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Amcor has announced that an agreement is in place for it to acquire Alusa, the largest flexible packaging business in South America, for a purchase price of $435 million. 

Wikoff has introduced HydroSperse, a highly adaptable dispenser base mixing series for the water-based flexo market. 

Bemis has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the medical device packaging operations and related value-added services of SteriPack Group, a global manufacturer of sterile packaging solutions for medical device and pharmaceutical applications. 

Petoskey Plastics, a Michigan-based, environmentally-focused film, bag and resin manufacturer, has developed a recycling scorecard system that calculates the impact its closed-loop recycling partners are having on the environment.

Harper Corp. of America hosted the March Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) membership meeting on March 24 to share an up-close look at some of the advanced technology used in the flexographic printing industry.

DuPont names Randy L. Stone as president of its Performance Materials business effective immediately, succeeding Patrick E. Lindner.

Over 650 buyers attended the 9th Annual Converters Expo held April 13 and 14 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin and met with more than 100 specialty vendors who showcased their solutions for converting of paper, plastic, flexible and rigid packaging products and services for the industry.

Vince Musacchio has been appointed as the new president of ProAmpac Global Flexibles.

Siegwerk is expanding its portfolio of low migration UV printing inks with the launch of its SICURA Nutriflex LEDTex ink series. The launch makes the the company the first in the market to offer LED UV printing inks for food and pharmaceutical packaging. 

Downtime, both planned and unplanned, can have pronounced impact on packing line efficiency and throughput.