Portola Packaging, Inc. has announced a $12 million capital expenditure in its Kingsport, TN and Tolleson, AZ facilities to accommodate growing market demand for its hot-fill and aseptic beverage closures and increased dairy business market share.
Portola Packaging, Inc. achieved Safe Quality Food (SQF) Institute certification recently for its three U.S. closure manufacturing facilities—Batavia, Ill; Kingsport, Tenn. and Tolleson, Ariz.
Elected to four-year terms on the Board of Directors at the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute are (from left) John Raterman, vice president North American sales at Nordson Corp.; Glenn Siegele, president of Omega Design Corp.; Randy Spahr, vice president of Packaging Machines Intl.; and Andrew Zucaro, president of Azco Corp.
Portola Packaging, Inc. (San Jose, CA) has purchased its partner's shares, making Portola Packaging, Inc.-Mexico (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) a wholly owned subsidiary.
Portola Packaging (San Jose, CA) and Greiner GmbH (Kremsmuenster, Austria) have agreed to establish Cap Snap Europe GmbH (Kremsmuenster, Austria) to serve the European and Middle Eastern market.
Portola Packaging (San Jose, CA) has restructured to combine the previously separate sales, service, and manufacturing organizations of Cap Snap (San Jose, CA) and NEPCO (San Jose, CA).