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SencorpWhite names new president

SencorpWhite announces that Corey Calla assumed the role of President, effective October 1, 2018.

January 15, 2019

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Coexpan completes plant expansion

Coexpan, division of Grupo Lantero, completed work on enlarging its Coexpan FSP plant, Roye, France, where it has set up of a new line incorporating all the latest advances in extrusion technology.

January 14, 2019

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Emsur acquires majority of Eximpack

Emsur, division of Grupo Lantero, acquired the majority of Eximpack since it was partially acquired more than two years ago

January 14, 2019

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Eagle Product’s x-ray inspection systems can help reduce risk of food product recalls

The massive nationwide recall of romaine lettuce in the U.S. in November, followed in mid-December by a highly publicized recall of nearly 30,000 lb of frozen ready-to-eat sausage links, once again thrust food safety into the spotlight and into public discourse.

January 11, 2019

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Paxiom’s Milwaukee Xperience Center hosts open house

Paxiom, the global sales and service division for packaging equipment manufacturers WeighPack Systems, EndFlex, and SleekWrapper, opened its third Xperience Center in Milwaukee and held an open house on December 6, 2018.

January 9, 2019

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TricorBraun acquires Pacific Bag

TricorBraun acquired Pacific Bag, LLC, an independent U.S. distributors of flexible packaging. It will combine Pacific Bag with its existing flexibles business, Taipak, to create TricorBraun Flex, a new business unit focused on flexible packaging.

January 9, 2019

Automation & Digital Transformation

Sick: Safe portal solutions system

Sick launches the Safe Portal Solutions system designed to ensure flexible, efficient safeguarding for automated material transfer stations. Operating with up to four simultaneous protective fields, two vertically installed safety laser scanners detect individuals gaining unauthorized access of any kind.

January 8, 2019

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Atlas Holdings acquires Saxco International

Atlas Holdings LLC acquired Saxco International, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

January 8, 2019

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Duravant LLC acquires Wulftec International

Duravant LLC acquired Wulftec International, Inc. The partnership will bolster Duravant’s end-of-line portfolio of packaging solutions and extend the company’s integration and automation capabilities.

January 8, 2019

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Dr. Pharm, Inc. opens U.S. headquarters

Dr. Pharm®, Inc. opened a state-of-the-art U.S. headquarters in Corona, CA. The 32,000 sq-ft facility serves the North American and Latin American markets for its line of solid dosage manufacturing machinery.

January 7, 2019

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Armac, Inc. expands representation of Dynamic Conveyor products

Dynamic Conveyor Corp. announced that its sales rep agency, Armac, Inc., will expanded its support sales to include the state of New York.

January 4, 2019

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Colorite expands its line of Cellene TPE compounds

Colorite, a Tekni-Plex business, announced the expansion of its Cellene® thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds for healthcare and a wide variety of other applications. The company is adding 12 grades to its previously-available 28 TPE formulations.

December 19, 2018

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Berry Global joins APASS

Berry Global, Inc. announced its official participation in Amazon’s Packaging Support and Supplier network (APASS) program.

December 13, 2018