(Sparks, MD) reached an agreement to sell substantially all the operating assets of its packaging business to Kerr Group, Inc. (San Francisco, CA).
The Sidel Group (Le Havre, Cedex, France) has added Cermex (Dijon, France) to its core business operations.
SIG Corpoplast (Hamburg, Germany) and Engel (Hamburg, Germany) restructured their joint-venture, changing the PREMAX div. name to MacPET.
Exopack, LLC (Spartanburg, SC) has selected Microsoft® Axapta for Converting to manage certain aspects of its operations.
Ampacet Corp. (Tarrytown, NY) signed letters of intent to purchase 3 major suppliers of custom color masterbatches in Europe and South America, including Polimaster S.r.l(Busto Garolfo, Italy), PolyColour Ltd. (Telford, England), and Corland (Camarcari, Bahia, Brazil). The company will also expand current facilities in South America, Canada, and Asia.
Avery Dennison (Westlake Village, CA) has formed an alliance with Rinke Etiketten (Sprockhövel, Germany), a maker of woven and printed labels.
Serpone Packaging Systems Inc. (Laval, Quebec, Canada) is a new company for the purpose of producing machinery for blister sealing, clamshell sealing, skin packaging, die cutting, and thermoforming.
Multiflex has moved to 7555 Commerce Ct., Sarasota, FL 34243, phone: 941/360-6502.
Dotrix (Gent, Belgium) has appointed 2 new “value-added” resellers including Entechcom Co., Ltd. and G.S. Graphics Co., Ltd.. Both are located in South Korea.
Wepackit Inc. (Orangeville, Ontario, Canada) has expanded its production capabilities by 10ęŻ sq’. This new off-site facility will run independently, producing the 720 Series Small Footprint case erector.
