Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Roger Seid and Ken Slater, CEO and president respectively of Kaufman Container (Cleveland, OH) have formed KNR, Inc., which has purchased the Twin City Bottle Div.

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(Minneapolis, MN) of TCB, Inc. Both Twin City Bottle and Kaufman Container will operate independently.

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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

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