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2011-05-03 2:44 min Management

Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity to acquire Husky International

Berkshire Partners LLC, the Boston based private equity firm, and OMERS Private Equity Inc., the private equity arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to jointly acquire Husky International Ltd. and its subsidiaries ...

2011-04-27 2:19 min Management

APPE scores market first with pan European BRC certification

APPE (Artenius PET Packaging Europe) is the first leading PET producer to gain the BRC/IOP Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials across all of its European plants, underlining its commitment to safeguarding quality in the food industry. Developed by retailers, The BRC ...

2011-04-20 1:37 min Management

Graham Packaging to acquire assets of Techne - Technipack Engineering Italia, S.r.l.

Graham Packaging Company Inc. (NYSE: GRM) today announced that its subsidiary, Graham Packaging Company Italia S.r.l., has committed to acquire the assets of Techne - Technipack Engineering Italia S.r.l. (Techne), for total consideration of euro 8.8 million.Techne manufactures ...

2011-04-15 0:50 min Management

New Chief Technical Officer

Anton Huber will support the newly appointed management – consisting of Managing Partner Angelika Huemer, Sales Director Herman Adrigan and Chief Financial Officer Wolfgang Stidl – in the areas engineering and production.“In Anton Huber we have found a new technical director with ...

2011-04-13 4:11 min Management

Graham Packaging Company to be acquired by Silgan Holdings

Graham Packaging Company Inc. (NYSE: GRM) today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement under which Graham Packaging will be acquired by Silgan Holdings Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $19.56 per share, or a total of approximately $4.1 billion including ...

2011-03-31 2:80 min Management

New Head of Division Greiner Assistec at Greiner Packaging

At the beginning of 2011, the 43-year old Franz Dilly from Gmunden took over sole responsibility for the Division Greiner Assistec at Greiner Packaging. He followed Harald Rammerstorfer who had opted for a career change. ”Primarily, my responsibilities include the further development ...

2011-03-10 2:38 min Management

Husky to acquire leading closure mold maker KTW

Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced its intention to acquire KTW of Waidhofen, Austria, recognized as a global leader in closure mold making. The sale is expected to close in May 2011. This announcement represents the next logical step in the relationship that has ...

2011-03-07 2:53 min Management

GA Pack builds aseptic packaging material production facility in Germany

Greatview Aseptic Packaging (GA Pack), the second largest supplier of roll-fed ...

2011-03-07 4:56 min Management

Coca-Cola Enterprises joint venture set to step change plastics recycling in GB

CCE invests £5m in new plant to more than double GB production of ...

2011-03-07 2:49 min Management

Leading U.S. corporations forming environment-focused packaging organization AMERIPEN

Leading U.S. corporations announced today they are taking steps to create a new packaging trade organization. AMERIPEN will engage on public policies impacting the packaging value chain on topics related to packaging and the environment, and will represent the interests of the ...