NEKOOSA, WIS. — Nekoosa Coated Products has acquired IGI Corp. — owner of plastic tape maker RTape Corp. and plastic film maker CET Films Corp. — for an undisclosed price.
MEQUON, WIS. — Kendall Packaging Corp. is breaking ground on a 56,000 square foot expansion of its Jefferson, Wis., facility on April 26 to increase its production capacity and double its storage capacity.
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Toray Plastics (America) Inc. is installing new coating equipment to make films with advanced specialty layers.
BAD HOMBURG, GERMANY — Sales of plastic packaging and films in Germany stayed relatively stable in 2012, showing only a 0.4 percent decrease from 2011, according to trade association IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. — Sonoco Products Co. is making its radial crush tester — which measures the radial strength of paper cores for winding strength and shrink film — commercially available.
ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND — A New Zealand plastic packaging manufacturer will phase down production at its Rotorua manufacturing plant and aims to close the site by mid-2014.
ADDISON, ILL. — Rollprint Packaging Inc. is investing $1.25 million in a multi-configuration pouch manufacturing line to make products primarily for sterile medical applications.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — A degradable polyethylene film that helps crops grow better is likely to be commercially available within the next couple of years.
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