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International agreements

Mossi & Ghisolfi Group (Tortona, Italy) acquired the PET business of Shell Chemical Co. (Houston, TX).

—Ritrama Group (Minneapolis, MN) has acquired Nuova FAD spa (Sassoferrato, Italy).

—Jefferson Smurfit Group plc (Dublin, Ireland) has acquired Neopac A/S (Randers, Denmark).

—Tipper Tie Inc. (Apex, NC) has acquired Hoegger Alpina Ltd. (Gossau, Switzerland).

—Rigesa, Ltda. (Valihos, Brazil) a subsidiary of Westvaco Corp. (New York, NY) has acquired all assets of Agaprint Embalagens (São Paulo, Brazil).

—Weigh-Tronix, Inc. (Fairmont, MN) has acquired Avery Berkel (Birmingham, England).

—Valois S.A. (Charleval, France) and Techpack S.A. (Chevilly-Larue, France) have agreed to merge their airless packaging activity, creating a new company currently named Airless.Systems.

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