—DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers (Wilmington, DE) has announced a price adjustment of an average of 8¢/lb on U.S. sales of ethylene and olefin products. —MGS Machine Corp. (Maple Grove, MN) is moving its affiliate TL Feeding, Inc. (Osseo, MN) to a 10ê¯ sq’ facility for the design and manufacture of all MGS’ product handling equipment. —Optima Packaging Group GmbH (Schwäbisch Hall, Germany) is uniting its cos. under a common group logo. —Huntsman Packaging Corp. (Salt Lake City, UT) has unveiled a new corporate name Pliant Corp. and associated logo to identify all its divisions. —Weyerhaeuser Co.’s bulk packaging group has opened a new 110ê¯ sq’ SpaceKraft® plant in Salem, OR. —KoSa (Charlotte, NC) has launched a new 65ê¯ ton/year packaging resin expansion at its Queretaro, Mexico, site. —Sharp Corp. (Conshohocken, PA) has leased 56ê¯ sq’ of warehouse space to help meet its expanding capacity needs. —Proma Technologies (Franklin, MA) will expand its mfg. facility by 15ê¯ sq’ and increase its capacity by 35%. —Fischer & Krecke (Fairfield, NJ) has moved its U.S. headquarters to 389 Passaic Ave., Fairfield, NJ 07004; phone: 973/882-9460, fax: 973/882-9469. —Peacock Engineering Co. (Itasca, IL) has opened its third facility in Itasca, IL, encompassing 63ê¯ sq’ of refrigerated packaging and storage space. —Chromas (Fort Lauderdale, FL) has a new 12ê¯ sq’ headquarters facility at 5300 NW 33rd Ave., Suite 104, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309; phone: 877/247-6627, fax: 954/973-2795. —Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Waukegan, IL) has opened a new 30ê¯ sq’ facility in Fremont, CA. —Amcor Twinpak (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) has opened a new 275ê¯ sq’ mfg. facility in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
