Ardagh Group today announced that it has agreed to acquire the Boxal group of companies from Exal Corporation in a transaction involving a total consideration of approximately Eur 85 million.

Ahlstrom Capital and Accent Equity announced in June their plans to combine the packaging industry operations of

Rexam PLC announces that it has agreed to sell its beverage and speciality closures business to Berry Plastics.

The Dow Chemical Company said it is continuing to invest in a "Packaging Center of Excellence" in Horgen, CH. So they plan to better serve the needs of the packaging industry across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

With group sales reaching 215 mio. Euro in 2010, the Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG) achieved strong sales growth and clearly surpassed company targets. The group's cash flow for the same period increased by one percentage point to 14%.

The World Packaging Organization Education Committee (WPO) has developed a procedure for recognizing good quality education and training programs from its members and others.

“Hier läuft Ihre Zukunft” (This is your future running.) This is the catchy motto gracing the blue T-shirts of students in the packaging technology major at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK) during their visit to the international lead fair

The new 2K dosing system has been developed for pharmaceutical liquids and is simply self-explanatory. The two principal components are the dosing head and closure. At the closure opening point the precisely measured liquid reaches the dosing head – to an accuracy of +/- 5 percent.

With research partners Faubel has joined in the development of printed electronics. Faubel is now capable of manufacturing displays in line during a single machine run by combining various print technologies.

The manufacturer of checkweighers and X-ray systems will focus on the new checkweigher series HC-M. Designed for speeds up to 250 pieces/min, the HC-M is the link between the EC-E and the HC-A.

The Flint Group Flexographic Products raises the prices for nyloflex and nyloprint printing plates as a result of the global raw material situation.