Hoppman acquired by Japan's Shibuya Kogyo

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A letter of intent has been signed for Shibuya to acquire 100% of Hoppmann's U.S. shares. This acquisition will allow Shibuya to market their full line of packaging machinery to an exisiting U.S. customer base and to enhance existing Hoppmann sales, companies say.

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