–Exposium (Cedex, France) bought 50% of the PACex fair from the Packaging Assn. of Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
–Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (Philadelphia, PA) released its Eole III™ technology to be produced at the company’s Massillon, OH, facility.
–Emtech Emulsion Technologies, Inc. (Medina, OH) will combine with 3M’s (St. Paul, MN) label business, creating a single 3M operating unit.
–Bradman-Lake (Charlotte, NC) entered into a mfg. and marketing agreement with Propack Processing and Packaging Systems Inc. (Ontario, Canada) to produce its vertical racetrack robotic loading system.
–Pactiv (Lake Forest, IL) completed the acquisition of Winkler Forming, Inc. (Santa Fe Springs, CA).
–Kryotrans (Victoria, London, England) formed an alliance with Lydall Inc. (Manchester, CT) to help supply Biopak® flexible containers to the bioprocessing industry.
–Flint Ink (Ann Arbor, MI) signed a joint venture agreement with Graphic-Tec (Hong Kong, China) to manufacture printing ink in Beijing, China. Additionally, Flint Ink will help provide “smart” ink and coatings systems to brand-name product manufacturers throughout the world through an agreement struck with KeyMaster Technologies, Inc. (Kennewick, WA).
–Bemis Co. (Minneapolis, MN) purchased the global Clysar® shrink film business of DuPont (Wilmington, DE) and will be distributed in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Wrapid Packaging Systems Ltd. (West Yorkshire, England).
–Alloyd Co. (Concord, MA) is standardizing its software by using only 3-D CAD software, called SolidWorks®.
–Schubert Packaging Systems (Addison, TX) opened its new 12ꯠ sq’ North American headquarters building in Addison, TX, near Dallas.
–The Processing and Packaging Machinery Assn. (Wallington, Surrey, England) and Reed Exhibitions (Richmond, Surrey, England) have agreed to merge their exhibition activities in Britain.
–The Xpedx (Covington, KY) div. of International Paper Co. and Triangle Package Machinery (Chicago, IL) teamed to provide custom designed and fully integrated packaging lines to packagers throughout the United States.
