Compac, a member of the TOMRA Group, has partnered with Xact, a UK-based provider of specialist packaging and marking equipment for the fresh produce industry. The partnership will combine Compac’s Spectrim grading technology with ...
Semiconductor packaging and electronic assembly solutions provider Kulicke & Soffa (K&S) has expanded its advanced packaging presence with the acquisition of privately held Dutch packaging company Liteq. Financial terms of the acquisition ...
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Graphic Packaging International has completed the previously announced acquisition of Carton Craft and its affiliate Lithocraft. The deal, which was signed last month, was subject to standard closing requirements and regulatory review. ...
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Plastic packaging solutions provider Alpla has agreed to acquire South Africa-based Boxmore Packaging for an undisclosed sum. Based in Samrand of Johannesburg, Boxmore manufactures PET pre-forms, PET bottles and closures for the customers ...
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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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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 ...
Jakob Mosser is to leave the Schur Flexibles Group, who founded the company in 2012 and has managed the company as CEO since that time. Following the company’s successful expansion, he provided support last year in the sale of the ...
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Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA – which develops, manufactures and distributes LED technology and lighting products for the automotive, mobile, Internet of Things (IoT) and illumination segments – says that funds affiliated with ...
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Atomic layer deposition (ALD) thin-film technology firm Picosun Oy of Espoo, Finland, Taiwan’s National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) and Atom Semicon Co Ltd of New Taipei City, Taiwan have begun a joint collaboration on the ...
Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which is developing nanomaterials technology for enhancing solar cell efficiency, has closed a record funding round of $21.3m (reckoned to be the largest finance raise for a European solar technology company ...
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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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Heinzel Group is building a second large paper machine for the production of bleached kraft papers (MG papers) at the Zellstoff Pls location in Austria. Building work for the new machine will start during this summer and operation is ...
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