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Supplier news: Achievements

Creative Packaging Corp. (Buffalo Grove, IL) received the 1998 Supplier of the Year Award from McKesson Water Products Co.

September 30, 1998

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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Elopak (New Hudson, MI): Claudio Sidney, dir., Latin American market.

September 30, 1998

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

PLCopen (Bloomingdale, IL): Ronald Larsen, managing dir., North America.

September 30, 1998

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Circle Packaging Machinery (Green Bay, WI), formerly part of Sasib and Paxall, is now an independent, management-owned company.

September 30, 1998

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

O. Berk Co. (Union, NJ) purchased The Feldman Glass Co. (New Haven, CT) and will operate it as O. Berk Company of New England, LLC.

September 30, 1998

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Professional Computer Corp. (Bristol, PA) and Artwork Systems (Gent, Belgium) have merged. The new company will be called PCC-Artwork Systems and will maintain its headquarters in Bristol, PA.

September 30, 1998

Supplier news: International agreements

Valco Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) has announced the acquisition of EMS Electronic Measuring Systems (Berlin, Germany).

September 30, 1998

Supplier news: International agreements

Patheon (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) has signed a letter of intent to purchase a 300ꯠ sq' plant near Milan, Italy from The Roche Group (Basel, Switzerland).

September 30, 1998

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Prototype Equipment Corp. (Lake Forest, IL) announces the formation of a new division, Goodman Packaging Equipment (Lake Forest, IL). Prototype Equipment will continue to develop new technologies while marketing its standard line of equipment through the Goodman div.

September 30, 1998

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Hickory Printing Group (Conover, NC) has consolidated its packaging div. at the company's 127ꯠ sq' headquarters at 725 Reese Dr. SW, Conover, NC 28613; phone: 704/465-3431, fax: 704/465-2517.

September 30, 1998

Supplier news: International agreements

Montell Polyolefins (Hoofddorp, the Netherlands) has established a license in Greece for its Spheripol PP process with Hellenic Petroleum (Saloniki, Greece).

September 30, 1998

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Illinois Tool Works (Glenview, IL) has acquired AMI/Recpro (Atlanta, GA), making it part of the Consumer Packaged Goods business of ITW's Minigrip/Zip-Pak (Manteno, IL).

September 30, 1998

Supplier news: International agreements

Schmalbach-Lubeca AG (Ratinger, Germany) has announced the formation of a joint venture with Filamentos Industriales (Lima, Peru) and Petco Intl. (Miami, FL) to form Schambach-Lubeca PC Del Peru, S.A.

September 30, 1998

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