Relocations, expansions

Captive Plastics (Piscataway, NJ) has added a controlled-environment production area to its Phillipsburg, NJ, facility. —Dow Performance Foams (Midland, MI) has announced the plans for a new production line to be added to each of its mfg.

Jan 31, 2001

Schneider Packaging (Brewerton, NY) has added 35,000 sq' of new plant and mfg. space located adjacent to its current headquarter

facilities in Hanging Rock, OH, and Drusenheim, France. —Sasib Labelling Machinery SpA (Mantua, Italy) has opened its new 10-billion lire (US $4.9 million) facility in Mantua, Italy, alongside its headquarters. —Amcor Twinpak—North America (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) will add $3 million of thermoforming and printing capacity at its Newport News, VA, facility. —Sprinter Marking (Zanesville, OH) has changed its address to 1805 Chandlersville Rd., Zanesville, OH 43701-4604; phone: 740/453-1000, fax: 740/453-6750. —Advanced Nutritionals/SoftPac Family (Plymouth, MN) has changed its name to SoftPac Industries Inc. —Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany) and the Lyondell Chemical Co. (Houston, TX) have joined together to build a EUR 500 million (US $474 million) production facility for polyurethane based products in Maasvlakte, the Netherlands. —Crandall Filling Machinery, Inc. (Cheektowaga, NY) has moved to a new 7ꯠ sq’ facility at 80 Gruner Rd, Cheektowaga, NY 14277; phone: 800/280-8551, fax: 716/897-3488. —Institute of Packaging Professionals (Herndon, VA) has relocated to 4143 Weeks Dr., Warrenton, VA 20187.

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Amcor TWINPAK Americas, Inc.

Crandall Filling Machinery, Inc.

SoftPac Industries Inc.

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