—Bid.com (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) has entered into a three-year agreement with the Skerman Group (London, England, U.K.) to build an online marketplace for confectionery and pharmaceutical industry machinery and services. —Prism Group (London, England, U.K.) has acquired Microlnk (Wareham, MA). —Tuscarora Inc. (New Brighton, PA) and SCA Packaging Intl. B.V. (Stockholm, Sweden) have consummated a merger. —Flint (Ann Arbor, MI) has agreed to take a 51% shareholding in Iconwax (Bangalore, India), a supplier of liquid inks to the Indian packaging industry.—Evergreen Packaging Equipment (Cedar Rapids, IA) has entered into a strategic partnership with Senzani Brevetti S.r.l (Faenza, Italy). —Weber Marking Systems (Arlington Heights, IL) has acquired both Geset Systems (Esslingen, Germany) and Norcon Competitive Products (Jelling, Denmark).
International agreements
—Greif Bros. Corp. (Delaware, OH) has completed its purchase of the Van Leer Industrial packaging div. of Huhtamaki Van Leer Oyj (Espoo, Finland).
Apr 30, 2001
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