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Companies

Pactiv (Lake Forest, IL) will purchase the plastic packaging assets of Rock-Tenn Co.

(Norcross, GA).

Portola Packaging (San Jose, CA) acquired Tech Industries (Woonsocket, RI).

Panoramic (Janesville, WI), a packaging thermoformer and contract packager, moved its manufacturing facility and headquarters to 1500 N. Parker Dr., Janesville, WI 53545.

TricorBraun (St. Louis, MO) moved its corporate offices to 10330 Old Olive Street Rd., St. Louis, MO 63141-7808.

Saxco Intl. (Horsham, PA), packagers for the wine and spirits industries, acquired the business and assets of Demtos Glass LLC (Louisville, KY).

Pechiney Plastic Packaging (Chicago, IL) and Novacel (Guadalajara, Mexico) are joining product, process, and technical expertise to provide increased capabilities and service to food manufacturers in Mexico and the United States.

Rexam PLC (London, U.K.) sold its Healthcare Flexibles Sector to Amcor (Melbourne, Australia).

Baldor Electric Co. (Fort Smith, AR) has partnered with Energy Star, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency volunteer program that gives businesses and consumers energy-efficient solutions to help save money while protecting the environment.

Flint Ink (Ann Arbor, MI) launched a separate business unit called Precisia, LLC, which will be responsible for building the company’s RFID business in addition to other printed electronics applications.

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