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CCL Industries Acquires Aussie Healthcare Label Company

Toronto-based company purchases Purbrick Ltd.

March 11, 2010   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

Reed’s Inc. and Jones Soda Co. To Merge.

Soda companies enter into Letter of Intent regarding potential merger; Jones CEO to depart.

March 11, 2010   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

Sun Chemical Opens New Plant in Germany

New innovative plant a commitment to the global food packaging market.

March 05, 2010   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

Innovations in Robotics and Evolving Safety Standards Examined in New White Paper

AutoPackNOW.com, March 2010

Rockwell Automation shares insight on major technology advances and governing international guidelines.

March 03, 2010   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

White Paper: What Machine Vision Can Do For You

AutoPackNOW.com, March 2010

METTLER TOLEDO CI-Vision Introduces new White Paper.

March 03, 2010   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

Sofina Foods to Acquire Lilydale

Transaction valued at over $130 million.

February 18, 2010   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

Atlantic Packaging Approved For FSC-Certification

New certification further solidifies company as environmentally responsible.

February 17, 2010   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

Document Security Systems Acquires Premier Packaging Corp.

Acquisition increases DSS annual sales revenue to $17 million and allows Company to offer complete line of secure packaging containing DSS anti-counterfeiting technologies to multi-billion dollar marketplace.

February 17, 2010   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

U.S. Packaging Company Files For Bankruptcy Protection

Specialty Packaging Holdings announces filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

January 26, 2010   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

Kraft Buys Cadbury

$19.55-billion deal agreed to after four month fight.

January 19, 2010   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

Astro-Med's Quicklabel Systems Acquires Label Company in North Carolina

First acquisition for Astro-Med under new three-year strategic business plan.

January 13, 2010   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

Nestlé To Acquire Kraft Foods' Frozen Pizza Business

For US$3.7-billion in cash, Nestle grows its frozen pizza business.

January 07, 2010   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

January Courses At The GFTC

The Guelph Food Technology Centre (GFTC) has released its curriculum for January 2010 filled with courses packed with information progressive companies should know.

December 07, 2009   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

Cadbury Will Answer Kraft's Bid

Cadbury says it will respond to Kraft's hostile takeover bid next week.

December 07, 2009   |   Canadian Packaging Staff

Smurfit-Stone Reorganizes To Emerge from Chapter 11 in 2010

Leading integrated containerboard and corrugated packaging producer files plans of reorganization aiming to come out from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in spring of 2010.

December 04, 2009   |   Canadian Packaging Staff
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