PolyOne has acquired North American color and additive materials producer Mesa for an undisclosed sum. Established in 1990, Mesa manufactures both solid and liquid colorant technologies, which can be used in a range of end markets such as ...
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Campbell Soup has agreed to acquire organic food manufacturer Pacific Foods of Oregon for $700m in an all cash deal to expand its footprint in the rapidly growing health and well-being categories. Based in Tualatin, Oregon, Pacific Foods ...
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Swedish confectionery and nuts company Cloetta has agreed to divest Cloetta Italy to Katjes International. The sale equals an Enterprise Value (EV) of approximately SEK 450m. The proceeds will generate a positive net cash effect of ...
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India-based Jindal Poly Films (JPFL) has agreed to acquire Netherlands-based Apeldoorn Flexible Packaging Holding (AFP) for around €82.3m. AFP, which is incorporated in 2014, manufactures load security films, bread and cheese ...
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Serac has unveiled a new eMC capper machine to meet the needs of manufacturers who decide to operate less industrial sites and concentrate their production. The machine, which is configured with 12 heads, will be able to give an output of ...
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UK-based corrugated cardboard maker DS Smith has signed a conditional agreement to acquire a majority stake in US packaging firm Interstate Resources from Merpas for $920m. DS Smith and its US subsidiary DS Smith Holdings have signed the ...
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Carlsberg UK has acquired London Fields Brewery, which was founded in 2011 in the London Fields neighborhood of Hackney. Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. The Danish-brewing giant stated that it will operate London ...
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French food group Danone has signed a binding agreement to sell its US dairy subsidiary, Stonyfield, to Lactalis for $875m. The price of the deal represents 20 times its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization ...
Plastic packaging solutions provider Alpla has agreed to acquire Italian firm Propack for an undisclosed sum. Established in 2002 and based in Ostellato, Propack manufactures high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyethylene terephthalate ...
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DS Smith has introduced new packaging solutions for the e-commerce industry at #Deliver2 in Berlin, Germany. The company's DISCS technology tests whether packages can survive the bumps and scrapes of the average e-commerce supply chain. ...
Swedish company Scandi Standard has agreed to acquire Manor Farm, a chicken processor in Ireland, in a share-cum-cash deal. The deal values Manor Farm at an enterprise value of €94m. Under the deal terms, Scandi Standard will offer ...
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If you want a new flagship Android smartphone, there’s no better choice than the Samsung Galaxy S8 – and a discount makes the deal even sweeter. Amazon is selling both the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ for well below their ...
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Yamato Scale Dataweigh and Hayssen Flexible Systems have showcased their food packaging machinery solutions at this year’s imPacked event in the UK. Yamato has showcased its Alpha Advance multihead weigher in in conjunction with ...
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Tesla is reportedly interested in creating its own music streaming service to power the audio in its range of electric cars. According to a Recode report, the firm has already spoken with the major music labels, over a service that would ...
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US corrugated packaging firm WestRock has agreed to acquire all the assets of New York-based Island Container and an affiliate named Combined Container Industries. Island Container and Combined Container are independent producers of ...