Fortis Solutions Group has acquired Smithfield Foods, Inc.’s label printing plant, which provides pressure sensitive prime, promotional and thermal labels to a number of Smithfield Foods facilities as well as third party customers.
Filmquest Group Inc. has appointed Fred Race as its new senior account manager. Race will be responsible for supporting Filmquest sales and marketing efforts primarily in the flexible packaging market, proprietary value added markets and thick film polyester specialty markets.
Packaging Products Corp. has appointed Chuck Molinski as the company’s new director of purchasing. Molinski will have responsibility for vendor relationships, film purchasing, film inventory and demand forecasting.
Sun Chemical has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets and liabilities of Colmar Inks Corporation, which is based in Ontario, Canada.
Toray Plastics (America) raised over $3,500 for the Newport Naval Station’s Caring and Sharing Program and collected 600 toys for the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program as part of its 12th-annual drive for the two causes.
Nordic film supplier Rani Plast is adding large-scale 7-layer blown film capabilities in an effort to better produce both high-barrier agricutlure films and non-barrier conventional PE-based films.