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 Roland DGA has launched a contest inviting its users to share their success stories through YouTube videos up to 60 seconds in duration. 

 Bloomer Plastics acquired Optimum Plastics in October 2014 and this new, combined company will now be known as “Optimum Plastics,” a move that maintains the significant brand equity that Optimum Plastics has established over the last 20 years while relying on the business practices, service processes and technology infrastructures that Bloomer Plastics is renowned for. 

 MPS has announced that its entire team will move to new a headquarters facility in the city of Arnhem, The Netherlands. The move will become effective on April 2, 2015.  

Amcor has acquired Nampak Flexibles, the market leader in flexible packaging in South Africa, for $22 million.

 Daetwyler has entered into agreement with NANOVIS GmbH, a Swiss-based company, in order to provide sales and service throughout North America for the innovative Type NWC integrated recycling parts cleaning washer. 

 Sun Chemical’s Robert O’Boyle has received the 2015 National Association of Print Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) Pioneer Award, one of the most distinguished awards in the ink manufacturing industry. 

 DG press will host a three-day open house event from June 16-18 to officially launch its Thallo web offset printing press.  

Dozens of local packaging converting companies from Green Bay, De Pere and Appleton, Wisc. will be joining the 100 exhibitors at the 8^th-annual Converters Expo, April 16 at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay. The event is produced by the Packaging Strategies group, part of BNP Media.

 Flexographic Technical Association’s (FTA) 2015 Annual Forum will address various printing challenges head-on in the “Multi-Market Commonalities—Alike But Different” session.  

Nordmeccanica has tabbed June 2 as the grand opening of its Long Island, NY facility, which will serve as the new North American home base for the company. At twice the size of its previous facility, the new location will allow for improved services to customers with an even larger inventory of spares and a larger number of service engineers and technologists.