Companies

SWF Companies (Reedley, CA) will consolidate its secondary packaging machinery operations, relocating its RSC erecting, sealing, and specialty casing operation to Reedley, CA, from Altamonte Springs, FL.

Plassein Intl. (Willington, CT) will now design and produce products and services through 3 divisions aligned with customer needs.

Multi-Color Corp. (Cincinnati, OH) completed the purchase of the North and South American Decorating Technologies Div. of Avery Dennison Corp. (Framingham, MA).

Tray-Pak (Reading, PA) opened a new plant in Muhlenberg Township, Reading, PA.

Tuscarora Inc. (New Brighton, PA) formed a new div. that will specialize in products and services for the temperature assurance market called SCA ThermoSafe.

Sonic Air Systems (Brea, CA) opened a new headquarters in Brea, CA.

Weber Marking Systems (Arlington Heights, IL) acquired Mark-O-Print (Lubeck, Germany), a mfg. of high-resolution ink-jet coders.

The European Commission authorized the acquisition of Sidel (Le Havre Cedex, France) by Tetra Laval (Lausanne, Switzerland).

Ilip (Bologna, Italy) will design and manufacture packaging for fresh produce using NatureWorks PLA™ from Cargill Dow LLC (Minnetonka, MN).

Glennon Corp. (Pewaukee, WI) will become The Glennon Group™.

Flint Ink Corp. (Ann Arbor, MI) and KeyMaster Technologies (Kennewick, WA) have agreed to provide “smart” ink and coatings systems to brand named product mfg. throughout the world.

Nigrelli Systems Inc. (Kiel, WI) and KUKA Robotics Corp. (Augsburg, Germany) signed a systems partner agreement enabling Nigrelli Systems to integrate KUKA robots into packaging, food, material handling, and processing systems.

MPI Label Systems (Sebring, OH) expanded its flexographic label div. mfg. base by adding a new RFID div.