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Kapstone Paper & Packaging to buy MWV’s SC paper mill
MeadWestvaco Corp. agrees April 7 to sell its kraft-paper mill in North Charleston, SC, and related assets to KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. for $485 million in cash. The deal is expected to close by the end of the third quarter 2008, and MWV says... More |
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Pro Tapes & Specialties to consolidate ops, expand facilities
Edison, NJ-based pressure-sensitive tape converter Pro Tapes & Specialties will expand and relocate all operations to a single 140,000-sq-ft headquarters and manufacturing center in North Brunswick, NJ. The company also plans to invest... More |
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Rohm and Haas acquires OLED-maker Gracel Display
Specialty-materials maker Rohm and Haas Co. of Philadelphia acquires Gracel Display, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) materials, on April 7. The deal, worth approximately $40 million, gives Rohm and... More
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A new convertible corona treater from Corotec provides maximum operating efficiency regardless of the material being processed. Available with both fixed-width bare roll and fixed-width conventional electrodes, this unit allows changing from one electrode to the other with the simple flip of a switch.
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Menasha Packaging to install Fischer & Krecke CI-flexo press
Along with a 44,000-sq-ft expansion of its wide-web printing facility in Neenah, WI, Menasha Packaging will install a new CI-flexo press from Fischer & Krecke. The 98-in., 8-color press with coating capabilities will help the converter grow its... More |
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Shiner Intl. secures anti-counterfeit film contracts in China
Shiner International, Inc., a Hainan, China-based provider of anti-counterfeiting and advanced packaging materials, signs contracts to supply 565 metric tons of anti-counterfeiting film to six... More |
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Bobst Group completes purchase of Fischer & Krecke
Lausanne, Switzerland-based Bobst Group completes its purchase of 100% of the Fischer & Krecke Group (Germany) on March 31. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
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Converting Curmudgeon:
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The economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China are growing with what appears to be no end in sight, but is this trend truly sustainable? asks chief editor Mark Spaulding.
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Substrate Secrets:
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No single polymer has all of the desirable properties necessary for a modern film, explains Eldridge Mount.
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