Weekly News Roundup

Graphic Packaging Holding Company recently announced that it will buy AR Packaging Group AB, Europe’s second largest producer of fiber-based consumer packaging, for approximately $1.45 billion in cash.

Kathy Bolhous, CEO of Charter Next Generation, recently was named to Forbes magazine’s 50 Over 50 list of women who have achieved great success after turning 50.

Dallas Plastics has acquired Hi-De Liners Inc., according to a news release from Sole Source Capital, which owns Dallas Plastics.

Georgia-based Palmetto Industries plans an expansion of its products—including bulk bags, container liners, and BOPP—into Nicaragua and Latin America through a partnership with CAM Exports LLC.

Private investment firm Lindsay Goldberg is selling 80% of Schur Flexibles Group to B&C Group.

Pennsylvania-based The Griff Network has moved its decorative film facility from Lakewood, New Jersey, to Fallsington, Pennsylvania.

FPA recently joined other trade associations representing some top employers in the U.S. to praise Rep. Al Lawson, D-Fla, and Ken Buck, R-Colo., for reintroducing the Aluminum Pricing Examination (APEX) Act (H.R. 2698).

Schur Flexibles Group has expanded its network in the Italian market by buying Sidac SpA, a packaging specialist.

Green Bay Packaging Inc. reported recently that its new paper mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is operating, about 30 months after breaking ground on the $500 million project.

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) recently named Stan Blakney as president of its global operations.

Scholle IPN announced earlier this month that it has bought Bossar, a global supplier of flexible horizontal form-fill-seal packaging equipment.

Ashland recently completed the expansion of its Viatel™ bioresorbable polymer manufacturing site and has relocated research and development from Dublin to the National Science Park, Mullingar, Ireland, the company said in a news release.

ProAmpac has added five more facilities that have been certified to the Safe Quality Food (SQF) program.

Rodolfo Haenni has joined Tekni-Plex as vice president for market and strategy development for food and beverage packaging.

Macaran Printed Products, a division of W.N. Van Alstine and Sons, recently reported on its company website that it has become a 100% employee-owned entity.