Henkel has completed the acquisitions of Darex Packaging Technologies business and the Sonderhoff Group Darex is based in Cambridge, MA, USA and supplies high-performance sealants and coatings for the metal packaging industry around the ...
French-automaker PSA Group has received approval from the European Union antitrust authorities for the acquisition of Opel and Vauxhall brands from General Motors. Through the acquisition, PSA plans to make profitable growth not only in ...
Australian horticultural company Costa Group has agreed to acquire Lankester Avocado's orchards and packing operations in Queensland for an undisclosed price. The avocado business owned by the Lankester family cultivates the fruit in a ...
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Kite Packaging has acquired North London-based packaging distributor, Brooks Packaging, as part of its efforts to expand operations in the region. Established in 1967 by Jeffrey Horwood, Brooks Packaging supplies archive boxes to the ...
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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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Finnish packaging company Huhtamaki has agreed to acquire International Paper’s foodservice packaging operations in China for €15m. The acquisition will include two manufacturing units in Shanghai and Tianjin, which employ ...
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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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The Hain Celestial Group has acquired Oregon-based The Better Bean Company, a chilled prepared beans manufacturer, for an undisclosed price to expand its store perimeter product offerings. Better Bean is the first acquisition for the ...
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Apetit Group has agreed to divest its seafood business in Finland, Norway and Sweden to Insula for an undisclosed price. The divested seafood segment of Apetit is made up of Apetit Kala fish processing business which salmon and rainbow ...
Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) has completed the previously announced acquisition of Montreal, Canada-based tape manufacturing Canadian Technical Tape (Cantech). The purchase allows IPG to expand its tape manufacturing capabilities not ...
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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 ...
Futamura has reported better sales growth and record levels of operational efficiency in the year since its purchase of Innovia Films’ cellulose business. The acquisition was announced back in April last year. The company stated ...
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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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Heineken has offered to sell some of its pubs after the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) raised concerns about its acquisition of Punch Taverns. Earlier this month, the CMA stated that the Heineken’s acquisition of Punch ...
US-based Prinova has agreed to acquire the China and UK premix operations of Israeli-based Lycored. Prinova is a global supplier of ingredients, flavors, blending and contract manufacturing solutions for the food, beverage and nutrition ...
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