Mondi Group has agreed to acquire the Simet corrugated plant located in Grabonóg, near Poznań in Poland. The plant is designed to produce a wide range of flexo printed packaging including American cases, die-cut and multipoint ...
Paper and packaging company Smurfit Kappa has acquired two Brazilian paper-based packaging companies including Industria de Embalagens Santana (INPA) and Paema Embalagens, for nearly €186m. INPA and Paema combinedly have three ...
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Corrugated packaging containers specialist Liberty Carton Company has expanded its business with the acquisition of Western Container Company. Based in Minneapolis, in the US state of Minnesota, Western Container manufactures a wide range ...
Corrugated packaging company Pratt Industries has recently commissioned a new $260m containerboard production line at its greenfield paper mill in Valparaiso, in the US state of Indiana. The OptiConcept M board making line was supplied by ...
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Graphic consumer packaging and corrugated packaging specialist Menasha Packaging has installed a new large-format flatbed die cutter and litho labeler/laminator in a bid to increase production efficiency and capacity in Canada. The ...
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KapStone Paper and Packaging has announced that due to seasonally softer market conditions, it will temporarily curtail operations at its Longview Mill beginning 21 December. The curtailment is expected to last seven days for the entire ...
Paper and packaging firm WestRock has agreed to acquire Cenveo Packaging in a $105m deal. Based in Connecticut, the US, Cenveo Packaging operates six facilities across North America where it produces folded carton, shrink sleeve and ...
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British establishment W&R Barnett has bought a 60% stake in Logson Group, a group of corrugated packaging companies in the UK. Logson Group consists of four brands including Board24, Boxes and Packaging, Jardin Corrugated Cases and ...
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Rigid packaging specialist Berlin Packaging has acquired Diablo Valley Packaging, a move that bolsters the company's glass packaging supply chain to better serve the food, beverage, and wine & spirits markets. The deal comes on the heels ...
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Worldwide Dispensers of North America, a unit of DS Smith's plastics division, has launched a new front push dispenser for bag-in-box wines and other flexible packaging applications. The new Mustang front push tap is said to offer ...
Corrugated packaging specialist Interstate Container will present Greencoat pre-print packaging at Pack Expo 2015 in Las Vegas, the US. The 100% recyclable and compostable Greencoat boxes will act as moisture barrier, thereby protecting ...
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Boxes and Packaging, a part of the Logson Group, is opening a new facility at Thorne Park, Doncaster, England, a few months after a similar move in Swindon. The leased 52,160ft2 unit is part of the 150,000ft2 industrial and warehouse area ...
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Menasha Packaging is doubling the space at its preprint unit at Neenah, Wisconsin, in the US, to accommodate a new flexographic printing press for preprinted linerboard. The facility will add 45,500ft2 to its existing area of 94,000ft2. ...
DS Smith is expanding its market share in Spain after agreeing to buy Spanish company Grupo Lantero's corrugated products business. The recyclable corrugated packaging provider said the €190 million purchase, including assumed debt, ...
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Finnish pulp and paper maker Stora Enso is contemplating to close down its corrugated packaging converting facility in Chennai, India, due to lack of domestic market. Stora Enso, a firm engaged in renewable solutions in packaging, ...
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