Weekly News Roundup

Davis-Standard, LLC, is being bought by Gamut Capital Management, L.P., a New York-based middle-market private equity firm.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company of Atlanta, Georgia, recently completed its purchase of AR Packaging Group AB, Europe’s second-largest producer of fiber-based consumer packaging. “The acquisition accelerates Graphic Packaging’s growing position serving consumer packaged goods companies around the world with sustainable fiber-based packaging alternatives,” the company says in a news release about the deal that was […]

Pennsylvania-based C-P Flexible Packaging said recently that it is buying Sycamore Sales, which does business as Preferred Packaging in Norcross, Georgia.  Preferred Packaging makes multilayer flexible films and thermoformed containers, and it is a supplier of tray sealing equipment for meal solution providers and school systems. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. C-P said […]

Fortis Solutions Group, LLC, reported recently that it has bought Quality Tape and Label of Georgia.

François Olivier will retire as president and CEO of TC Transcontinental Inc. in Canada in December, the board of directors announced recently.

Private equity firm GTCR has closed on its purchase of PPC Flexible Packaging of Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Liquibox has officially opened its 140,000-square-foot “Center of Excellence” in Madrid, Spain.

Resource Label Group, LLC, which is based in Franklin, Tennessee, has bought Ample Labels of Nixa, Missouri.

PPC Flexible Packing LLC has bought Consumer Packaging Group, a deal that is the eighth that PPC has made in less than five years.

ePac Flexible Packaging (ePac) will open its first manufacturing facility in Australia later this year.

C-P Flexible Packaging recently bought privately held Fruth Custom Packaging and an affiliated company, Cleanroom Film and Bag, both of which specialize in making flexible rollstock and pre-made pouches used in cleanroom environments.

Garlock Printing and Converting recently named Jim Squatrito as the new CEO.

Huhtamaki recently announced that it is buying Elif Holding, a major supplier of sustainable flexible packaging to global brand owners.

Pennsylvania-based C-P Flexible Packaging recently announced that it has bought Prestige-Pak Inc., a privately held manufacturer in Wisconsin focusing on printed packaging films for the retail food markets.

MacDermid Graphics Solutions plans the Flexo Xperience Center (The FXC) in partnership with SOMA that should open next year.

Polykar recently reported breaking ground on a 50,000 square-foot plant in Edmonton, Alberta, where its recycling efforts will be increased.

Tekni-Plex has signed a definitive purchase agreement to buy Grupo Phoenix.

Parkside has announced a significant investment in the latest flexible packaging production technology at its Malaysian headquarters, Packaging News recently reported.

ProAmpac recently reported that it bought Ultimate Packaging, a maker of flexographic and digitally printed flexible packaging.

DIC Corp. has closed on the acquisition of BASF’s global pigments business, known as BASF Colors & Effects (BCE).