(Willington, CT).
Business Advancement Tactics (Appleton, WI), a strategic brand consultancy specializing in packaging development, business planning, marketing, advertising, and corporate communications, has been formed by 7 advertising veterans.
Printpack (Atlanta, GA) acquired Amcor’s (Manchester, MI) specialty-packaging plant in Newport News, VA.
A.B. Isacson Associates (New York, NY), a business-to-business marketing public relations company for industrial and technology companies, opened a London, England, office in November.
Polytainers (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) implemented a food safety system in compliance with Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points. The company will also expand its current mfg. facility in Lee’s Summit, MO, to accommodate its growing customer base.
Beckhoff Automation (Minneapolis, MN) opened sales offices in Harrisburg, PA, and San Diego, CA.
Marchesini Group (Bologna, Italy) acquired CO.RI.M.A. (Siena, Italy), a mfg. of machinery for the pharmaceutical and diagnostic industries.
Orbis (Oconomowoc, WI) opened a new sales and design office in Bentonville, AR.
Amcor Flexibles (Melbourne, Australia) will acquire Rexam Healthcare Flexibles (Mundelein, IL) pending regulatory approvals.
Conflex Inc. (Germantown, WI) has moved its mfg. operations for shrink wrapping equipment to a new
state-of-the-art mfg. facility in Germantown, WI.
Air-Paq (Lake Forest, CA) formed a North American sales operation.
Klöckner Bartelt (Sarasota, FL) has been acquired by KHS, Inc. (Waukesha, WI).
ID Technology (Fort Worth, TX) will open an Ohio Valley Regional Office to service Indianapolis and southern Indiana, Columbus and southern Ohio, and Kentucky.
Adhesives Research (Glen Rock, PA) opened a new state-of-the-art mfg. plant at its corporate headquarters location.
Evergreen Packaging (Cedar Rapids, IA) and AVE Industries S.p.A (Venice, Italy) developed a long-term strategic agreement that will allow Evergreen to mfg, sell, and service rotary bottle filling equipment utilizing AVE electronic volumetric filling, bottle handling, and capping technologies.
SCA (Eddystone, PA) will acquire Alloyd Co. (DeKalb, IL).
