Novolex has announced it has agreed to acquire Heritage Bag Company (HBC), a premier manufacturer of plastic can liners and other packaging products based in Dallas, Texas. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter.
Innovia Group has entered an agreement to sell its cellophane business and assets to Nagoya, Japan-based Futamura Chemicals Co.,Ltd, a manufacturer of plastic and cellulose films. The deal is expected to complete on or before June 30, 2016.
Oracle Packaging, a leading innovator in packaging solutions in the flexible packaging market, has added a Davis-Standard extrusion line as part of a capital investment at its Winston-Salem, North Carolina facility.
Prolamina, a brand division of ProAmapc, will display its full PRO-FLEX line of cheese packaging solutions at the International Cheese Technology Exposition (ICTE), April 12-14, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Uflex plans to display a state-of-the-art UV process manufactured Fresnel, diffractive, holographic and hybrid (combination) lens embossed films for both generalized patterns and customized specialty films in a roll format at Drupa, scheduled for May 31 to June 10 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Toppan USA, Inc., a Griffin, Georgia-based subsidiary of Tokyo-based Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. has completed construction of its new Georgia plant, a site for the manufacture of transparent barrier films.
Label Specialties Inc., a trade-only label converter in Louisville, Kentucky, has received approval to produce drum labels on flexographic presses that fully meet the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) requirements for overseas shipments.
A new tear-resistant, woven polypropylene bag with a stable, square base is now available from the Consumer Goods Packaging Division of Mondi in North America.
Inland has acquired Valley Label, a Neenah, Wisconsin-based flexographic printing company that produces flexible packaging for customers in the healthy, beauty cosmetics and food insutries. The acquisition follows the recent addition of a flexographic facility in Pennsylvania in October 2015.