Sympak Group (Milan, Italy) companies BC S.p.A. and SIMA S.p.A. are merging. The new company, Sympak Bottling and Canning S.p.A, will be headquartered in Montecchio Emilia, Italy.
Genpak, LLC (Glens Falls, NY) merged with Continental Superbag (Cedar Grove, NJ).
SIG Plastics (North Branch, NJ) acquired Ryka (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada).
ID Technology (Fort Worth, TX) has been acquired by Pro Mach, Inc. (Atlanta, GA).
Easy Contract Labeling (Dawsonville, GA) opened its doors to serve the label industry, from shrink sleeve application to stretch sleeve application and more. They are located at 71 Easy St., Dawsonville, GA, phone: 706/265-8193; fax: 706/265-8195.
MPI Label Systems (Sebring, OH) has expanded its flexographic label div. mfg. base by adding a new RFID div. to produce p-s labels and tags with chips on the back of the label or embedded into the tag. They can be reached at 800/837-2134.
Micron PharmaWorks (Tampa, FL), a new venture of Micron Automation, has been launched to offer services related to thermoformed packaging of pharmaceutical products.
Flint Ink (Ann Arbor, MI) and the SICPA Group (Lausanne, Switzerland) have agreed in principle to several business transactions by which Flint Ink will acquire SICPA’s world wide heatset and coldset inks business and SICPA will acquire Flint’s world wide security inks business.
Mossi & Ghisolfi (Tortona, Italy) completed the acquisition of Rhodia’s (São Paulo, Brazil) entire equity interests in Rhodia-ster S.A. of Brazil.