āKraton Polymers Business (Houston, TX) has been sold to the private investment firm Ripplewood Holdings LLC (New York, NY). āBASF Corp. (Mt. Olive, NJ) has signed a distribution agreement with the general polymers div. of Ashland Distribution Co. (Dublin, OH) to be a distributor of its general-purpose, high-impact, and Avantra specialty polystyrene molding and extrusion resins in the United States and Canada. āJMD Manufacturing, Inc. (Framingham, MA) has agreed to distribute a line of label dispensers and applicators to the East coast for Alipack Americas (Gurnee, IL). āBorden Chemical, Inc. (Louisville, KY) has selected Excel (Westerville, OH) to manage packaging and warehousing sevices for its industrial resins operation. āJaguar Packaging Inc. (Lewiston, NY) has added Pliant Corp. (Schaumburg, IL) to its family of Standzipā¢ licensees. āPaulson Training Programs (Chester, CT) and Bosch Automation Technology (Bridgman, MI) have formed a partnership to promote Boschās training products. āTeknor Apex (Pawtucket, RI) has partnered with Davis-Standard (Pawcatuck, CT) to develop an extrusion system for producing a reinforced tubing product. āAir Packaging Technologies Inc. (Valencia, CA) has signed a private-label purchase agreement with 3M (St. Paul, MN), which will give 3M exclusive worldwide rights to sell and distribute APTIās products. āSouthcorp Packaging USA, Inc. (Atlanta, GA) has reached a sale agreement with JP Morgan Chase and will now be called North America Packaging Corp.
Domestic acquisitions, agreements
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