

EastPack, part of the East Coast's largest advanced design and manufacturing event, is the annual must-attend trade show for discovering the latest packaging innovations and trends. Offering cutting-edge solutions for an array of industry...

Prakash Industries to Venture into Flexible Plastic Packaging Business

Mar 09, 2018 03:47 PM

Prakash Industries announced that it is underway to demerge the business into a separate company. The demerger will give a new impetus to growth, creating a pure play plastics focused entity. The company is also strategically venturing into...

CCL Industries to Acquire Treofan Americas for $225m

Mar 09, 2018 03:46 PM

CCL Industries, a provider of specialty label, security and packaging solutions, has agreed to acquire Treofan America and Trespaphan Mexico from their parent firm M&C in a deal worth $225m. The entities considered for acquisition represent the...

Paula A. Sneed Elected to the Board of Directors of Berry Global Group, Inc.

Mar 09, 2018 03:45 PM

Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY) announced today that Paula A. Sneed has been elected by the Company’s shareowners to its Board of Directors. Sneed, age 70, is the Chairperson and CEO of Phelps Prescott Group LLC (PPG), a strategy and...

PSI Expands Leadership

Mar 09, 2018 03:29 PM

Brad Bastion – VP Sales & Marketing, Brad Bastion joins Plastic Suppliers as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Americas. Mr. Bastion’s industry experience includes leading national business development teams at Inteplast Group, Berry...

MonoSol Investing $72 Million in Indiana Film Plant

Mar 09, 2018 03:27 PM

MonoSol LLC expects to spend $72 million in Indiana as the maker of water soluble films continues what has now become a years-long growth trend. The Merrillville, Ind.-based company has decided to move beyond its manufacturing footprint in...

NAM Global Manufacturing Economic Update, March 2018

Mar 08, 2018 03:52 PM

Financial markets have been quite volatile over the past few weeks. Fortunately, the global manufacturing sector continues to be healthy. In February, all of the top-20 markets for U.S.-manufactured goods expanded, illustrating the strength of the...

Maxcess International Acquires Componex

Mar 08, 2018 03:51 PM

Maxcess International, Inc. ("Maxcess"), a global leader in products and services for the web handling industry and portfolio company of Bertram Capital ("Bertram"), has acquired Componex Corporation ("Componex" or the "Company"). Headquartered in...

Intertape Polymer Group Reports 2017 Fourth Quarter and Annual Results

Mar 08, 2018 03:49 PM

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. (TSX:ITP) (the "Company") today released results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2017. All amounts in this press release are denominated in US dollars unless otherwise indicated and all percentages...

Transcontinental Inc. Acquires Multifilm Packaging Corporation, a Leader in High-End Confectionery Packaging in North America

Mar 07, 2018 03:55 PM

Transcontinental Inc. (TSX:TCL.A)(TSX:TCL.B) announced today that it has acquired Multifilm Packaging Corporation, a flexible packaging supplier located in Elgin, near Chicago, in Illinois, employing over 70 people. The company enjoys a solid...

Schur Flexibles Group Enters Into Exclusive Negotiations with French Flexible Packaging Producer UNI Packaging

Mar 07, 2018 03:54 PM

– Schur Flexibles Group (SF), one of Europe’s leading flexible packaging suppliers in Europe, has reached a general agreement with the French family-owned company UNI Packaging and has entered into exclusive negotiations regarding a potential...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Announces that Maricela Caballero will Succeed Greg Wagner as Vice President of Human Resources

Mar 06, 2018 03:56 PM

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) announced today that Greg Wagner, vice president of Human Resources, will retire from the company after 35 years of distinguished service with Chevron Phillips Chemical and Chevron...

NAM Monday Economic Report, March 5, 2018

Mar 05, 2018 04:31 PM

There were more encouraging signs for manufacturers last week in the economic data. For instance, the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 60.8 in February, the highest level since May 2004...

Liqui-Box Steps Up Investments In R&D And Innovation

Mar 01, 2018 04:34 PM

Liqui-Box, a world leader in flexible liquid packaging solutions continues its investment in innovation and R&D with the introduction of a new Maverick Dream Machine development bag line in the Global Technology Center located in Ashland, OH. "We...

Alpha Aluminum Plant Goes Up for Sale; Proposed U.S. Tariffs May Make It More Attractive

Mar 01, 2018 04:32 PM

The shuttered Alpha Aluminum LLC plant in Winston-Salem has been put up for sale by its owner. The 380,000-square-foot plant at 1300 Cunningham St. closed without any fanfare in July 2016, with no voluntary WARN Act wage-and-benefit filing to...

Two Sealed Air Women Employees Honored for Excellence in Manufacturing By the Manufacturing Institute

Mar 01, 2018 03:58 PM

The Manufacturing Institute announced they will award two Sealed Air women employees, Karen Crisp, Plant Manager, and Tracy Barrells, Plant Finance Manager, with the Women in Manufacturing STEP Ahead Award. The STEP (Science, Technology...

Pregis Acquires Engineered Foam Manufacturer Rex Performance Products

Feb 27, 2018 04:37 PM

Pregis LLC has acquired Rex Performance Products (RPP), Marysville, Michigan, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will enable Pregis to build on its leadership position as one of the largest foam producers in North America. Founded in 2011...

KBA-Flexotecnica Bolsters Growth With New Sales, Installations and Staffing

Feb 27, 2018 04:35 PM

In its continuing commitment to the flexible packaging industry, KBA-Flexotecnica, a subsidiary of Koenig & Bauer AG, is bolstering its growth by announcing new key staff members, its strong support of the North American flexographic organization...

Merger Momentum: Fisher Launches Company Rebrand to PPC Flexible Packaging

Feb 23, 2018 04:39 PM

Fisher Container Holdings, LLC (Fisher), a leading provider of custom flexible packaging for food and healthcare industries, today announced the rebranding of its subsidiaries Fisher Container, LLC and Packaging Products Corporation, LLC (PPC)...

Tredegar Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full Year 2017 Results

Feb 21, 2018 04:40 PM

Tredegar Corporation (NYSE:TG, also the “Company” or “Tredegar”) today reported fourth-quarter and full year financial results for the period ended December 31, 2017. Fourth quarter 2017 net loss was $17.9 million ($0.54 per share) compared with...

PMMI: U.S. Packaging Machinery Market Nears $10B

Feb 20, 2018 03:59 PM

Three demands from consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies — single source solutions, increased machine versatility and a move to flexible packaging — are pushing the packaging industry towards unprecedented heights, according to the 2017 State of...

The Reifenhauser Group Takes Over EDS GmbH and Increases its Know-How in the Components Business

Feb 02, 2018 03:28 PM

As of January 17, 2018, EDS GmbH an international supplier of high-end extrusion tools is part of the Reifenhäuser Group. EDS is a specialist for flat dies with headquarters in Reichshof-Wenrath, North Rhine-Westphalia. EDS GmbH will operate with...

American Packaging Corporation Names New President and Relocates Headquarters

Jan 31, 2018 03:43 PM

American Packaging Corporation, a leading flexible packaging converter in North America today announced Jeff Koch’s appointment to President of the company effective February 1, 2018. Current President, Peter Schottland, will remain Chief...

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Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. Reports Impressive Results and Signs Five New Deals

Ship & Shore Environmental Inc., a pioneer in pollution abatement solutions, today announced strong results for 2017 with an overall growth of 15% – a trend that continued into the first quarter of 2018 with five new projects to kick off the year...

JW Aluminum Announces Proposed Offering of $300 Million of Senior Secured Notes

JW Aluminum Continuous Cast Company (collectively with its subsidiaries, the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of JW Aluminum Holding Corp., announced today that it is proposing to issue $300 million aggregate principal amount of Senior...

Domino Targets Growth in the Baltic Region With New Sales Partnership

Domino is expanding its presence in the Baltic region through a new partnership with Lipnus, one of the largest printing technology providers in Lithuania. Based in Kaunas, Lipnus supplies materials, services and professional options for label...

Tredegar Personal Care to Expand Elastics Capacity in North America

Tredegar Personal Care, an operating division of Tredegar Corporation (NYSE:TG), today announced that it plans to expand its North American manufacturing capacity for elastic fabrics for personal care applications. In response to increased demand...

PAC Worldwide to Create More Than 160 New Manufacturing Jobs Through Expansion into Pennsylvania

PAC Worldwide will lease a more than 420,000-square-foot facility in Bethlehem. The project includes leasehold improvements, equipment acquisition, and training for its employees. PAC plans to invest more than $28 million into the project, which...

Bryce Company Successfully Obtains SQF Level 2 Certification at All Facilities

Jan 23, 2018 03:55 PM

Bryce Company, an industry leader in film conversion and the production of innovative flexible packaging products, has recently achieved SQF (Safe Quality Food) Level 2 Certification at its Memphis, Tennessee, and Searcy, Arkansas production...

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Berry Global Announces Board of Directors Leadership Change

Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE:BERY) announced today that Jonathan D. (Jon) Rich will retire as Executive Chairman and a Board member, and that the Board has unanimously elected CEO Thomas E. (Tom) Salmon to succeed Rich as Chairman of the Board...

COEXPAN-EMSUR Brazil Plant in Operation

COEXPAN-EMSUR BRASIL is officially producing combined rigid and flexible packaging solutions mainly intended for the food industry. With this milestone, Grupo Lantero takes one step further for its Strategic Plan “Horizon 2020” to become a solid...

Berry Global Group, Inc. Prices $500 Million Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Private Offering

Berry Global Group, Inc. (“Berry”) (NYSE: BERY) announced today the pricing of the private offering launched January 19, 2018 by its wholly owned subsidiary Berry Global, Inc. (the “Issuer”). The Issuer will issue $500 million of second priority...

Berry Global Group, Inc. Announces Proposed Offering of Second Priority Senior Secured Notes

Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE:BERY) (“Berry”) announced today that its direct, wholly-owned subsidiary Berry Global, Inc. (the “Issuer”), plans to issue $400 million of second priority senior secured notes due 2026 (the “Notes”). Berry intends to...

The Reifenhauser Group Takes Over EDS GmbH and Increases its Know-How in the Components Business

Jan 17, 2018 05:51 PM

As of January 17, 2018, EDS GmbH an international supplier of high-end extrusion tools is part of the Reifenhäuser Group. EDS is a specialist for flat dies with headquarters in Reichshof-Wenrath, North Rhine-Westphalia. EDS GmbH will operate...

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Pregis Invests $1 Million in Blown Film Testing Lab

Pregis LLC has invested $1 million in a new 1,000 square foot testing lab for its Grand Rapids, Michigan, blown film manufacturing facility. Lab personnel will be focused on customer needs driven research and development, as well as quality...

An Affiliate of Sun European Partners, LLP, Announced That It Has Entered Into Exclusive Negotiations to Sell Albea

Jan 17, 2018 02:00 PM

Sun European Partners, LLP (“Sun European Partners” or “Sun”) today announces that one of its affiliates has entered into exclusive negotiations to sell Albéa (“the company”), a global leader in the BPC packaging industry, to Funds advised by PAI...

H.B. Fuller Announces Price Increase on Adhesives Sold in North America

Jan 16, 2018 03:30 PM

H.B. Fuller Company(NYSE:FUL) announced today that, effective immediately or as contracts allow, the North America Adhesives group of H.B. Fuller will increase the price for adhesives between 5 percent and 15 percent, depending on the product sold...

NAM Monday Economic Report, January 16, 2018

Jan 16, 2018 01:57 PM

Incoming data suggest that Americans opened their pocketbooks more at year’s end, boding well for holiday spending and for the overall U.S. economy. Indeed, retail sales rose 0.4 percent in December, extending the robust gains from the prior three...

Michelman Set to Launch Its Coatings Innovation Centre on 31 January

Jan 12, 2018 01:54 PM

Michelman will launch its innovation centre in Mumbai on 31 January. This is a major investment by the water-based coatings manufacturer in India. The new Michelman Innovation Centre for Coatings will allow for collaborative innovation between...

NAM Global Manufacturing Economic Update, January 2018

Jan 11, 2018 01:55 PM

According to the World Bank, “The global economy is experiencing a cyclical recovery, reflecting a rebound in investment, manufacturing activity and trade.” In the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects publication, it projects 3.1 percent...

ProAmpac Completes Acquisition of Bonita Pioneer Packaging Products

Jan 09, 2018 01:59 PM

ProAmpac, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing flexible packaging manufacturers, today announced the acquisition of Oregon-based Bonita Pioneer Packaging Products (Bonita). Specializing in paper packaging products including custom and...

NAM Monday Economic Report, January 8, 2018

Jan 08, 2018 02:07 PM

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that manufacturers added 25,000 workers in December, extending the strong hiring gains in the sector seen throughout much of 2017. Manufacturing employment rose by 16,333 per month on average in 2017—quite a...

Mica Corporation Expands Global Footprint

In November, Mica Corporation finalized partnerships with PackOne LLP and Fotedar Engineering Services FZE (FES) to be Mica's exclusive distributors in India and the Middle East, respectively.Mica has had an established sales presence in both...

Fort Dearborn Completes Acquisition of NCL Graphic Specialties

Jan 03, 2018 02:08 PM

Fort Dearborn has completed its acquisition of NCL Graphic Specialties, enhancing its position in the decorative label and packaging market by broadening the company’s geographic footprint, capacity and capabilities. NCL Graphic Specialties has...

PSI Announces North American Footprint Changes

Plastic Suppliers, Inc. (PSI) is proceeding with plans to optimize its operational footprint. By the end of January 2018, the Dallas, TX and Fullerton, CA locations will be closed and operations will be centralized at PSI’s Columbus, OH...

Mondi Group Signs Agreement to Acquire Powerflute

Jan 01, 2018 02:21 PM

Mondi Group has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares in Powerflute Group Holdings Oy, a division of Nordic Packaging and Container Holdings, for a total consideration of €365 million on an enterprise value basis...

Huhtamaki Further Consolidates Foodservice-Packaging Converting Operations In China, Boosting Efficiency, Focus

Dec 28, 2017 02:18 PM

Finland-based global converter Huhtamaki has completed the sale of the vacated manufacturing facility and related land rights in Guangzhou, China, as announced on April 21, 2017. To further conclude the consolidation of its foodservice-packaging...

Winpak Plans $40 Million Nylon Film Expansion

Dec 21, 2017 02:24 PM

Diverse packaging company Winpak Ltd. will invest $40 million to expand its nylon film subsidiary American Biaxis Inc. Biaxis will add annual production capacity of 24 million to 31 million pounds of biaxially oriented polyamide at its Winnipeg...

Chevron Phillips completes $6B Petrochemical Expansion

Dec 21, 2017 02:22 PM

Chevron Phillips Chemical said it completed construction of its $6 billion petrochemical expansion in the Houston area, although it's not expected to be fully up and running until springtime. The Woodlands-based petrochemical company said it...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company Achieves Mechanical Completion of Ethane Cracker at Cedar Bayou

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) announced today that its world-scale ethane cracker at Cedar Bayou in Baytown, Texas successfully achieved the major milestone of mechanical completion. The unit is now undergoing a...

Coveris Names Jakob A. Mosser Chief Executive Officer

Dec 20, 2017 02:11 PM

Coveris, (or “the Company”), a premier global packaging manufacturer, announced today that it has appointed Jakob A. Mosser as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 8, 2018. Mosser will take over the CEO responsibilities from Interim CEO...

Dow Celebrates 25 Years of Collaboration with Sustainability External Advisory Council

Dec 19, 2017 02:31 PM

The Dow Chemical Company recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Sustainability External Advisory Council (SEAC) at a meeting in Chicago. “Our SEAC provides an independent, outside-in perspective on critical issues related to...

SK Completes Acquisition of Dow Chemical Packaging Business

Dec 18, 2017 02:53 PM

SK Global Chemical on Friday completed its acquisition of Dow Chemical’s packaging product business, the company said in a statement Monday. SK Global Chemical, the chemical unit of SK Innovation, signed a deal with Dow Chemical to acquire the US...

NAM Monday Economic Report, December 18, 2017

Dec 18, 2017 02:51 PM

The latest NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey reflected continued optimism in the sector, with the headline index rising to unprecedented heights. Indeed, 94.6 percent of respondents said they are positive about their own company’s outlook, the...

Catty Corporation Receives FSSC 22000 Certification

Dec 15, 2017 02:57 PM

Catty Corporation was recently awarded the Certification of Registration for FSSC 22000 for the manufacture and dispatch of customized flexible packaging. FSSC 22000 is recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and is based on ISO...

Third Quarter Machinery Shipments Up 20 Percent

Dec 14, 2017 03:04 PM

North American shipments of plastics machinery jumped 20 percent in the third quarter of 2017 compared with the third quarter a year ago, according to figures released Dec. 14 by the Plastics Industry Association's Committee on Equipment...

Transcontinental Inc. Announces Its Financial Results for Fiscal 2017

Dec 14, 2017 03:01 PM

Transcontinental Inc. (TSX: TCL.A TCL.B) announces its results for fiscal 2017, which ended October 29, 2017. "I am very proud of our performance in 2017," said François Olivier, President and Chief Executive Officer of TC Transcontinental. "While...

NAM Global Manufacturing Economic Update, December 2017

Dec 14, 2017 02:59 PM

The worldwide manufacturing sector continues to trend in the right direction, with the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI in November growing at its fastest pace since March 2011. In addition, all of the top-15 markets for U.S.-manufactured...

Fort Dearborn Company Enters into Agreement to Acquire NCL Graphic Specialties, Inc.

Dec 13, 2017 03:03 PM

Fort Dearborn Company today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NCL Graphic Specialties, Inc. The transaction is subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions and is expected to close by the end of the year. “As the...

Sealed Air Ranked Top 10 on Newsweek's Green Rankings 2017 List

Dec 12, 2017 03:06 PM

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) announced that it has been ranked fifth among publicly traded companies in the U.S. for sustainability practices by Newsweek Green Rankings in addition to being named Best in Industry U.S. for containers and...

HP Indigo Announces January 24th & 25th for Thrive - Flexible Packaging, Labels and Folding Carton Open House in Atlanta, GA

Dec 12, 2017 02:40 PM

Join us for a special event featuring the HP Graphics portfolio in digital presses for the Flexible Packaging, Labels & Folding Carton industry! At this 2-day event you will be able to attend educational sessions led by HP executives, Industry...

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Japanese Company Plans $46M Manufacturing Plant in Bardstown, Creating 180 Jobs

Dec 11, 2017 03:08 PM

A Japanese company plans to invest $46 million in a new manufacturing operation in Bardstown, creating about 180 full-time jobs. Takigawa Corp. Japan announced it will build a 180,000-square-foot facility to produce a flexible packaging and...

Intertape Polymer Group Terminates Automatic Share Purchase Plan

Dec 08, 2017 03:53 PM

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. announced that in connection with its normal course issuer bid, IPG has terminated its previously-announced automatic share purchase plan with the securities dealer acting as as IPG’s agent, pursuant to which the...

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NOVA Chemicals Proceeds With Growth Plans in Canada

Dec 08, 2017 03:13 PM

Today NOVA Chemicals Corporation (NOVA Chemicals) announced two significant growth projects for its Ontario operations involving a capital investment expected to exceed Cdn $2 billion. This brings industry-leading manufacturing technology to...

Emerald Packaging Adds Equipment and Staff

Dec 07, 2017 03:15 PM

Flexible packaging manufacturer Emerald Packaging Inc. of Union City, Calif., has invested $5 million for equipment and a facility improvement, and further additions are planned. During 2018, “we expect to order two printing presses to replace the...

Sappi Expands Its Speciality and Packaging Paper Capacity; Will Acquire the Speciality Paper Business of Cham Paper Group Holding AG

Dec 05, 2017 03:16 PM

Sappi Limited, a leading global producer of dissolving wood pulp, speciality and packaging papers, graphic (printing and writing) paper and biomaterials, today announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire the speciality paper business of...

Karlville and ePac to Create New Digital Flexible Packaging Plant in Miami

Dec 04, 2017 03:17 PM

Karlville announced it has entered into an agreement with ePac Holdings, LLC to establish a digital flexible packaging facility at its Miami, Florida headquarters. ePac is North America’s first flexible packaging company focused on the quick turn...

Former assets of Bury-based Pulse Flexible Packaging sell for millions

Dec 04, 2017 02:58 PM

Assets once belonging to Pulse Flexible Packaging Ltd have sold at auction for millions. The Bury-based company fell into administration in May with the loss of more than 150 jobs, according to PrintWeek. KPMG, joint administrator for the...

Polymer Packaging, Inc. Announces Staff Changes

Dec 01, 2017 03:38 PM

William D. Lanham II, who has served as the President of Polymer Packaging, Inc. since 2013, is moving into the role of President Emeritus. Lanham has been with PPI since 1987 and has been instrumental to the growth and success of the operation...

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Flint Group Announces the Acquisition of Eston Chimica SRL in Italy

Dec 01, 2017 03:18 PM

Flint Group announced today the acquisition of Eston Chimica SRL located in Padova, Italy. This acquisition follows Flint Group’s strategy to grow not only organically, but also through tactical acquisition. Eston Chimica manufactures and sells...

Sonoco announces 5-year, $2.725 million fresh packaging initiative

Dec 01, 2017 02:57 PM

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, has announced a new research partnership with Clemson University: the Sonoco FRESH (Food Research Excellence for Safety and Health) initiative will develop new...

Novolex Agrees to Acquire Shields Bag and Printing Company

Dec 01, 2017 02:55 PM

Novolex™, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group and an industry leader in packaging choice and sustainability, today announced it has agreed to acquire certain assets and business operations of Shields Bag and Printing Co., a leading...

India's Uflex Aims to Double Global Manufacturing Footprint by 2025

Dec 01, 2017 02:54 PM

Uflex Ltd., one of India's largest multinational flexible packaging companies, is sketching out ambitious expansion plans to double the number of its factories globally by 2025. "We are looking at doubling our overseas presence by expanding our...

Dow Successfully Completes Sale of a Portion of its Dow AgroSciences' Corn Hybrid Seed Business to CITIC Agri Fund

Dec 01, 2017 02:52 PM

The Dow Chemical Company, a subsidiary of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP), announced the successful closing of the previously announced divestment of a select portion of its Dow AgroSciences' corn seed business in Brazil to CITIC Agri Fund for a purchase...

Wikoff Color Corporation Acquires Verti Produtos Quimicos

Nov 30, 2017 03:01 PM

Wikoff Color Corp. (Fort Mill, South Carolina) has completed the acquisition of Verti Produtos Químicos (São Paulo, Brazil). The transaction closed on November 30, 2017. Verti was established in 2006 when its three founders, with their wide range...

Sun Chemical to Increase Prices of Flexible Packaging Products

Sun Chemical will increase prices of liquid inks and coatings for flexible packaging for its customers across all regions, effective January 1, 2018. The percentage increase will be in the high single digits and will vary dependent on the product...

Chemicals Business of Uflex Gets NABL Accreditation

Nov 29, 2017 03:02 PM

Chemicals business of Uflex has become India’s first NABL accredited entity in the field of combined manufacturing of packaging inks and lamination adhesives. The business manufactures inks, adhesives, specialty coatings and polyols. National...

Sonoco President and CEO Jack Sanders to Retire in April 2018; Chief Operating Officer Rob Tiede Named CEO-Elect

Nov 28, 2017 03:06 PM

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, today announced President and Chief Executive Officer M. Jack Sanders will retire, effective April 2, 2018, following a 30-year career with the Company. Sonoco’s Board...

Constantia Flexibles to Expand Production Capacity at Austrian Pharma Plant

Nov 28, 2017 03:05 PM

Constantia Flexibles Group will invest a double-digit million euro amount in the expansion of production capacity at its manufacturing site for pharmaceutical packaging, Constantia Patz, in Austria. The company will install one double-sided...

ePac Holdings, LLC and INDEVCO Plastics, Inc. Form Joint Partnership to Drive Adoption of Digital Packaging

Nov 27, 2017 04:10 PM

ePac, a leader in fast time-to-market flexible packaging, announced today that INDEVCO Plastics has acquired an equity stake in the company. The partnership between ePac and INDEVCO, a global plastic film and flexible packaging manufacturer, will...

LyondellBasell and SUEZ Purchase European Plastics Recycling Company

Nov 27, 2017 03:08 PM

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase a 50 percent stake in Quality Circular Polymers (QCP), a high standard...

Amcor Senior Management Change

Nov 24, 2017 04:11 PM

Amcor announces today that Roelof Westerbeek, President Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. We thank Roelof for his commitment and contributions to the business and wish him well in his future...

ProAmpac Honored with Business of the Year

Nov 22, 2017 04:13 PM

ProAmpac, a leading global flexible packaging company, was named 2017 Business of the Year by the Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce at its 57th Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on Wednesday, November 15th at the East Mountain Country Club...

Constantia Flexibles Announces New Organizational Structure and Managerial Changes

Nov 22, 2017 03:10 PM

Constantia Flexibles, one of the world’s leading flexible packaging companies, announces that it will implement a new organizational structure to drive profitable long-term growth. The new structure and resulting managerial changes follows the...

LyondellBasell Marks Milestone in Construction of First Commercial Hyperzone Polyethylene Plant

Nov 21, 2017 04:15 PM

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, announced today the arrival of its Hyperzone polyethylene (PE) plant’s multi zone circulating reactor, a significant milestone in the project’s...

TricorBraun Has Acquired Canadian-Based Taipak; Represents Companys First Move into Flexible Packaging

Nov 16, 2017 03:32 PM

TricorBraun, a leading packaging solutions company, has acquired Canadian-based Taipak (www.taipak.ca), a flexible packaging solutions provider headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia. “The acquisition of Taipak represents a true milestone for...

Berry Global Group, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2017 Results

Nov 16, 2017 03:29 PM

Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE:BERY) today reported results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017, referred to in the following as the September 2017 quarter and fiscal year 2017. Net income for the September 2017 quarter was $110 million...

Berry Global Group, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire the Clopay Plastic Products Company, Inc., from Griffon Corporation

Nov 16, 2017 03:28 PM

Berry Global Group, Inc. (“Berry”) (NYSE: BERY) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Clopay Plastic Products Company, Inc. (“Clopay”), a subsidiary of Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF), for $475 million in cash on...

LyondellBasell Board Authorizes Quarterly Dividend

Nov 15, 2017 04:17 PM

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, today announced that its Supervisory Board has authorized the company's Management Board to declare a dividend of $0.90 per share. The dividend will...

Barry-Wehmiller to Enhance Focus on Flexible Packaging and End-of-Line Integrated Systems

Nov 14, 2017 03:34 PM

Responding to rising demand for its innovative flexible packaging equipment as well as more complete integrated systems, Barry-Wehmiller is creating two new divisions dedicated to meeting these needs. On Jan. 1, the flexible packaging experts from...

Uflex Clocks 6% Half-Yearly Bottom Line Growth in FY 2017-18

Nov 13, 2017 03:37 PM

India’s largest multinational flexible packaging materials and solution company Uflex has registered 6.12% yoy growth in its consolidated net profit for the first six months of the ongoing fiscal (FY 2017-18). In figures, the net profit for H1...

CTI Industries Corporation Reports Third Quarter and Nine Months Results

Nov 13, 2017 03:35 PM

CTI Industries Corporation (CTIB - NASDAQ Capital Market), a manufacturer and marketer of novelty balloon products, flexible packaging and storage products, home container and organizing products and laminated films, today announced results of...

ePac, LLC Announces Expansion into Houston and Miami Flexible Packaging Markets

Nov 08, 2017 02:08 PM

ePac, a leader in fast time to market, short to medium run length flexible packaging, today announced plans to rapidly expand into fifteen major US markets by 2019. The next two locations selected are Houston, Texas, and Miami, Florida, which will...

Coveris Completes Realignment into Four Strategic Business Units

Nov 07, 2017 04:18 PM

Coveris Holdings SA (“Coveris” or “the Company”), a premier global packaging manufacturer, today announced that it has realigned its operations into four business units: Americas, Rigid, EMEA, and UK Food & Consumer. This action was taken to...

Houston Chronicle Names Chevron Phillips Chemical Company a Top Workplace for 2017

Nov 07, 2017 02:16 PM

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) was given the honor of being named a 2017 Top Workplace by the Houston Chronicle for a fourth year in a row. There were 262 companies surveyed in total and Chevron Phillips Chemical...

Bemis Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend, November 2017

Nov 02, 2017 03:38 PM

The Board of Directors of Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE: BMS) has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 30 cents per share. The dividend is payable December 1, 2017, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 15, 2017...

DowDuPont Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results

Nov 02, 2017 03:03 PM

DowDuPont reported GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.32. Pro forma adjusted earnings per share of $0.55 increased 10 percent compared to the year-ago period. Pro forma adjusted earnings per share excludes significant items in the quarter...

DowDuPont Declares Quarterly Dividend of 38 Cents per Share, Announces Initial $4 Billion Share Repurchase Program

Nov 02, 2017 03:01 PM

DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a fourth quarter dividend of 38 cents per share. The Company also announced that its Board has approved an initial $4 billion share repurchase program. “Rewarding our...

ADI Acquires Certain Assets of Chemical Market Resources, Inc. (CMR)

Nov 02, 2017 02:06 PM

ADI Analytics LLC, a management consulting and market research firm specializing in oil and gas, energy, and chemicals, today announced that it has acquired certain assets of Chemical Market Resources, Inc. (CMR), a Houston-based company that...

Transcontinental Inc. Acquires Quebec-Based Les Industries Flexipak Inc., Extending its Flexible Packaging Footprint to Eastern Canada

Nov 01, 2017 03:08 PM

Transcontinental Inc. (TSX: TCL.A TCL.B) announced today that it has acquired Les Industries Flexipak Inc., a flexible packaging supplier located in Montréal, Québec, employing 55 people. The company is a converter specialized in flexographic...

Simmons Pet Food Announces Facility Expansion in Emporia

Nov 01, 2017 03:06 PM

Simmons Pet Food, Inc., a leading supplier of custom and private label pet food solutions in the U.S. and Canada, broke ground on a facility expansion at its Flexible Packaging Facility in Emporia, Kansas. The $38 million investment will increase...

Post-Merger Mercury Packaging & CPS Flexibles Becomes Fusion Flexibles

Nov 01, 2017 03:05 PM

Following their recent merger, Nottinghamshire-based Mercury Packaging and CPS Flexibles in Leicester have announced a name change to Fusion Flexibles Limited. This key move helps complete the integration of the two businesses and reinforces its...

Tredegar Reports Third-Quarter 2017 Results

Oct 31, 2017 03:41 PM

Tredegar Corporation (NYSE:TG, also the “Company” or “Tredegar”) today reported third-quarter financial results for the period ended September 30, 2017. Third quarter 2017 net income was $8.3 million ($0.25 per share) compared with net income of...

Maxcess Acquires Menges Roller Company

Oct 31, 2017 03:10 PM

Maxcess International, a global leader in innovative products and services for web handling applications, has acquired Menges Roller Company. Headquartered in Wauconda, Illinois, Menges Roller Company (“Menges”) will join Valley Roller, Webex...

Constantia Flexibles Completes Sale of Labels Division to Multi-Color

Oct 31, 2017 03:09 PM

Constantia Flexibles has successfully completed the sale of its Labels division to Multi-Color Corporation for an enterprise value of approximately €1.15 billion ($1.3 billion). All required regulatory authorities have cleared the transaction...

LyondellBasell Reports Third Quarter 2017 Earnings

LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE: LYB) today announced earnings from continuing operations for the third quarter 2017 of $1.1 billion, or $2.67 per share. In September, LyondellBasell's interest in the Geosel pipeline and storage system in France...

Huntsman and Clariant Mutually Agree to Abandon Planned Merger of Equals

Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) and Clariant (SIX: CLN) today jointly announced that they have terminated their proposed merger of equals by mutual agreement. The decision was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of Huntsman and...

Dow Chemical Dedicates $2 Billion in Louisiana Investments

Gov. John Bel Edwards highlighted the dedication of $2 billion in new chemical manufacturing investments by The Dow Chemical Company in Louisiana. Secretary Don Pierson of Louisiana Economic Development joined Dow President and Chief Operating...

Huhtamaki Oyj's Interim Report January 1-September 30, 2017: Continued Comparable Growth

"Our comparable net sales growth returned to 4% during the third quarter. In emerging markets comparable growth was 5% despite net sales still declining in India. At the end of the quarter our net sales in India started to grow again as the demand...

DowDuPont Provides Expected Third Quarter 2017 Financial Results, Files Historical Pro Forma Financial Statements

DowDuPont™ (NYSE:DWDP) today filed historical unaudited pro forma financial statements that give effect to the Merger Transaction, provide quarterly pro forma financial information aligned to DowDuPont’s new reportable segments and incorporate...

Bemis Company Reports Third Quarter Earnings

Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) today reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2017. Refer to the reconciliation of Non-GAAP measures detailed in the attached schedule, including adjusted earnings per share, adjusted...

LyondellBasell Plans New $2B Chemicals and Plastics Project Along Gulf Coast

LyondellBasell said it's planning to build a multibillion-dollar chemicals and plastics plant along the Gulf Coast, and very possibly in the Houston area, although a final decision may still be a year away. LyondellBasell CEO Bob Patel said the...

Comexi Expands Presence and Increases Sales in CIS and Russia Markets

The worldwide partner sets new records in this area and expects a 20% increase in turnover in comparison with 2015. Comexi, specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging industry, has registered a strong first half-year in the CIS and Russia...

Darleen Caron named Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of LyondellBasell

LyondellBasell (NYSE:LYB), one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, today announced the appointment of Darleen Caron as executive vice president and chief human resources officer. "Darleen's track record of...

INX Begins West Chicago R&D Expansion

On Opening Day of the SGIA Expo in New Orleans, INX International Ink Co. announced plans to expand its iconic Research & Development complex in West Chicago, IL. When completed in July 2018, the facility will more than double its current space to...

Sealed Air Names William G. Stiehl Acting Chief Financial Officer

Oct 20, 2017 03:12 PM

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) announced today that current Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, William G. Stiehl, will assume the additional position of Acting Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Stiehl will succeed current Senior Vice President...

Cornwallis Bought in Pre-Pack Administration

Packaging printer Cornwallis Company (Cheshire) has been acquired out of administration and has changed its name to D&M Packaging. Cornwallis appointed joint administrators Andrew Poxon and Julien Irving of Leonard Curtis on 6 October...

Sonoco Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results

Sonoco (NYSE: SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today reported financial results for its third quarter, ending October 1, 2017. Third-quarter 2017 GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.72, compared with $0.64 in...

Siegwerk Expands Its Digital Ink Footprint By Opening a New Production Facility Designated for Inkjet Inks

By investing in the new production facility designated for inkjet inks Siegwerk shows its commitment to get prepared for the markets of tomorrow while laying the tracks for expanding its digital ink offering. Siegwerk, one of the leading global...

Berry Global Group, Inc. to Report Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2017 Results and Host Conference Call

Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of innovative engineered materials, nonwoven specialty materials and consumer packaging, will report its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017 results on Thursday...

Genstar Capital Announces Acquisition of Tekni-Plex, Inc.

Genstar Capital, a leading private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the industrial technology, healthcare, financial services and software industries, today announced the acquisition of Tekni-Plex, Inc., a leading global...

ExxonMobil Begins Production on New Polyethylene Line at Mont Belvieu Plastics Plant

ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced today that it has commenced production on the first of two new 650,000 tons-per-year high-performance polyethylene lines at its plastics plant in Mont Belvieu, Texas. The full project, part of the company’s...

Sonoco Declares Regular Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

The Board of Directors of Sonoco (NYSE:SON) today declared a $.39 per share quarterly common stock dividend. The dividend will be paid on December 8, 2017, to shareholders of record as of November 10, 2017. According to Jack Sanders, president and...

Harper Corporation of America Now Servicing Asia from the United States

Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America approaches a new direction as Harper commits to maintain its promise to offer the best quality products, technology, and outstanding customer service and support. Therefore, it is with our...

Siegwerk Acquires Van Son Liquids B.V. to Further Strengthen Its Water-Based Ink Business

With the acquisition of Netherland-based Van Son Liquids B.V., Siegwerk is further expanding its water-based ink business and thereby strengthening its product and service portfolio for packaging printers. Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA, on...

DuPont Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend on Preferred Stock

On Oct. 12, 2017, DuPont’s board of directors declared regular quarterly dividends of $1.12-1/2 per share on the $4.50 series preferred stock and $0.87-1/2 cents per share on the $3.50 series preferred stock, both payable Jan. 25, 2018, to...

DowDuPont is Self-Aware as it Grows in Plastics

Even as it expands production capacity, materials maker DowDuPont Inc. is working to improve the image of plastics. DowDuPont, based in Midland, Mich., and Wilmington, Del., recently added almost 3 billion pounds of annual production capacity for...

NAM Global Manufacturing Economic Update, October 2017

In the latest iteration of the World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund reported that it expects global output to grow 3.6 percent and 3.7 percent in 2017 and 2018, respectively, up from 3.2 percent in 2016. The forecast for this...

Amcor Flexibles Americas Raising Prices in Response to Raw Material Cost Increases

Amcor Flexibles Americas today confirmed price increases for products in North and South America, triggered by recent spikes in raw material costs as a result of recent natural disasters and supply chain disruptions. Amcor Flexibles Americas has...

M. Holland Company Announces Hire To Expand Flexible Packaging & Rotational Molding Plastics Distribution

M. Holland Company, a leading distributor of thermoplastic resin, announces the hire of Frank LaRocque as the company's new Film and Flexible Packaging Market Manager. LaRocque worked for M. Holland Canada in various sales, application development...

Indorama Ventures Acquires DuPont Teijin Films Strengthens IVLs High Value-added Product Leadership

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire DuPont Teijin Films (DTF), a leading global producer of Biaxially-oriented Polyethylene Terephthalate...

Siegwerk Breaks Ground on New Warehouse

On September 19th, 2017 Siegwerk, a world leader ink manufacture for packaging and labels, celebrated the new beginnings of their warehouse construction with a ground breaking ceremony located in Des Moines, Iowa. Participating in the ceremony...

Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno Visits LPS Industries

Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno visited LPS Industries, LLC in Moonachie on September 20 as a stop on her New Jersey gubernatorial campaign. The purpose was twofold, to meet the LPS employees and to have a dialogue with a group of prominent local...

JBT Liquid Foods to Expand Its Flexible Packaging, Mixing & Blending Products

JBT Liquid Foods has announced an ambitious growth strategy for 2020. Over the next three years the food business plans to expand its flexible packaging, filling and closing technology and extend its mixing and blending products to other segments...

Former PSI Now DS Smith Following Transaction

Packaging Services Inc. is now known as DS Smith following the closing of a transaction in which DS Smith PLC purchased 80 percent of Indevco Management Resources Inc. Indevco is the company that holds equity in Interstate Resources Inc., among...

M. Holland to Acquire Wire & Cable Distributor T&T Marketing

Resin distributor M. Holland Company announced today it has signed a letter of intent to acquire T&T Marketing, a leading distributor of polymer resins and compounds to the wire and cable market. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, T&T has...

Sonoco Plastics Increasing Prices for All Resin-Based Products in North America

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced it is implementing a price increase for all resin-based products sold in North America. The increase amounts by formulation are: CPET/PET – 15 percent...

Seville Flexpack Sold to German Firm

Oak Creek-based Seville Flexpack Corp. has been sold to German firm Südpack. The transaction closed today for an undisclosed price, according to Tammie Miller and Erik Eidem of Milwaukee investment bank TKO Miller, who advised Seville in the deal...

American Packaging Corporation Achieves OSHA VPP STAR Recertification

American Packaging Corporation Story City/Flexo Center of Excellence recertifies STAR designation from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as part of the agency's Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). The VPP program recognizes...

LyondellBasell May Decide on US PP, PDH by End '18 - CEO

LyondellBasell is studying a new US polypropylene (PP) as well as a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) project that will be decided upon in 2018, its CEO said on Wednesday. “We are evaluating markets and working through our assessment process...

Liquid Dairy Industry Explores Market of Tomorrow at Aseptic Re-Evolution Event

In June, Sealed Air hosted an event for liquid dairy processors from across the globe at its Proaseptic facility in Barcelona. The event focused on aseptic packaging and how it can provide a competitive edge for liquid dairy processing products...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Delivers Plastics Industry Leaders Innovation in the Palm of their Hands

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) is pleased to announce the launch of FlexiCalc™ software - a new mobile phone app that revolutionizes how production parameters are calculated for flexible packaging converters and...

Gelpack Sold to Environmental Utility Company Visionscape

The administrators of Gelpack Industrial and Gelpack Excelsior have sold the business to environmental utility company Visionscape Group. Visionscape provides turnkey solutions in the areas of sanitation, energy and wastewater treatment...

ePac, LLC Announces New Flexible Packaging Plant to Open in Los Angeles, California

ePac, a leader in fast time to market, short-to medium run length flexible packaging by leveraging the latest in digital printing technology, today announced plans to open a new plant in the Los Angeles area. This will mark ePac’s third location...

Marzek Flexibles: M-FlexiLog Opening Celebrations in Hungary

Marzek Etiketten+Packaging is a brand that has been recognised throughout Austria for its high-quality labels and packaging for a number of decades. However, the company passed a new milestone on 14th September 2017 as it celebrated the opening of...

DS Smith Making Two Midwest US Investments

DS Smith plc is expanding operations in the United States on two fronts, including a new rigid plastic packaging location near Chicago and expansion of an injection molding location in Minnesota. The London-based company, through its DS Smith...

State Senator Roger Roth and the Flexible Packaging Association to Visit Sun Chemicals Menasha Plant

Sep 21, 2017 02:45 PM

State Senator Roger Roth (R), who represents Wisconsin Senate District 19, and representatives from the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), will visit Sun Chemical to meet with company leaders and employees and tour the 34,000 square feet...

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Dow Announces Start-Up of World-Scale Ethylene Production Facility and ELITE Polyethylene Unit in Texass

DowDuPont Materials Science, the business division of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP) to be named Dow, announced the startup of its new integrated world-scale ethylene production facility and its new ELITE™ enhanced polyethylene production facility, both...

Douglas McGraw Named President of Hayssen Flexible Systems

Hayssen Flexible Systems, a Barry-Wehmiller company, is pleased to announce that Douglas McGraw will begin serving as its President on September 25, 2017. Hayssen, headquartered in Duncan, is a global packaging machinery supplier specializing in...

Hurricane Harvey Delays Parts of Chevron Phillips Petrochemical Expansion

Chevron Phillips has completed its new plastics plants, but a large portion of the $6 billion expansion in the Houston area is being delayed until next year after Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters created additional problems. The Woodlands-based...

Berry Invests in Nonwoven Production in Italy

Berry Global Group Inc. has put the finishing touches on $15 million worth of improvements at the company's nonwovens production facility in Terno d'Isola, Italy. A two-year effort has created improvements in production processes and innovation...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Successfully Commissions New Marlex Polyethylene Units at Old Ocean, Texas

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) announced today it has successfully completed commissioning and begun start-up of its new polyethylene units at Old Ocean, Texas. Each unit will produce up to 500,000 metric tons...

BASF to Acquire Solvays Global Polyamide Business

BASF and Solvay have signed an agreement related to the sale of Solvay’s integrated polyamide business to BASF. The purchase price on a cash and debt-free basis would be €1.6 billion. According to applicable laws, the intended transaction is...

PCMC Acquires Flexible Packaging Machinery Manufacturer Graphbury Machines

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC)—a division of Barry-Wehmiller and a leading supplier of high-performance converting machinery for the tissue, nonwovens and package-printing industries worldwide—has recently grown through its acquisition...

Flextrus Adds Digital to Offering

European flexible packaging manufacturer Flextrus has added digital printing capabilities to its offering, as it seeks to take its packaging expertise ‘to another level’. Flextrus said its digital printing service, in partnership with Mediaköket...

Davis-Standard Completes Maillefer Acquisition

Davis-Standard, LLC announced today that it has closed its acquisition of Maillefer International Oy of Vantaa, Finland and Ecublens, Switzerland. Maillefer (www.maillefer.net) is the global leader in wire, cable, pipe and tube production...

Fisher Group Moves to Larger Facility, Doubles Capacity

Fisher Group Inc., one of the largest sign supply distributors, label printers and plastic fabricators in the Western United States, has moved its operations into an 83,000 square-foot facility on the northwest side of Salt Lake City, nearly...

Sealed Air and Alchemy Systems Partner to Improve Food Safety and Traceability Across Borders

Sealed Air and Alchemy Systems have announced a new partnership. Whereby the two companies will work together in Latin America and North America to help both food producers and exporters meet growing and changing industry regulations by...

Pro-Pac and Integrated Packaging Announce $177.5m Merger

Pro-Pac is poised to become a leading player in the flexible and industrial packaging manufacturing and distribution market in Australia once the $177.5m merger is approved. Shareholders are due to vote at the end of October with a proposed date...

DowDuPont Announces Results of Comprehensive Portfolio Review

DowDuPont™ (NYSE:DWDP) today announced that its Board of Directors and management, with the assistance of independent advisors, have completed their comprehensive review of the portfolio composition of the three intended independent companies...

Sealed Air to Acquire Asian Specialty Foam Business

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) announced today the acquisition of Fagerdala Singapore Pte Ltd., a manufacturer and fabricator of polyethylene foam. Sealed Air will acquire 100 percent of Fagerdala shares for approximately $100 million in cash...

Harper Corporation of America Earns Air Compliance Excellence Award

Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America is proud to announce that it has earned the Air Compliance Excellence (ACE) award from Mecklenburg County Air Quality (MCAQ) for its continued compliance and commitment toward reducing...

Evadix to Sell Flexible Packaging Business in Romania to Bemis

Belgian polymer printing services group Evadix said it will sell its Romanian subsidiaries Labels and MPI to US-based plastic packaging manufacturer Bemis for 3.3 million euro ($3.98 million). The transaction is expected to be completed in the...

BiologiQ Joins AMERIPEN

AMERIPEN, The American Institute for Packaging and the Environment, is pleased to announce that BiologiQ, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, has become a member. BiologiQ’s proprietary technology uses a renewable resource (potato starch) to produce blended...

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NAM Monday Economic Report, September 11, 2017

The manufacturing data continue to trend in the right direction, with the stronger global economy and a weaker dollar helping to buoy demand and production in the sector. The U.S. dollar has fallen 8.6 percent year-to-date against major currencies...

LPS Industries Announces at Pack Expo 2017 a Significant Expansion of its Production Capabilities

LPS Industries, a leading ISO-certified flexible packaging manufacturer, is using Pack Expo 2017 to announce a significant expansion of its production capabilities at its NJ-based facility. The company is in the process of installing 3 new pouch...

Berry Shifts Production from Damaged Texas Plant

Berry Global Group’s package-producing facility in Victoria, Texas, won’t reopen for a few weeks because of the on-going repair of structural and water damage caused by Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 25. “We are working closely with our restoration...

Governor McAuliffe Announces $7 Million Investment in Pittsylvania County, VA

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Thursday that Intertape Polymer Group (IPG), a packaging products and systems company that supplies to retailers and manufacturers, will invest $7 million to add significant manufacturing and distribution...

Transcontinental Inc. Announces Its Financial Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2017

Transcontinental Inc. (TSX: TCL.A TCL.B) announces its results for the third quarter of Fiscal 2017, which ended July 30, 2017. "I am proud of what we achieved in the third quarter as we continued to deploy our transformation plan while improving...

Atlapac Achieves SQF Certification

Atlapac Corporation, a leading manufacturer of bags, pouches and flexible packaging, has successfully achieved SQF (Safe Quality Food) Level 2 Certification. SQF is a HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) based food safety program...

Amcor Recognised in Fortune Magazines Change the World Repor

Fortune Magazine has recognised Amcor for our work with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), which is focusing on aid packaging to help more food to reach more people in urgent need. In the magazine’s annual “Change the World” report...

Sealed Air Completes the Sale of its Diversey Care Division and Food Hygiene Cleaning Business

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) announced today that it has completed the sale of its Diversey Care division and the food hygiene and cleaning business within its Food Care division to Bain Capital Private Equity for approximately $3.2 billion...

Charter NEX Films to Invest $85M in Blythewood Plant

Charter NEX Films, a manufacturer of polyethylene film for industrial and medical applications, announced today it plans to invest $85 million in a new operation in Richland County. The project is expected to create more than 110 jobs, according...

Agreement to Acquire Royal Adhesives and Sealants

H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE:FUL) announced today that it has signed an agreement to purchase Royal Adhesives & Sealants, a leading manufacturer of high-value specialty adhesives and sealants. This business consistently delivers industry-leading...

ProAmpac Completes Acquisition of PolyFirst Packaging

ProAmpac, one of the nation’s largest flexible packaging manufacturers, today announced that is has acquired Wisconsin-based PolyFirst Packaging. Specializing in printed/customized roll stock and various types of plastic pouches and bags...

Constantia Flexibles Invests in Film Technology at German Plant

Constantia Flexibles has invested roughly €6 million in new technology to manufacture film-based flexible packaging at its site in Weiden, Germany. These investments will meet growing demand for specialty laminates such as stand-up pouches, with...

DowDuPont Merger Successfully Completed

DowDuPont™ (NYSE:DWDP) today announced the successful completion of the merger of equals between The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) and E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (“DuPont”), effective Aug. 31, 2017. The combined entity is operating as a...

Siegwerk Appoints New Board Member

After five years in various executive positions at Siegwerk, Dr Jan Breitkopf will join the board of management where he will take over from Hugo Noordhoek Hegt as President Packaging EMEA. Change in the board of management of Siegwerk Druckfarben...

Hurricane Harvey: Crude Oil, Refining and Chemical Sector Impacts

IHS Markit is releasing periodic updates on the impact of the Tropical Storm Harvey on the crude oil, refining, and chemical sectors. As of Wednesday, U.S. Gulf of Mexico operators have shut down approximately 324,000 b/d of crude oil output...

Join PMMI and PACK EXPO in Supporting Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

As the Gulf Coast struggles to recover from this record-breaking storm, PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, is announcing funds raised through PACK gives BACK™ will be provided to the American Red Cross to aid in...

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ProAmpac Welcomes New President of Extrusion and Laminations Division

ProAmpac, one of the nation’s largest flexible packaging manufacturers, announced today that Tom Loewald joined the senior leadership team as President of the Extrusion and Laminations Division. Tom most recently served as Senior Vice President...

Processors Take Stock of Damage from Harvey

Processors are assessing damage from Hurricane Harvey and the more than 4 feet of rain that came with it in Texas. While information is just starting to come in regarding businesses in a region that saw more than 13 deaths a few near the Gulf...

Dow and Saudi Aramco Sign MOU for Potential Equity Ownership Restructure in Sadara Joint Venture

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) today announced a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that sets forth a process for Dow to acquire an additional 15 percent ownership interest from...

Dow Earns Top Score on 2017 Disability Equality Index

The Dow Chemical Company has received the highest possible score on the 2017 Disability Equality Index® (DEI). The DEI survey, administered by the U.S. Business Leadership Network® (USBLN) and the American Association of People with Disabilities...

Imaflex Announces Continued Strong Growth for Second Quarter of 2017

Imaflex Inc. (“Imaflex” or the “Corporation”) (TSX-V: IFX), announces its consolidated financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017. All amounts are in Canadian dollars. “Sales and profitability momentum continues, with growth...

OX Industries Opens New Plant in Fort Worth

OX Industries has announced the opening of its new converting plant in Fort Worth, Texas. The 100,000-square-foot facility will house the newest manufacturing technology in paper tube, core and protective packaging production equipment to service...

FPA Publishes 2017 State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report

The Flexible Packaging Association’s (FPA) 2017 State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report provides industry converters, suppliers, investors, and analysts with insight into the performance (growth, revenue/volume expectations, profitability...

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ProAmpac Acquires AB Group Shopping Bag Product Line Assets

ProAmpac, one of the nation’s largest flexible packaging manufacturers, today announced that is has acquired the North American shopping bag product line of AB Packaging Group. This transaction will enable the parties to better serve their...

Amcor Announces Full Year Results For the Year Ended 30 June 2017

Amcor’s CEO Mr Ron Delia said: “Amcor’s strong full-year results reflect the progress we have made on our strategic investments and the benefits of our broad mix of geographic exposures. Underlying PBIT and EPS grew 9 and 10 percent respectively...

ProAmpac Completes Acquisition of Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Orlando

ProAmpac, one of the nation’s largest flexible packaging manufacturers, today announced that is has acquired Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Orlando from Holland’s Clondalkin Group. Specializing in converting, printing, die-cutting and slitting...

ORAFOL Europe GmbH Acquisition in the USA

ORAFOL Europe GmbH is pleased to announce the acquisition of Rowland Technologies, Inc of Wallingford, CT. Rowland Technologies is a specialty manufacturer of high-quality plastic films and sheeting. Their unique extrusion process and proprietary...

TC Transcontinental - Forty Years of Growth

TC Transcontinental, Canada’s largest printer, a leading media organization and an important provider of flexible packaging in North America, was founded in 1976 when Rémi Marcoux teamed up with partners Claude Dubois and André Kingsley to buy...

Sun Chemical Acquires Joules Angstrom U.V. Printing Inks Corp.

Sun Chemical has acquired Joules Angstrom U.V. Printing Inks Corp., a leading manufacturer of UV printing inks for converters in the commercial, packaging and specialty markets. By combining the complementary portfolio of products from the...

Menges Roller Underway On Multi-Million Dollar Expansion

Menges Roller, the Wauconda, IL-based manufacturer of process rollers for a wide variety of industrial applications, is well underway on a multifaceted expansion involving major plant and equipment upgrades. The expansion will enable the firm to...

Gelpack Companies Enter Administration

Flexible packaging manufacturers Gelpack Excelsior and Gelpack Industrial have fallen into administration, resulting in 175 redundancies. Chris Pole and Mark Orton from KPMG were appointed joint administrators to the two companies on 3 August...

Sun Chemical Collaborates with Sappi North America to Create Companion Piece for Award Winning Book

Sun Chemical has collaborated with Sappi North America to create a unique companion piece for its award winning “Innovative Solutions” book for brand owners and converters. The companion piece features 10 printed sample pages utilizing Sun...

Bandera Closes Turkish TechnoFlex PO Line Deal

Bandera has closed a deal in Turkey for a TechnoFlex PO line, with the possibility of cooperating with an important converter in the local and international flexible packaging market. This represents an important challenge that Bandera faces with...

ePac to Open Flexible Packaging Plant in Boulder, Colorado

ePac Holdings, a market leader in quick-turn, short to medium length run flexible packaging, announced it will open its next plant in Boulder, Colorado in the fall of 2017, with order taking to begin immediately. ePac Boulder will serve Colorado...

Sadara, the Worlds Largest Chemicals Complex Built in a Single Phase, Commemorates Commissioning of All 26 Plants

Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and The Dow Chemical Company, today celebrates the commissioning of the last of its 26 plants – an isocyanates section currently producing crude quantities of toluene di...

Intertape Polymer Group Reports 2017 Second Quarter Results

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. (TSX:ITP) (the "Company") today released results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016. All amounts in this press release are denominated in US dollars unless otherwise indicated and all percentages are...

CTI Industries Corporation Reports Results of Operations For the Second Quarter 2017

CTI Industries Corporation (CTIB - NASDAQ Capital Market), a manufacturer and marketer of flexible packaging and storage products, laminated films and novelty balloons, today announced its results of operations for the second quarter and first six...

Mondi, Mineral Area College Roll Out Apprenticeship Program

Mineral Area College and Mondi are partnering to start an apprenticeship program to help train skilled workers and fill a growing need in manufacturing. Representatives from both entities unveiled the program Wednesday at Mondi in Jackson...

Updates at Packaging Maker Sonoco and its Recycling Division

Global packaging producer Sonoco recycled the equivalent of 57 percent of the packaging it placed on the market last year. That’s according to the Hartsville, S.C.-based company’s 2016-17 corporate responsibility report. Sonoco Recycling, the...

Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury Appoints New Sales and Marketing Director

Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury has appointed Alastair Bearman as its new sales and marketing director. Bearman has 25 years of flexible packaging experience with Americk Primopost and Pulse Flexible Packaging. In his new role, he will be...

SOCIPACK Renews its Confidence in Comexi

Comexi, global provider of flexible packaging solutions, and SOCIPACK, leading company in the Ivory Coast’ flexible packaging field, have strengthen their partnership. The Ivory Coast company has purchased a new Comexi flexographic press F2 MB, a...

KBAs Favourable Second Quarter in First Half 2017

After a good start to the year in which Koenig & Bauer celebrates its 200th anniversary, the group is able to report favourable business performance in the second quarter of 2017. ‘The successful trade shows Print China in Beijing, Interpack in...

Morris Packaging Announces Acquisition of Equipment to Add Capacity

Morris Packaging announces the order of a Hudson-Sharp 750SGBS Pouch Machine and B&B - MAF Side Gusseted Bag Machine SFB 8E –L as an expansion to its converting operations facility in Jefferson City, Missouri. The announcement follows the...

Toyobo, Trias to Establish Two Packaging JVs in Indonesia

Toyobo, a Japanese maker of fibers and textiles, has agreed to set up two joint venture (JV) firms with Indonesian flexible packaging film maker PT. Trias Sentosa to manufacture and sell its transparent vapor-deposited film ECOSYAR and polyester...

Berry Global Group, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2017 Results

Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE:BERY) today reported results for its third fiscal 2017 quarter, referred to in the following as the June 2017 quarter. Net income for the June 2017 quarter was $107 million ($0.79 per diluted share) compared to $96...

Berry Expects More Cost Savings from AEP Industries Integration

The numbers just keep getting better for Berry Global Group Inc. when it comes to the acquisition and integration of AEP Industries Inc. The Evansville, Ind.-based company boosted expected annual cost savings from the AEP deal for a second time...

Kodak to Open Flexo Hub Flexible Packaging Technology Center in Brussels

Kodak is to open a new flexo packaging technology center in Brussels, Flexo Hub, to emphasis its partnerships with customers, OEMs, brands and industry associations. At Flexo Hub, customers will have the opportunity to see demonstrations of the...

Ampacet Opens Masterbatch Production Facility in Dandenong, Australia

Ampacet Corporation, Tarrytown, NY, has announced the opening of a new masterbatch production facility in Dandenong, Australia. The plant produces custom colors and additives used to add color, texture, metallic looks, paper effects and...

Sealed Air Acquires Brazilian Food Packaging Business

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) announced today the acquisition of Deltaplam Embalagens Indústria e Comércio Ltda (Deltaplam), a family owned and operated Brazilian flexible packaging manufacturer. Helping food customers primarily in Brazil...

Gateway Packaging Expands Operations in White House, Tennessee

Gateway Packaging, a company that manufactures flexible paper and plastic packaging products, will invest $13.2 million to expand its manufacturing operations as well as locate its official headquarters in White House, Tennessee. Gateway Packaging...

Atlantic Packaging Opens Research Center in North Carolina

Atlantic Packaging is spending $10 million to open a new research, testing and shipping certification center in Charlotte, N.C. The new location, called the Packaging Solution Center, “will establish a brand new model in the packaging industry...

Dows New Innovation Center to Drive Technology and Market Growth Synergies from Silicone Science Integration

Today, Andrew Liveris, chairman and chief executive officer of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), announced that the Company will begin construction of a new, $100 million Innovation Center designed to drive innovation at the intersections of...

Zip-Pak Reaffirms Resealable Leadership Role with New Engineering and Innovation Center

Zip-Pak®, the global leader in resealable technology for flexible packaging, is establishing a new Engineering and Innovation Center (EIC) at its Carol Stream, IL headquarters. With an opening date scheduled for late 2017, the EIC will house 9,100...

On the Heels of a Disappointing Quarter, Bemis Co. to Target Smaller Customers

Bemis Co. Inc., disappointed with quarterly earnings, believes the company needs to broad its customer base to find “pockets of growth.” The leadership at the Neenah, Wis.-based plastics packaging company was clear in recent comments made with the...

LyondellBasell and Huntsman Report Growing Profits After Big Announcements

Petrochemical giant LyondellBasell and special chemical company Huntsman both reported growing profits after making major recent announcements. LyondellBasell said last week it will move forward with its most expensive project ever, a $2.4 billion...

Bemis Company Reports Second Quarter Results and Revises Guidance

Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) today reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2017. Refer to the reconciliation of Non-GAAP measures detailed in the attached schedule, including adjusted earnings per share, adjusted EBITDA...

DuPont, FMC Win EU Antitrust Approval for Asset Swap Deal

U.S. chemicals company DuPont (DD.N) and U.S. peer FMC Corp (FMC.N) secured conditional EU antitrust approval on Thursday for their asset swap deal which is tied to DuPont's merger with Dow Chemical (DOW.N). In March, DuPont said it would sell...

Dow Reports Second Quarter 2017 Results

Dow reported earnings per share of $1.07, or operating earnings per share of $1.08. This compares with earnings per share of $2.61 in the year-ago period, or operating earnings per share of $0.95. Certain Items in the quarter reflected an $0.08...

DuPont Reports Second-Quarter and First-Half Results

DuPont (NYSE: DD), a science company that brings world-class, innovative products, materials, and services to the global marketplace, today announced second-quarter 2017 GAAP earnings from continuing operations of $0.97 per share and operating...

Avery Dennison Names New Vice President of R&D

Wautelet, who will assume her new role on 1 September, will be based at Oegstgeest, The Netherlands, and report to Hassan Rmaile, global vice president of R&D for Avery Dennison’s Label & Graphic Materials group. “Avery Dennison has pioneered...

Sonoco Completes Acquisition of Clear Lam Packaging, Inc.

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Clear Lam Packaging, Inc., a family-held developer and manufacturer of flexible and forming plastic packaging films...

Pulse Flexible Assets to go up for Auction

Administrators are set to auction off a range of packaging production equipment from Pulse Flexible Packaging sites following the demise of the business. KPMG shut down operations at Pulse Flexible Packaging in June, although there was still talk...

LyondellBasell to Build the World's Largest PO/TBA Plant in Texas

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, today announced the final investment decision to build the world's largest propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant in the...

Huhtamaki Oyj's Half-yearly Report January 1-June 30, 2017: Net Sales Grew and Profitability Was at a Good Level

Net sales grew to EUR 772 million (EUR 742 million). Adjusted EBIT was EUR 75.6 million (EUR 77.8 million); EBIT EUR 75.6 million (EUR 77.6 million). Adjusted EPS was EUR 0.52 (EUR 0.54); EPS EUR 0.52 (EUR 0.53). Comparable net sales growth was 1%...

Sonoco Reports Second Quarter 2017 Results

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today reported financial results for its second quarter, ending July 2, 2017. Second quarter 2017 GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.43, compared with $0.55 in...

Sonoco Declares Regular Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

The Board of Directors of Sonoco (NYSE:SON) today declared a $.39 per share quarterly common stock dividend. The dividend will be paid on September 8, 2017, to shareholders of record as of August 11, 2017. According to Jack Sanders, president and...

Dow Upsurges Plastic Recycling in US; Starts Grant Program

The Dow Chemical Company has recently announced it has teamed up with national nonprofit, Keep America Beautiful, to award two USD 50,000 grants for organizations to establish Hefty® EnergyBag™ programs in their communities. The program is an...

Constantia Flexibles Sells Labels Division to Multi-Color

Constantia Flexibles has signed an agreement to sell its Labels division to Multi-Color Corporation (“Multi-Color”) for an enterprise value of approximately €1.15 billion ($1.3 billion). The transaction is expected to be completed in the fourth...

Bemis Flexible Packaging Milprint Fire Damages Packaging Plant

A South Lebanon Township manufacturing plant sustained an estimated one-quarter of a million dollars in damage early Monday morning when a machine caught fire inside the plant. There were no injuries. Fire crews were dispatched at 1:24 a.m. to 5...

Chantler Packaging Creates JV with Pakistani Flexible Packager

Ontario-based flexible packaging supplier Chantler Packaging Inc. has partnered with Packages Lanka (Private) Ltd., of Lahore, Pakistan, to create a joint venture designed to grow Chantler’s business operations. Called Chantler Packages Inc., the...

ADNOC and Borealis Sign Agreement to Extend and Expand Joint Petrochemical Activities in Ruwais

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis have signed a framework agreement, under which the companies will advance two key projects that will expand both ADNOC and Borealis downstream petrochemicals business and support the delivery...

Two New Acquisitions to Support Premier Tech Expansion

Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec-based Premier Tech has announced two new international acquisitions, both completed within a few days of each other. On July 1, its Industrial Equipment Group (IEG) completed a first acquisition in France, while its...

Private Equity Expected to Buy Packaging Specialists Inc.

O2 Investment Partners, a Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based private equity firm, is expected to announce July 17 that is has acquired Phoenix-based Packaging Specialists Inc. for Packaging Concepts & Design, a portfolio company based in Troy, Mich...

Jindal Poly Films Gets NCLT Nod for Amalgamation

Jindal Poly Films announced that the National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench has sanctioned the scheme of amalgamation between Global Nonwovens and Jindal Poly Films. The scheme has already been sanctioned by NCLT, Allahabad Bench on April...

DuPont Declares Third Quarter Dividend

DuPont declared a third quarter common stock dividend of 38 cents per share payable September 29, 2017, to stockholders of record July 31, 2017. Since the companies expect the merger to close between August 1 and September 1, Dow and DuPont have...

Dow Announces Changes in Key Executive Leadership Roles

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced several changes in key executive leadership roles today. Pedro Suarez, currently Dow’s North American geographical president, has been named chief commercial officer and will take over these...

Intertape Polymer Group Announces Renewal of Normal Course Issuer Bid

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. is pleased to announce that the Toronto Stock Exchange has approved the renewal of the Company’s normal course issuer bid (“NCIB”). Under the renewed NCIB, the Company will be entitled to repurchase for cancellation up...

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Dow Declares Quarterly Dividend of 46 Cents per Share

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) has declared a dividend of 46 cents per share, payable October 2, 2017, to shareholders of record on July 31, 2017. Since the companies expect the merger to close between August 1 and September 1, Dow and...

Sonoco Releases Cost of Damage Calculator

The Protective Solutions division of Sonoco, North America’s leading provider of protective packaging, components and material handling solutions, has released its Cost of Damage Calculator, a robust online tool designed to calculate the real cost...

NAM Global Manufacturing Economic Update, July 2017

The U.S. dollar depreciated 5.5 percent in the first half of 2017, but it remained 19.6 percent higher than it was three years ago.The trade-weighted U.S. dollar index against major currencies from the Federal Reserve Board has declined from...

Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. Names Anu D. Vij Chief Operating Officer

Anu D. Vij, a seasoned Global operations & technical leader has joined Ship & Shore Environmental Inc., as Chief Operating Officer. Ship & Shore, a leading U.S. environmental, pollution abatement and energy solutions firm specializing in air...

Durst Image Technology US Adds Industry Veteran Rick Scrimger in Executive Role

Durst Image Technology US has added Rick Scrimger as director of business development and strategic initiatives. Scrimger will be heading up several business units in addition to contributing to the overall company strategy within Durst North...

Cascades Flexible Packaging Receives Prestigious IFS PACsecure Certification

Cascades Flexible Packaging, a Cascades unit that specializes mainly in the manufacture of flexible plastic packaging for the food market, has earned the IFS PACsecure certification, which is recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)...

American Packaging Introduces Greater Choice in Digital Flexible Packaging

American Packaging has invested in a digital system for flexible packaging that is designed to enable greater choice in surfaces, substrates and technical performance. New product launches and tests will have unique possibilities with the APC...

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FPA Submits Comments for the Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on U.S. Trade Policy

Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on the above referenced hearing. The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is the voice of U.S. manufacturers of flexible packaging and their suppliers. The Association’s mission is connecting...

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BOBST and Radex Announce Launch of Mouvent, a New Company Focused on Digital Print Using Pioneering Digital Technology

BOBST – one of the world’s leading suppliers of equipment and services to packaging and label manufacturers, and Radex – a startup company owned by multiple stakeholders with a long track record in the field of DOD inkjet digital printing...

NOVA Chemicals Announces the Closing of its Acquisition of Williams Ownership Interest in Geismar, Louisiana Olefins Plant

NOVA Chemicals Corporation (“NOVA Chemicals”) today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Williams Partners L.P.’s (“Williams”) indirect 88.46% ownership interest in the Geismar, Louisiana olefins plant. As part...

Klockner Pentaplast Completes Acquisition of LINPAC Group

The Klöckner Pentaplast Group (“kp”), announces the successful completion of the acquisition of LINPAC Senior Holdings Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. LINPAC is a prominent film producer and converter for food packaging in Europe...

Jindal Acquisition of Apeldoorn Flexible Packaging Holding B.V.

Jindal Poly Films Limited ("JPFL"), one of the leading flexible packaging films manufacturers globally, announced th e acquisition of Apeldoorn Flexible Packaging Holding B.V. ("AFP") through its Netherlands based subsidiary in an all cash deal...

Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) Completes Transaction to Acquire Cantech

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. announced the completion on July 1 of the previously announced transaction to acquire substantially all of the assets of Canadian Technical Tape Ltd., a North American supplier of industrial and specialty tapes based...

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Riverhead Firm Purchased by Berry Global

Adchem Corp., a Riverhead-based developer of high performance adhesive tape systems, has been purchased by Berry Global, which announced the acquisition in a letter to its customers Friday. The combination of Berry Global and Adchem will “enhance...

Bemis Company Announces Actions to Reduce Cost Structure

Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE: BMS) announced today its planned actions in a restructuring and cost savings program to improve efficiency and profitability that further positions the Company for long-term success. The Company will implement these...

Huhtamaki Strengthens Its Position as the Leading Foodservice Packaging Provider in China

Huhtamaki has entered into an agreement to acquire International Paper's foodservice packaging operations in China. With the acquisition Huhtamaki expands its manufacturing footprint into the Eastern China region and strengthens its capacity and...

Dow/DuPont to Divest Plastics Business Amid Price Hike Fears

The Canadian Competition Bureau has reached an agreement relating to the proposed merger between DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company regarding its plastic packaging...

EAFA Elects New President

Bruno Rea, commercial director at Laminazione Sottile Group of Italy, has been elected as the new president of the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA). Confirmed at the association’s summer conference in Bilbao, Spain, he succeeds Jan Homan...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Announces President and CEO Leadership Succession

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) announced today that Peter Cella, president and chief executive officer (CEO), intends to retire from the company, effective August 1, 2017. Additionally, the company announced that...

Printpack Mourns the Passing of Jim Greco

Jim Greco retired from Printpack in June of 2013 after more than forty years of distinguished service in a wide range of leadership roles at Printpack. Greco graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965 with a Mechanical Engineering degree...

MacDermid Graphics Solutions Appoints New Senior Vice President And General Manager

MacDermid Graphics Solutions, a division of MacDermid Performance Solutions, announced today the appointment of Melanie Galloway as Senior Vice President and General Manager, effective immediately. Based in Atlanta, GA, Melanie is responsible for...

Sonoco to Acquire Clear Lam Packaging, Inc.

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of the stock of Clear Lam Packaging, Inc., a family-held developer and manufacturer of...

Dow Recognized as 2017 Manufacturer of the Year

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) was named 2017 Manufacturer of the Year, Large Enterprise, by Frost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing Leadership Council (MLC). The honor was presented at the Manufacturing Leadership Awards Gala where more than 100...

Constantia Flexibles Invests in New Laminating Technology in Russia

Constantia Flexibles Group has started up a new laming machine at its manufacturing site in the Krasnodar region of Russia to serve growing demand in the domestic food packaging industry. The new solvent triplex laminator was inaugurated in June...

FPA Testifies Against the Section 232 Investigation on the Effect of Aluminum Imports on U.S. National Security

Today, FPA President and CEO, Alison Keane, Esq., provided testimony at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s public hearing for the Section 232 investigation on the effect of aluminum imports on U.S. national security. The Section 232 investigation...

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Chevron Phillips Chemical Marks Major Milestone of its $6 Billion U.S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) announced today that the two polyethylene (PE) units of its $6 billion petrochemical investment on the U.S. Gulf Coast successfully achieved the major milestone of mechanical...

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Amcor Appoints Non-Executive Director

Mr Tom Long has been appointed as a non-executive director of Amcor Ltd effective 15 June 2017. Based in the United States, Tom has broad international corporate experience, including extensive experience with global beverage businesses. After...

Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) Enters Strategic Partnership Through Capstone

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. (TSX:ITP) (“IPG” or “the Company”), today announced an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Capstone Polyweave Private Limited (d/b/a “Capstone”), a newly-formed enterprise in India, which is expected to lead to...

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INX Expands Edwardsville Manufacturing Facility

Following a successful expansion of its metal decorating plant ln Charlotte, NC late last year, INX International Ink Co. recently doubled the size of its manufacturing facility in Edwardsville, KS. Completed in April, the now 75,000 square-foot...

Plastic Packaging Technologies, LLC Announces Appointment of Melissa Rishkofski as New Director Business Development

Melissa will be responsible for the leadership of the PPT direct sales team, developing new business opportunities and creating customized solutions to customer needs. Melissa is a well-known figure in the flexible packaging industry with over 25...

Berry Global Group, Inc. Joins the Fortune 500

Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of innovative engineered materials, nonwoven specialty materials and consumer packaging, today announced that it has joined the Fortune 500, Fortune Magazine’s...

Scholle IPN Opens Flexible Packaging Plant In Santiago, Chile

Scholle IPN, a global leader in flexible packaging solutions, has announced today that they have opened a new manufacturing facility in Santiago, Chile. The new plant is capable of producing bag-in-box style flexible packaging for institutional...

Intertape Polymer Group Enters Agreement to Acquire Cantech and Increases Borrowing Capacity by $150 million

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. (TSX:ITP) ("IPG" or "the Company"), a leading manufacturer of packaging products and machinery, today announced an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Canadian Technical Tape Ltd. (d/b/a "Cantech")...

NAM Global Manufacturing Economic Update, June 2017

According to a new report from the World Bank, the global economy is strengthening, rebounding from recent challenges and assisted by better manufacturing and export data. It sees world GDP growing 2.7 percent and 2.9 percent in 2017 and 2018...

Glenroy Inc. Receives Five Awards for Excellence in Printing

Glenroy Inc., a converter and printer of flexible packaging for over 50 years, has received four awards for exceptional flexographic printing at the Great Lakes Graphics Association (GLGA)’s 2017 Graphics Excellence Awards competition, as well as...

Dow President and COO Jim Fitterling Named to Manufacturers Association Board of Directors

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) announced that President and Chief Operating Officer of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) Jim Fitterling was elected to the NAM Board of Directors, where he will play a strategic role in...

American Packaging Breaks Ground on $170m Manufacturing Facility in New York

American Packaging has broken ground on a new 350,000ft² manufacturing facility in Monroe County, New York. The company is investing around $170m to develop the facility, which will allow to create up to 260 permanent jobs, in addition to 100...

Vonco Products New Salem, WI Facility Update

It's June and the weather isn't the only thing heating up this Summer! Vonco's new facility is complete, our new 8-color flexographic printing press is being installed and tested and the Vonco staff begins moving in June 19th! We have a great...

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Dow Completes Construction of ELITE Enhanced Polyethylene Production Unit in Freeport, Texas

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) today announced the completion of the construction phase of its new ELITE™ enhanced polyethylene production facility in Freeport, Texas. Completed on time, the 400,000 metric ton polyethylene unit is the first...

Fisher Container Completes Acquisition of Packaging Products Corporation in Partnership with Morgan Stanley Capital Partners

Fisher Container Holdings, LLC (“Fisher”) announced today that it completed its acquisition of Packaging Products Corporation, LLC (“PPC”). Fisher is a portfolio company majority owned by investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners...

KPMG Shuts Down Operations at Pulse Flexible Packaging

The demise of Pulse comes after the company fell into administration in April. Last month, 110 members of the workforce were made redundant. Last week’s announcement (2 June) resulted in a further 45 redundancies. Despite the closure, KPMG...

Jindal in Talks to Buy DuPont Teijin European Operations

India's Jindal Poly Films Ltd. is in advanced stages of discussions to buy the European operations of DuPont Teijin Films for $300 million, according to a report in India's Economic Times newspaper. New Delhi-based Jindal did not respond to calls...

Constantia Flexibles Awarded with Mars Quality Focus Initiative Awards 2016 for Perfect Performance

Every year, Mars awards outstanding suppliers with their Quality Focus Initiative Awards. This year, Constantia Hueck Folien was amongst the proud winners and won the award in the category “Perfect Performance”, relating to business supplied by...

Transcendia, Inc. Enters Partnership with the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs

Transcendia, Inc., a leader in custom engineered materials for critical product components in a wide range of markets and applications, today announced West Street Capital Partners VII, an investment fund managed by the Merchant Banking Division...

Italy's Gualapack Buys Mexican Flexible Packaging Supplier

Italian packaging giant Gualapack SpA has acquired Excel Nobleza SA de CV, a flexible packaging supplier located 100 miles southeast of Mexico City. The Herrero family, which founded Excel Nobleza two decades ago, will continue to run the company...

Uflex Consolidated Net Profit Grows 22 Percent in the Fourth Quarter

India’s largest multinational flexible packaging materials and Solution Company Uflex Limited has reported a 22% rise in consolidated net profit for Q4 FY 2016-17 as compared to the same period in the previous fiscal. Figuratively the consolidated...

BPF Elects New President

Bruce Margetts, the Managing Director of Bericap in the UK, was elected as president of the British Plastics Federation in succession to David Hall at the BPF’s AGM held on 25 May. Margetts was born in 1966 and was educated at the University of...

Third Point's Loeb Suggests Carving DowDuPont Into Six Companies

Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. should consider creating six focused companies after their planned merger, twice as many as planned, to improve the investment potential of each, said activist shareholder Dan Loeb. Changing the composition of the...

Jindal Films Americas Expanding for the Future, This Time in Polyester

Jindal Films Americas (JFA), an industry leader in the development and manufacture of high performance films for flexible packaging and labeling, and making inroads into the technical films segment, is pleased to announce that the organization has...

LyondellBasell Begins Construction of Hyperzone PE Plant at its La Porte Complex

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, has broken ground on the first commercial Hyperzone polyethylene (PE) plant at its La Porte, Texas, complex. The plant will be capable of producing...

DuPont Honors Bemis in 2017 Packaging Innovation Competition

Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) has been honored by DuPont for the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Bakery Delights package featuring textured film. The package received a Silver Award in the 2017 DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. The innovative Kellogg...

Water Vest Innovation Improving Lives, Winning Awards

A nylon solution to help people more easily transport water in impoverished areas around the world is the big winner of this year's DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. Called the Fritz Water Vest, the Diamond Award winner can carry up to 20...

Tekni-Plex Acquires BrunaSeals

Tekni-Plex, Inc. has acquired the assets of BrunaSeals, Doral, Florida, a leading producer of induction seals and foam closure liners for beverage, cosmetics, pharma and household and industrial chemical products. Going forward, BrunaSeals will...

Join Chevron Phillips Chemical on the Journey to Start Up its $6 Billion Texas Gulf Coast Investment

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) has launched Emerging Possibilities, a new online site for stories and updates about its $6 billion investment in the U.S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project, which is expected to be...

Huntsman and Clariant to Combine in Merger of Equals

Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) and Clariant (SIX: CLN) today announced that their Boards of Directors unanimously approved a definitive agreement to combine in a merger of equals through an all-stock transaction...

Andrew Liveris Appointed Co-chair of Saudi-U.S. CEO Forum

Andrew Liveris, Dow’s chairman and chief executive officer, has been appointed co-chair of the newly launched Saudi-U.S. CEO Forum – created to demonstrate the strategic partnerships between the two countries with the aim of mutual value creation...

Sonoco Named a Best for Vets Company

Sonoco (NYSE: SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has been named one of 82 "Best for Vets" companies by Military Times. Sonoco joins other well-known brands, including Kellogg, AT&T, Hilton, Macy's Inc. and The Boeing...

Transformation: Amcor Wins World Procurement Award

In 2012, we started a transformation of our global procurement organisation, tools and systems. On 17 May 2017, Amcor was recognised at the World Procurement Awards, winning the "Internal Transformation" category. Read the story of how Amcor...

TCPL Packaging Invests in Further QuadTech Technology to Support Move Into Flexible Packaging

TCPL Packaging Limited, one of India's largest manufacturers of printed folding cartons, has installed its third QuadTech inspection system to further drive printing efficiencies as it moves to support flexible packaging. TCPL has a long-standing...

Richmond-Based Packaging Firm Expands

Richmond’s Great Little Box Company (GLBC) announced last week it has acquired three, new packaging production machines that will allow it to expand and enhance its offering of packaging products, including corrugated boxes, custom displays...

DuPont Says Dow Merger on Track to Close By September

DuPont Co. and the Dow Chemical Co. said May 17 that they are on track to close their $130 billion merger between Aug. 1 and Sept. 1—a deal that has been reviewed by major antitrust enforcers all over the globe. The announcement means that the...

NAM Global Manufacturing Economic Update, May 2017

Even before the results of the French election were known, there was a sense that Europe had turned a corner and was moving in the right direction, albeit with some pesky economic and political qualms that continue to linger in the markets...

Dow Announces Next Phase of Comprehensive Investments to Deliver Long-Term Competitive Advantage and Earnings Growth

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) today announced its next phase of comprehensive investments over the next five years to further enhance its competitive advantage and deliver earnings growth. These investments will stimulate economic activity...

Dow, DuPont to Review Breakup Plan After Merger

Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. will reassess how the chemical giants plan to separate into three companies following their merger, after shareholders of both companies raised questions about the details of each new company. The companies said on...

Dow and DuPont Announce Board of Directors for DowDuPont

DuPont (NYSE:DD) and The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) today announced the members of the Board of Directors for the proposed merger of equals transaction of the two companies. As determined by the merger agreement, the DowDuPont Board will...

Sigma Plastics Buys BJK Flexible Packaging

Sigma Plastics Group, already the largest privately owned film extrusion group in North America, is expanding again. This time in Kentucky. Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Sigma acquired BJK Flexible Packaging of Louisville, a move that adds 45 million...

Avery Dennison Receives FDA Approval for Direct Food Contact of R1490 Adhesive

Avery Dennison has received FDA Food Contact Notification 1716 (direct food compliance) for its R1490 adhesive, a product designed for use in reclosure label applications. The approval, a first-of-its-kind for the reclose label space, means food...

Polymer Packaging Announces New Personnel Appointments

Polymer Packaging is building for the future by expanding its management team. “We’ve built a strong team with a commitment to the growth and expansion of the value-add standup pouch business for the flexible packaging converting industry,” notes...

Sealed Air Corp. Reports Q1 2017 Financial Results; To Divest Diversey Div.

Sealed Air Corp. announced its financial results for Q1 2017. Commenting on these results, Jerome A. Peribere, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “2017 is a transformational year for Sealed Air. In March, we announced the sale of...

Kevin Kwilinski Appointed CEO of Fort Dearborn Company

Fort Dearborn Company, a leading North American supplier of high-impact prime labels for consumer goods, today announced the appointment of Kevin Kwilinski as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kwilinski, former CEO of Paperworks Industries, a privately...

Bemis Company Reports First Quarter Results and Provides Updated 2017 Outlook

Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2017. Refer to the reconciliation of Non-GAAP measures detailed in the attached schedule, including adjusted earnings per share and adjusted...

Sun Chemical Signs Collaboration Agreement with HP Indigo

Sun Chemical has entered a collaboration agreement with HP Indigo to develop cost-effective digital coatings which would enable the adoption of digital printing in the packaging industry. As the foremost global player in the package printing...

Dow U.S. Apprenticeship Program Receives U.S. Department of Labor Registration

The United States Department of Labor has formally recognized The Dow Chemical Company’s (NYSE: DOW) U.S. Apprenticeship Program as having approved National Standards of Apprenticeship. As an industry leader in the apprenticeship space, with over...

Bemis Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend, June 2017

The Board of Directors of Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 30 cents per share. The dividend is payable June 1, 2017, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 17, 2017. Bemis has paid...

FPA Opposes Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties on Aluminum Foil from China Petition

The Flexible Packaging Association (“FPA”) was pleased to review a comprehensive report by the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) into claims that dumped and subsidized aluminum foil from China is causing or threating injury to the...

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Daibochi Gets Myanmar Nod to Commence JV Packaging Operations

Daibochi Plastic and Packaging Industry Bhd has received regulatory approval from Myanmar for its joint-venture (JV) proposal to set up flexible packaging operations in that country. With the approval by the Myanmar Investment Commission, Daibochi...

Berry Seeing Improved Results From AEP Buy

Berry Global Group Inc. was pretty stoked about its recent acquisition of AEP Industries Inc., but the deal for the flexible packaging films maker is turning out to be even better than expected. Evansville, Ind.-based Berry said on a quarterly...

Sun Chemical Forms Commercial Alliance with SAPICI

Sun Chemical has formed a commercial alliance with SAPICI S.p.A. to market SAPICI’s lamination adhesives portfolio under the Sun Chemical commercial brand name. The alliance allows Sun Chemical to market SAPICI’s lamination adhesives exclusively...

Pregis Acquires Sharp Packaging Systems

Pregis has acquired Sussex, Wisconsin-based Sharp Packaging Systems for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will enable Pregis to expand its product portfolio to include a complete line of flexible packaging bagging systems and materials...

Berry Global Group, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2017 Results

Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE:BERY) today reported results for its second fiscal 2017 quarter, referred to in the following as the March 2017 quarter. Net income for the March 2017 quarter was $72 million ($0.54 per diluted share) compared to...

BASF Announces Cooperation with HP Indigo

BASF has recently entered a strategic collaboration with HP Indigo, the world’s leading manufacturer of digital printing presses. Both companies will collaborate to develop water-based adhesive solutions for flexible packaging that are specially...

UPS and Sealed Air Showcase Fulfillment of the Future with New Packaging Innovation Center

UPS (NYSE:UPS) and Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) today announced the opening of a Packaging Innovation Center in Louisville, Kentucky on the UPS Supply Chain Solutions campus, near the Worldport® facility, which is the UPS Air Group’s global...

Comexi North America Appoints Olof Buelens as Vice President

Buelens has a wide experience in sales and service packaging machinery. Comexi, specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging industry, is taking part these days in the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) Annual Forum and Info*Flex...

Dow and DuPont Receive Conditional Approval from Chinas Ministry of Commerce for Proposed Merger of Equals

DuPont (NYSE: DD) and The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced that China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has granted conditional regulatory approval of their proposed merger of equals. MOFCOM’s approval is conditional on DuPont and Dow...

Finzer Roller Acquires the Majority of the Manufacturing Assets of American Elastomer Products

Finzer Roller today announced that it has acquired the majority of the manufacturing assets of American Elastomer Products of Houston, Texas. “Finzer Roller is a significant supplier of rubber and urethane rollers in the Texas marketplace. America...

Emirates Printing Press Opens New Facility in Dubai

Emirates Printing Press (EPP), a leading commercial printing press based in the UAE, has announced the opening of its third printing and packaging facility, built over a 255,000-sq-ft area in Dubai Industrial Park...

Nova to Pay Large Settlement to Dow in PE Resin Patent Case

Nova Chemicals Corp. will pay a major patent infringement settlement to Dow Chemical Co. after a recent Canadian court ruling in a case involving polyethylene resins. Canada's Federal Court in 2014 had ruled that Nova's Surpass-brand PE resins...

Flint Group Opens its Global Innovation Centre for its Paper & Board Packaging Inks Business in Malmo, Sweden

Flint Group continues its innovation and leadership position with the opening of its Global Innovation Centre (GIC) in Malmö Sweden. A new normal is now established in the industry where the highest standard of service and support for packaging...

Sadara Joint Venture Achieves Commercialization of Entire Plastics Franchise

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) today announced that its joint venture in the Middle East—Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara)—has achieved a significant milestone with the commercialization of Sadara’s entire plastics franchise. The start-up of...

Huhtamaki Oyj Interim Report January 1 - March 31, 2017: Net sales grew and earnings improved

"Our year started well and we achieved 3% comparable net sales growth with all business segments growing organically. Growth was driven by Foodservice Europe-Asia-Oceania segment, where organic growth was boosted by acquisitions completed in 2016...

DuPont Declares Second Quarter 2017 Dividend

On April 26, 2017, DuPont declared a second quarter common stock dividend of 38 cents per share payable June 12, 2017, to stockholders of record May 15, 2017. This is the 451st consecutive quarterly dividend since the company’s first dividend in...

Dow Reports First Quarter 2017 Results

Dow reported earnings per share of $0.72, or operating earnings per share of $1.04(1). This compares with earnings per share of $0.15 in the year-ago period, or operating earnings per share of $0.89. Certain Items in the quarter reflected a $0.24...

BASF: Sales and Earnings Considerably Above Prior First Quarter

BASF completed the first quarter of 2017 with a considerable rise in sales and earnings compared to the same quarter of last year. “BASF has had a good start to the year 2017,” said Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of...

Korozo Ambalaj Flexible Packaging to Expand Internationally

EBRD (the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and Esas Holding venture capital firm have acquired a majority stake in Korozo Ambalaj, in Turkey...

European Bank Invests in Turkey Leading Packaging Company

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Actera – the leading private equity investor in Turkey – and Esas Holding – a venture capital firm established by the Sabancı family –are acquiring a majority stake in Korozo, the...

DuPont Profit Beats on Strong Seed Demand

Chemicals and seeds producer DuPont (DD.N), which is merging with Dow Chemical Co (DOW.N), reported a better-than-expected profit for the seventh straight quarter, helped by a rise in seed sales, sending its share up 3.5 percent. DuPont, which is...

Ohio Pack to Build $25.4M Food Packaging Materials Plant

A producer of raw material for flexible packaging used in the food industry, Ohio Pack LLC, plans to build a new, $25.4M blown plastic film manufacturing plant in Heath, OH, the economic development organization of the Columbus, OH region...

Dow Earns Two 2017 Edison Awards for Breakthrough Technologies

Two innovative products from The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) recently received 2017 Edison Awards. The Edison Awards honor excellence in new product and service development, marketing, human-centered design, and innovation. A silver Edison...

Sonoco Reports First Quarter 2017 Results

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today reported financial results for its first quarter, ending April 2, 2017. First Quarter Highlights: First quarter 2017 GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.53...

ePac, LLC to Add Second Plant in Boulder, Colorado

ePac, LLC, a market leader in quick-turn, short run digital flexible packaging, today announced plans to expand operations into Boulder, Colorado. Building on ePac’s strategy to add ePac locations throughout the US in key markets, Colorado is the...

SC Johnson Announces Major Investment in Michigan Factory

SC Johnson announced it is making a multi-million dollar expansion of its Bay City, Michigan plant. The investment will cover development of infrastructure and equipment for new production lines. Currently, the plant produces billions of Ziploc®...

Pulse Flexible Restarts Production After Making 150 Redundancies

The packaging firm went into administration earlier this month, with redundancies and sale looming. KPMG confirmed that production has recommenced at the company’s facilities in Saffron Walden and Bury, Greater Manchester. Jonny Marston from KPMG...

ExxonMobil and SABIC Select San Patricio County for Proposed Petrochemical Project on U.S. Gulf Coast

ExxonMobil Chemical Company and SABIC each announced the selection of a site in San Patricio County, Texas for potential development of a jointly owned petrochemical complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The proposed multibillion dollar investment would...

NOVA Chemicals Signs Agreement to Grow Its U.S. Gulf Coast Presence

NOVA Chemicals Corporation (“NOVA Chemicals”) and Williams Partners L.P. (“Williams”) today announced that NOVA Chemicals has agreed to acquire Williams’ 88.46% ownership interest in the Geismar, Louisiana olefins plant, approximately 525 acres of...

Buyout Firm Leonard Green Nears $1.5 Billion Acquisition of Charter NEX: Sources

U.S. buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners LP has prevailed in an auction to acquire Charter NEX Films Inc, a U.S. manufacturer of specialty films for the food and medical industries, for $1.5 billion, including debt, people familiar with the...

Printpack Announces Investment in Digital Printing

Printpack, a leading supplier of flexible and specialty rigid packaging, announces its investment in digital printing technology. This technology enables brand managers to create and rapidly produce flexible packaging which can be highly...

LyondellBasell Targets $3bn in US Projects, and More on the Table

LyondellBasell is planning around $3bn in capital investment (capex) to build two major projects in the US – its new  Hyperzone high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant and a new propylene oxide/tertiary butyl alcohol (PO/TBA) facility...

ProAmpac, A Leading Flexible Packaging Company, Completes Acquisition of Trinity Packaging Corporation

ProAmpac today announced that is has acquired Trinity Packaging Corporation (Trinity), a leading flexible packaging company specializing in large format packaging for the lawn and garden, food and specialty industrial markets. Financial terms of...

Diversey Care Acquires Daylight Medical UVC Disinfection Portfolio

Sealed Air’s (NYSE: SEE) Diversey Care division today announced it has acquired the UVC disinfection portfolio of Cleveland-based Daylight Medical, a manufacturer of innovative medical devices. The portfolio acquired includes UVC disinfectant...

Klockner Pentaplast to Acquire LINPAC Group

The Klöckner Pentaplast Group (“KP”), a global leader in rigid plastic film and packaging solutions, today announces that it has signed a binding agreement to acquire LINPAC Senior Holdings Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries...

Cosmo Films to Set Up New Production Line for Specialty Polyester (BOPET) Films

Cosmo Films Limited, a leading global speciality films company, manufacturing multiple types of Bi-axially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) and Cast Polypropylene (CPP) films has announced plans to install a new production line for Speciality...

Toppan Printing and ITOCHU Enter Flexible Packaging Business in Thailand

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & Representative Director: Shingo Kaneko) and ITOCHU Corporation (hereafter ITOCHU; head office: Minato Ward, Tokyo; President and Chief Executive...

Flint Group makes new strategic appointment in its EMEA Flexible Packaging Technology Team

In a move that proves Flint Group has ambitious plans for its Flexible Packaging business in Europe, Middle East and Africa, they announce today the appointment of Dr Pablo Steenwinkel as EMEA Technical Director, Flexible Packaging...

TC Robbie Named Best of the Best in the 2016 Best Workplace in the Americas Awards

TC Robbie of Lenexa, Kansas, part of TC Transcontinental Packaging, is proud to announce it was awarded with the 2016 “Best of the Best” Workplace in Americas award by the Printing Industries of America association. The TC Robbie team received its...

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Ashland to Acquire Composites Manufacturing Facility in France from Reichhold

Ashland Global Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ASH) today announced that it has made a binding offer to acquire a composites resin manufacturing facility in Etain, France, from Reichhold Holdings International B.V. The transaction, which is subject to...

Amcor Announces Appointment of Chief Commercial Officer

Amcor announces today the appointment of Michael Zacka to the new role of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), effective 1 July 2017. Michael will report to Ron Delia, Amcor’s Chief Executive Officer, and will be based in Zurich. Michael brings...

Administrators Called in at Pulse Flexible Packaging

Jonny Marston and Howard Smith from KPMG have been appointed joint administrators to company, which manufactures flexible packaging for the consumer goods sector. The majority of staff at Pulse’s two sites, Bury and Saffron Walden, were sent home...

Transcendia Acquires Marshall Plastics

Transcendia, a leader in custom engineered materials for critical product components in a wide range of markets and applications, today completed the acquisition of Marshall Plastic Film. The acquisition broadens Transcendia’s material science...

Berry Plastics Changes Name to Berry Global

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY) announced that it is changing its name to Berry Global Group, Inc. Common shares of the Company stock will continue to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BERY. In addition, Berry...

Dow and DuPont Announce Amendments to Transaction Merger Agreement

DuPont (NYSE: DD) and Dow (NYSE: Dow) today announced several amendments to the companies’ transaction agreement involving the proposed merger of equals and intended subsequent separation into three independent publicly traded companies...

DuPont Announces Agreement with FMC

DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) to divest a portion of DuPont’s Crop Protection business, including certain research and development capabilities, and to acquire...

Lebanon's Indevco expands Texas film site, eyes US acquisitions

Lebanese industrial conglomerate Indevco Group is boosting investment in its first U.S. plastics packaging factory to $20 million, from an earlier plan of $13 million, and actively scouting acquisition opportunities in the United States...

Amcor Invests for Customer Speed and Flexibility

Healthcare companies in Europe will have access to more responsive, flexible printing services for their packaging needs thanks to Amcor’s continued investments in printing technology across the region. The initial investment in two state-of-the...

Americk Packaging unveils their new Innovation Centre calling it an industry first which encompasses a multi-substrate, multi-category Packaging Centre of Excellence

The specialist packaging supplier has invested heavily into a brand new dedicated facility offering an impressive group resource located at its Wigan plant. The Innovation Centre covers all divisions of Americk Packaging which has recently been...

Converting Technology Adds Production Equipment to Support Growing Demand for Custom Pre-opened Bags on a Roll and Poly Mailers for Automatic Baggers

PAC Machinery, a leader in the heat sealing and flexible packaging industry, announced today that they have completed the installation of additional bag-making capital equipment at their Converting Technology division in Milwaukee WI. Converting...

Dow Completes Construction of World-Scale Ethylene Production Facility in Freeport, Texas

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) today announced the completion of the construction phase of its new, world-scale ethylene production facility in Freeport, Texas. The Company reached this milestone within one week of the originally planned...

Sealed Air Announces Sale of New Diversey to Bain Capital Private Equity

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Diversey Care division and the food hygiene and cleaning business within its Food Care division (together “New Diversey”) to Bain Capital...

Dow and DuPont Receive Conditional Approval From European Commission For Proposed Merger of Equals

DuPont (NYSE: DD) and The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted conditional regulatory clearance in Europe of the companies' proposed merger of equals.This regulatory milestone is a significant...

NOVA Chemicals and Borealis Enter Preliminary Agreement with Total to Meet Growing Global Demand for Polyethylene

NOVA Chemicals Corporation (“NOVA Chemicals”) and Borealis AG (“Borealis”) signed a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture (JV) with Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA, Inc. (“Total”) that will develop and own a new light feed cracker...

Constantia Flexibles to Close Plant in Romania

Constantia Flexibles Group is optimizing its film-based flexible packaging, manufacturing footprint in Europe by closing down its plant in Bucharest in Romania. The closure is expected to be finalized by July 2017 and will affect about 90 employees..

Dow Chairman and CEO Liveris to Receive STEM Leadership Hall of Fame Award from U.S. News & World Report

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced today that Andrew Liveris, Dow’s chairman and CEO, will receive the U.S. News Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Leadership Hall of Fame Award at the publication’s upcoming STEM...

Constantia Flexibles Invests in New Printing Technology in Belgium

Constantia Flexibles Group has invested in new printing technology at its manufacturing site in Louvain, Belgium, for the pharmaceutical packaging industry. A new 4 color UV flexo press will start full production in the second quarter of 2017...

Coveris Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

Coveris Holdings S.A. reported for the full year of 2016 of $2.5 billion. Excluding the impact of currency, $96 million, these sales were in-line with the prior year. For the fourth quarter, net sales were $592 million compared with $645 million...

Amcor to Host Packaging Thought Leadership Events at Interpack 2017

Amcor, a global leader in responsible packaging solutions, will assemble some of the industry’s leading packaging experts at Interpack 2017 May 4-10 in Dusseldorf, Germany to discuss latest developments in consumer engagement and packaging trends...

Chevron Phillips Declares Force Majeure on HDPE

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. has declared force majeure on high density polyethylene production at its plant in Orange, Texas, after a recent power outage. HDPE production there was affected by a widespread power outage that hit Orange and the...

Koenig & Bauer Builds New Demo Centre in Wurzburg

Nine months before the official ceremony to mark the 200th anniversary of Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) in September 2017, the foundations were laid in January at the company’s Würzburg parent plant for a new digital and flexographic press demo centre...

Eaglewood Tech Opens Anilox Cleaning Demo Center

Eaglewood Technologies recently expanded their Minneapolis headquarters to include a demonstration center for Laserlox™ and Sanilox™ Anilox Roll Cleaning Systems...

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Intertape Polymer Group Reports 2016 Fourth Quarter and Annual Results

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. (TSX:ITP) (the "Company") today released results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016. All amounts in this press release are denominated in US dollars unless otherwise indicated and all percentages...

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Oracle Packaging Adds Extrusion Line to Winston-Salem Facility

Oracle Packaging has introduced a new extrusion line to its North Carolina manufacturing facility. Designed and installed by industrial equipment provider Davis-Standard, whose extrusion equipment is known for both high output and durability...

Ampacet Expanding in Europe; Adding PP Film Products

Materials maker Ampacet Corp. is adding production capacity in Europe, and has introduced new products to be used in polypropylene film. Tarrytown, N.Y.-based Ampacet will add new production lines at plants in Messancy, Belgium, and Dudelange...

Management Team Named After Mercury Packaging/CPS Flexible Merger

The new management team for the company created by the merger of Mercury Packaging and CPS Flexible has been confirmed, with Mercury Packaging chairman Tony Stanger taking on the role for the group. He will be joined by CPS Flexible’s current...

Mercury Packaging Merges with CPS Flexible

Mercury Packaging and CPS Flexible have merged to form a new flexible packaging company with a combined turnover of around £16m. The strategic move is designed to increase capacity and boost production efficiencies, with forecasted growth of 25%...

Scholle IPN Expands with New Plant in India

With manufacturing and support facilities located across the globe, Scholle IPN has long been the world-leader in bag-in-box production and a growing force for spouted pouch packaging and injection molding of precision fitments for flexible...

Wikoff Color Appoints Newest Board Member, Ted Lapres

Wikoff Color is pleased to announce that Theodore E. Lapres III has been elected as a Director of the company. Ted Lapres joins Harvey Lowd, Pat Burns, Veda Clark, Karl Warnke, Phil Lambert and Geoff Peters as the seventh member of the Board...

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Dow Earns Four Manufacturing Leadership Awards

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) was recently honored with four Manufacturing Leadership Awards from Frost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing Leadership Council. These annual awards honor manufacturing companies and individual manufacturing leaders...

FPA Announces 2017 Flexible Packaging Achievement Award Winners

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) has announced the winners of its 61st Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition. The winning entries were recognized at the FPA Welcome Dinner & Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Ceremony...

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Intertape Polymer Group Issues Amended Adjusted Net Earnings and Adjusted EPS (Non-GAAP Financial Measures) and Confirms 2016 Fourth Quarter and Annual Guidance Attainment

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. (TSX:ITP) (the "Company") today announces amendments to two of its nonGAAP financial measures, Adjusted Net Earnings(1) and Adjusted Earnings Per Share(1) (“Adjusted EPS”), as reported in the Company’s previously filed...

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New Leader for Innovia Films

Following the completion of CCL Industries acquisition of the Innovia Group of companies on the 28th February, it was announced that Wayne Middleton would assume the position of Managing Director of Innovia Films UK. Innovia Films is a major...

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Linpac Invests in the Future of Next Generation Top Lidding Films for Modified Atmosphere Packaging

Leading fresh food packaging manufacturer, LINPAC, is accelerating its global sustainability strategy with a multi-million-pound investment in cutting-edge technology at its site in Pontivy, France. The facility will manufacture a range of...

Constantia Flexibles Acquires Italys Leading Dairy Lidding Company

Constantia Flexibles Group has agreed to acquire Italy’s leading dairy lidding company, TR Alucap S.r.l., for an undisclosed amount. The transaction has been completed with immediate effect. TR Alucap is located in Borgo Valsugana, near Trento...

Albrecht Joins Sonoco as Corporate Vice President, Treasurer/Assistant CFO

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced that Julie Albrecht will join the Company as Corporate Vice President, Treasurer/Assistant Chief Financial Officer, according to Barry Saunders, senior...

M&A interest Remains Strong in Plastics Packaging

Continued interest in plastics packaging this year will extend what has now become a prolonged increase in merger and acquisition activity, one man close to the action believes. Attention on the packaging sector, driven predominately by interest...

Materials, O&G Price Decline Dent BASF Results

Lower raw materials and oil & gas prices have caused a drop in sales and earnings of specialty chemicals and materials giant BASF SE, the company announced Feb. 24...

Sales Grow But Profit Declines for Westlake Chemical

Lower selling prices and production outages affected Westlake Chemical Corp. in 2016, as the materials maker’s sales grew even as profit declined. Houston-based Westlake saw full-year sales jump almost 14 percent to almost $5.1 billion. Full-year...

Plastic Packaging Firms Discuss Priorities in Brexit Negotiations With Politicians

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has met with several MPs to discuss a range of issues affecting the plastics industry in the upcoming EU negotiations. A group including the BPF, Hellyar Plastics, M&H Plastics, and Plastribution met with Sir...

Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Group Announces Departure of Chief Commercial Officer

Following the recently announced changes to the organisational structure of the business Roy McAdoo has decided to step down as chief commercial officer for Clondalkin Flexible Packaging from the 15th of February 2017. Roy has played a key role in...

CDF Achieves SQF Level 2 Certification

CDF Corporation, a leading manufacturer of drum liners, pail liners, intermediate bulk container liners, bag in box liners and flexible packaging, has successfully achieved SQF (Safe Quality Food) Level 2 Certification at both manufacturing...

Fox Packaging Announces Capital Investment to Upgrade Facilities

Fox Packaging™ has announced a capital investment to upgrade its facility by June 2017 to enhance its customer service. The second-generation, family-owned company aims to meet evolving industry needs through faster production times and saving...

Novolex Closing Former Fortune Plastics Plant

Fortune Plastics, a manufacturer of institutional bags and trash can liners whose legacy in town can be traced back to the mid-20th century, will close its operation here April 23, its parent company announced Tuesday...

Uflex Reports Consolidated Total Revenue Of Rs. 1498 Crore And Net Profit Of Rs. 74 Crore For Q3 Fy 2016-17

Total Consolidated Revenue for Q3 FY 2016-17 stood at Rs. 1498 Crore as compared to Rs. 1495 Crore for the same period in the last fiscal. At operational level the Consolidated EBITDA for the quarter ended 31 December 2016 stood at Rs. 212 Crore...

Americk Packaging to Open Innovation Centre

Americk Packaging will also be sharing an insight into its forthcoming Innovation Centre due to open at its Wigan site. The purpose-built group facility the Innovation will provide manufacturers, retailers and brand owners the opportunity to...

Sealed Air Named Fortune's Most Admired for Fourth Consecutive Year

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) announced today that it has been recognized as the most admired company in its industry for the fourth consecutive year, according to Fortune Magazine’s annual survey published today. The annual “Fortune Most...

New Jersey Film Manufacturer Dana Poly Moves to New, Larger Location

Plastic bag and film maker Dana Poly Inc. recently unveiled its new home in Dover, N.J., and it offers more than three times the capacity of its former location. “I was looking for many years to purchase a building with a rail siding,” said Mendy...

Sonoco to Acquire Peninsula Packaging Company

Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Peninsula Packaging Company for approximately $230 million in cash. Peninsula, which is owned by a fund...

Flexible Packaging Firm IPG Explores Possible Sale

A major Australian stretch film and flexible plastics manufacturer’s owner has engaged a private bank to investigate a potential sale. Melbourne-based Integrated Packaging Group Pty. Ltd. (IPG) is 92 percent owned by Melbourne-based private...

Huhtamaki Oyj's Results January 1 - December 31, 2016: Solid Progress

"2016 was another record year for Huhtamaki. Our net sales and profitability reached all-time-high levels and met the mid-term ambitions set in early 2015. Our net sales were EUR 2.9 billion, Adjusted EBIT margin strengthened to 9.4% from previous...

Feuding Family Owners Agree to Sell Seville Flexpack

Seville Flexpack Corp., a Wisconsin flexible packaging maker that has been in ownership turmoil since the death of its founder nearly three years ago, is being put up for sale. The children of Walter J. Yakich have been fighting in court over the...

Japan's Toppan to Buy 49% Interest in Max Speciality Films

Japanese firm Toppan Printing has agreed to acquire a 49% stake in Max Speciality Films (MSF), the manufacturing business of Max Ventures and Industries, to become a joint venture partner in the company. The acquisition is a part of Toppan’s...

Comexi Reinforces its Presence in Central America

Comexi, specialist in machinery solutions for the flexible packaging converting industry, consolidates its presence in Central America by incorporating the experience of Go Print as an agent company...

Cosmo Films Commissions Significant Capacity Expansion

Cosmo Films, a leading manufacturer of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films which go in for packaging, lamination & labeling applications; has announced start up of its tenth, 10.4 metre BOPP line. With installation of this new line...

Mondi Group Acquires Excelsior Technologies

Mondi Group has acquired 100% of the outstanding share capital of Excelsior Technologies Limited (“Excelsior” or the “Company”) from funds managed by Endless LLP and certain other minority shareholders, for a total consideration of £33 million...

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2017 Results

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. reported results for its first fiscal 2017 quarter, referred to in the following as the December 2016 quarter. Net income for the December 2016 quarter was $51 million ($0.40 per diluted share) compared to $4 million...

New Owners in Place at Converter Fisher Container

After nearly 50 years, Don Fisher is selling his namesake flexible packaging business to a well-known financial firm along with a packaging executive and management. Morgan Stanley Capital Partners is joining with packaging executive Kevin...

Dow Announces Proposed Divestiture of Ethylene Acrylic Acid (EAA) Copolymers Business

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell its global Ethylene Acrylic Acid (EAA) copolymers and ionomers business to SK Global Chemical Co., LTD., a subsidiary of SK Innovation, as a part of the...

Dow and DuPont Merger Further Delayed

Besides reporting strong Q4 earnings, both DuPont and Dow Chemical confirmed that their merger wont close until somewhere in the second quarter of 2017. The chemical giants were planning to complete their USD 130 billion union by March, but...

Thomas E. (Tom) Salmon Appointed Berry Plastic Group's Chief Executive Officer

The Board of Directors of Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY) announced today that it has unanimously elected Thomas E. (Tom) Salmon as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and appointed him to the Board of Directors, effective February 3...

Tekni-Plex Commemorates 50th Anniversary by Celebrating Corporate Milestones

Tekni-Plex, a leading global manufacturer of innovative packaging materials, medical compounds and precision-crafted tubing solutions, is commemorating its 50th anniversary by celebrating its corporate milestones and looking toward Tekni-Plex 50th...

ProAmpac Westfield, MA and Hanover Park, IL Sites Achieve Global Safe Quality Certifications

ProAmpac, a leader in global flexible packaging, announced today its facilities in Westfield, MA and Hanover Park, IL have been awarded Level 2 Food Safety Management Certifications by the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Program...

Berry to Build Rigid Barrier Packaging Business

Packaging giant Berry Plastics Group Inc. is putting a greater emphasis on rigid barrier packaging as a way to help drive sales growth. The move is not only designed to help take business from other substrates, such as glass and metal, but also...

Packaging Personified Adding Space, Production Capacity

Packaging Personified Inc. is adding space, buying blown film, printing and slitting equipment and moving toward vertical integration for its operations. The producer of customized flexible packaging extrudes and coextrudes film, produces...

A Unique to Northern Europe Packaging Material Factory will be Opened in Ventspils

On Wednesday, 1st of February, at 12:00 the Immer Digital flexible packaging material factory will be opened in Ventspils. The factory will be an only factory of such type in Northern Europe. More than 5 million euros were invested by private...

Converting Technology to Double Capacity at New, Milwaukee, WI Facility

PAC Machinery, a leader in the heat sealing and flexible packaging industry revealed today that the company has completed plans for relocating their Converting Technology plant to a 72,000 square foot facility located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...

DuPont Declares First Quarter 2017 Dividend

On Jan. 26, 2017, DuPont declared a first quarter common stock dividend of 38 cents per share payable March 14, 2017, to stockholders of record Feb. 15, 2017. This is the 450th consecutive quarterly dividend since the company’s first dividend in...

American Packaging Corporation named Best of the Best in Best Workplace in the Americas for the Ninth Year

American Packaging Corporation again awarded the Best Workplace in the Americas designation, Best of the Best 2016, in recognition of its exemplary human resources practices that have created an outstanding workplace. The Best Workplace awards...

Dow Reports Fourth Quarter 2016 and Full-Year Results

Andrew Liveris, Dow's chairman and chief executive officer, stated: "This was another strong quarter for our company, extending our streak of year-over-year earnings and volume growth – reaching 17 consecutive quarters of increases in operating...

Bemis Company Reports 2016 Results and 2017 Outlook

Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) today reported financial results for its fourth quarter ending December 31, 2016. Refer to the reconciliation of Non-GAAP measures detailed in the attached schedule, including adjusted earnings per share and adjusted...

Oliver-Tolas Healthcare Packaging & Mangar Medical Packaging Announce Shared Company Name, Oliver

Oliver-Tolas®Healthcare Packaging and Mangar Medical Packaging joined forces in May of last year and announce today that they will do business as Oliver™. The new name and brand identity preserve the company’s legacy while reflecting its...

Masse Steps Down as Coveris CEO

Gary Masse, Coveris Chief Executive Officer, has stepped down as CEO of the company effective January 24, 2017. During Gary’s tenure, Coveris demonstrated strong productivity growth, integrated eight acquisitions and invested aggressively to...

Berry Plastics Announces Election and Proration Results Relating to its Merger with AEP Industries Inc.

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY) announced the results of elections as to the form of merger consideration to be received by the former stockholders of AEP Industries Inc. (AEP). As previously announced, the merger was effective on January...

DuPont Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results

DuPont (NYSE: DD), a science company that brings world-class, innovative products, materials, and services to the global marketplace, today announced fourth-quarter 2016 GAAP earnings of $0.29 per share and operating earnings of $0.51 per share...

Berry Plastics Completes Acquisition of AEP Industries Inc.

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY) completed the previously announced acquisition of AEP Industries Inc. (AEP). Berry issued 6.5 million common shares and paid $297 million as merger consideration in exchange for all of the outstanding...

Regulatory Freeze Pending Review

The President has asked me to communicate to each of you his plan for managing the Federal regulatory process at the outset of his Administration. In order to ensure that the President's appointees or designees have the opportunity to review any...

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LyondellBasell Corpus Christi Complex Expansion Complete

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, today announced completion of the 800 million pounds-per-year ethylene expansion project at the company's Corpus Christi, Texas, site. The project...

Bemis: American Packaging Company Announces Derry Jobs Boost

An American packaging company is creating up to 95 jobs in Londonderry. Bemis says the positions, in IT and and finance, will be created over the next five years at its new business centre in Campsie. The company makes flexible and rigid plastic...

DS Smith Plc Completes Acquisition of Parish Manufacturing, Inc.

DS Smith Plc, a leading provider of corrugated & plastics packaging worldwide, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Parish Manufacturing Inc. as previously announced on the 8th of December 2016. Parish is a USA based...

Gateway Packaging Company, a Portfolio Company of Saw Mill Capital, Acquires Assets of Werthan Packaging, Inc.

Gateway Packaging Company ("Gateway"), a portfolio company of Saw Mill Capital LLC ("Saw Mill"), has acquired the operating assets of Werthan Packaging, Inc. ("Werthan"). The acquisition augments Gateway's market position as the leading provider of..

Uflex Launches Aseptic Liquid Packaging Plant in Gujarat

Uflex has unveiled Asepto, its aseptic liquid packaging brand, with the manufacturing plant in Sanand, Gujarat to be commercially operational by April this year. The investment towards the Aseptic Packaging plant is INR 580 crore (approximately...

New Polyethylene Reactor Fully Operational, Selling Prime Material

NOVA Chemicals Corporation (“NOVA Chemicals”), a leading supplier of polyethylene in the Americas, has announced the start up of its new world-scale linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) gas phase reactor at its Joffre, Alberta site. The new...

DuPont Named Clarivate Analytics 2016 Top 100 Global Innovator

Clarivate Analytics has named DuPont a 2016 Top Global Innovator for the sixth consecutive year. The program, based on proprietary data, recognizes the most innovative corporations and institutions in the world that shape the future through the...

Dow Recognized as Top 100 Global Innovator for Sixth Consecutive Year

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced today that it was recognized as a Top 100 Global Innovator by Clarivate Analytics for the sixth consecutive year. Formerly known as the Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators, the list annually...

KBA Appointment Supports Stregnthening Focus in Growing Packaging Market

Within the framework of measures to further strengthen its focus on the growing packaging market, KBA has named Christoph Müller as the new managing director of Italian subsidiary KBA-Flexotecnica, the group's flexible packaging specialist with...

Food Loss & Waste: It Happens At Every Step Of The Supply Chain

In a world whose future is threatened by food insecurity, it is vital we capitalise on minimising food loss and waste now. How can we do this? By Onat Bayraktar, vice president, Food Care Asia, Sealed Air. According to the United Nations, over...

Genpak to Move Headquarters to 200-Employee Center That Includes Charlotte Manufacturing Plant

Genpak has found a new home in Charlotte that includes space for both headquarters and production employees. The company, which announced in April that it would move its headquarters here from New York state, will combine that headquarters with a...

Fortis Solutions Group Acquires Action Packaging Systems, Inc.

Fortis Solutions Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of Action Packaging Systems, Inc. Action Packaging Systems, Inc., with locations in Ellington, CT and High Point, NC, provides pressure sensitive prime, promotional and thermal labels...

Uflex to Commission Aseptic Packaging Plant in India by April 2017

Flexible packaging firm Uflex is planning to commence the production of packing liquid products at its new aseptic packaging plant in Sanand in Gujarat, a state in India by April 2017. Being built with an investment of Rs5800m ($85.2m), the...

CCL Industries Inc. to Acquire Innovia Group

The Smithfield Group, the managing shareholder of Innovia Group (“Innovia”), the global leader in specialty BOPP films and polymer banknote substrate, announces today that they have agreed an offer from CCL Industries Inc. (“CCL”), a global...

Sealed Air Corporation Donates to Toys for Tots

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) has collected over 1,100 toys this holiday season for donation to the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots Program. Sixteen Sealed Air locations across the U.S. donated to this annual toy drive as a way to give back...

2017: The Year the New PE Capacity Becomes a Reality

The North American avalanche of polyethylene heard rumbling in the distance in recent years will become reality in 2017. The question now becomes how much of this material will need to be exported outside of the low-growth domestic market...

Spanish Multinational SAICA Acquires Benelux Flexible Packaging Business with Advice from NIBC

NIBC has advised SAICA, a leading European manufacturer of recycled paper for corrugated cardboard, on the acquisition of Schut, Hellema, and Lemapack from Flexible Packaging Holding (FPH). SAICA’s purchase of Schut Flexible Packaging...

Obituary: Thomas Patrick Crosson, Director of Sales for Berry Plastics

Colleagues are remembering plastics industry veteran Thomas Patrick Crosson, 65, of Costa Mesa, Calif., who died Dec. 16. He was a director of sales for Berry Plastics Corp. Crosson “had relationships with a vast majority of the old and new...

Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Group Announces New Ownership and Leadership Team

Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Group has announced that it has officially transferred ownership to the Dutch based private equity firm, Egeria. This follows the announcement in September that Egeria had signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the...

Berry Plastics Appoints Jean-Marc Galvez as President - Consumer Packaging Division

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (NYSE:BERY), announced that it has appointed Jean-Marc Galvez as President of its Consumer Packaging Division. Galvez currently serves as President for Europe, Middle East, India, and Africa for the Company’s Health...

Dow Announces Its Intention to Convert All Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced today its intention to provide notice to its holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that the Company will exercise its option to convert all of the Series A preferred stock into shares of...

Dow Declares 2016 Quarterly Dividend of 46 Cents per Share

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) has declared a dividend of 46 cents per share, payable January 30, 2017, to shareholders of record on December 28, 2016. This marks the 421st consecutive cash dividend issued by the Company. Dow has paid its...

Consolidation and the Printing Industry

There has been much discussion on the recent increase in merger and acquisition activity within the ink industry. Some of these moves have been driven by consolidation within the printing ranks...

CS Labels Names New Operations Director to Continue Growth

Dec 14, 2016 02:58 PM

CS Labels has named Adam James as its new operations director and appointed him to the printer’s board of directors. He has over 18 years of experience in the labeling industry and was recruited by CS Labels nine years ago as production manager...

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