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LAKE FOREST, ILL. (
UPDATED Feb. 1, 5:50 p.m. ET) -- Pactiv LLC will expand its operations in
South Carolina, investing $5.5 million to add a new production line to its
Beech Island thermoforming facility. The expansion is slated to begin in February, and also includes plans to expand the facility’s warehouse to consolidate Pactiv’s regional operations.
January 31, 2012
LAKE FOREST, ILL. (Jan. 31, 2 p.m. ET) -- Solo Cup Co. has hired CBRE Inc. to auction its former headquarters in Highland Park, Ill, about three years after the collapse of an earlier deal to sell the property.
January 31, 2012
ORLANDO, FLA. (Jan. 27, 12:35 p.m. ET) -- Those NPE travel plans set in stone from years past are in desperate need of a refresher. Here are some tips to help out-of-town travelers prepare for the April 1-5 trade show in Orlando.
January 27, 2012
WOODSTOCK, ILL. (Jan. 25, 11:10 a.m. ET) -- Daniel Slavin, the second-generation president and CEO of family-owned custom packaging thermoformer Dordan Manufacturing Co. Inc., wants more growth and more profits — just like anyone else who runs a company. But what is equally as important to Slavin, if not more important, is to make sure the company’s beliefs, culture and hard- work ethic stay ingrained in its workforce.
January 25, 2012
NEWTOWN, CONN. (Jan. 20, 12:25 p.m. ET) -- The new CEO of the Society of Plastics Engineers believes speed is important in solving many of the challenges facing the plastics industry. “I’m pretty direct and I like things to move fast,” said Willem De Vos, a plastics and SPE veteran who took the reins Jan. 19. “The plastics industry has changed a lot in the past two decades.”
January 20, 2012
NEWTOWN, CONN. (Jan. 19, 2:20 p.m. ET) -- The Society of Plastics Engineers has appointed a plastics and SPE veteran as its new CEO, the society announced Jan 19. Willem (Wim) De Vos was CEO of Vitalo Group, a global thermoformer and packaging producer based in Meulebeke, Belgium.
January 19, 2012
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (Jan. 19, 2:15 p.m. ET) -- California has eliminated a controversial loophole that has allowed plastic container manufacturers to switch to a lighter weight resin and gain an exemption from the state’s 20-year-old rigid plastic packaging container law that governs recycled content.
January 19, 2012
COCOA, FLA. (Jan. 18, 4:25 p.m. ET) -- Thermoformer Paragon Plastics Inc. plans to add 10,000 square feet of space to an adjacent building in Cocoa to provide more warehouse space and to expand its overall complex to 35,000 square feet.
January 18, 2012
NEW DELHI (Jan. 18, 1 p.m. ET) -- Pune based S.M. Auto Engineering Pvt Ltd. has localized manufacturing of mud flaps to cater the growing Indian truck industry.
January 18, 2012
LONDON (Updated Jan. 18, 4 p.m. ET) -- Packaging major DS Smith plc of
London has agreed to buy the packaging division of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget of
Stockholm, Sweden, for 1.7 billion euros ($2.17 billion) on a debt-free basis. Although each company has plastics operations, the deal is largely aimed at DS Smith boosting its stake in recycled paper packaging in
Europe.
January 17, 2012
BOLOGNA, ITALY (Jan. 13, 10 a.m. ET) -- Italy’s ILPA srl, a manufacturer of thermoformed food packaging and disposable tableware, has signed an agreement for the leased management of AMP Films & Packaging in Ferrara, Italy.
January 13, 2012
CLEVELAND (Jan. 6, 11:45 a.m. ET) – Urbanization and away-from-home food spending will drive global growth in the foodservice disposables market, according to a new market study.
January 6, 2012
WADSWORTH, OHIO (Jan. 5, 2:55 p.m. ET) -- In a deal between two thermoforming firms, Rohrer Corp. has purchased Buckell Plastic Co. Inc. for an undisclosed price. Acquiring Lewistown, Pa.-based Buckell will allow Rohrer to strengthen its position in the visual packaging market, officials said in a Jan. 4 news release.
January 5, 2012
EXETER, CALIF. (Dec. 30, 2:30 p.m. ET) -- Peninsula Packaging Co. LLC has expanded its agricultural thermoforming business by acquiring two facilities from Berkley Operations LLC doing business as Packaging Plus LLC. Peninsula gets thermoforming plants in Yakima, Wash., and Hollister, Calif.
December 30, 2011
FORT WAYNE, IND. (Updated Dec. 29, 4 p.m. ET) -- Private equity company Mason Wells of Milwaukee has expanded its packaging profile with the purchase of Mullinix Packages Inc. Mullinix thermoforms clamshells, trays, cups and lids for food processing, retail and restaurant markets.
December 28, 2011
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