Bradman Lake Group appoints new sales and service partner for Australia and New Zealand
18 March, 2011HBM Packaging Technologies has been appointed Bradman Lake Group's sales and service partner in Australia and New Zealand.
The Klockner Pentaplast Group acquires PP and PS rigid films
17 March, 2011The Klöckner Pentaplast Group has acquired the polypropylene and polystyrene mono- and mutlilayer rigid films commercial activities from AMB s.r.l.
Hawk Measurement purchases Fluidic Flowmeters
15 March, 2011Hawk Measurement acquires Fluidic Flowmeters LLC.
Cargill acquires Sorini
09 February, 2011Cargill has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in PT Sorini Agro Asia Corporindo Tbk ('Sorini'), first announced on 15 December 2010. Cargill now owns 85.01% of Sorini's ordinary shares.
ABB completes acquisition of Baldor
02 February, 2011ABB has completed its acquisition of Baldor Electric Company.
Intermec acquires Vocollect
25 January, 2011Intermec has entered into an agreement to acquire Vocollect, a provider of voice-centric solutions for mobile workers around the world.
DuPont to acquire Danisco for $6.3 billion
11 January, 2011Enzyme and specialty food ingredients company Danisco is being gobbled up by DuPont for $6.3 billion.
GEA acquires Convenience Food Systems
21 December, 2010GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has acquired the company Convenience Food Systems from funds managed by AEA Investors LP, a supplier of secondary food processing and packaging machinery (meat, fish, cheese).
DuPont and ACPFG extend partnership
19 November, 2010DuPont and the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics have extended their long-standing research collaboration and commitment to increasing productivity in leading production crops.
Partnership formed between material handling companies
15 November, 2010A partnership has been finalised between SSI Schaefer and Crown Equipment to provide the marketplace with complete packaged material handling solutions.
O-I expands operations in China
01 November, 2010Owens-Illinois has entered into an agreement to acquire Zhaoqing Jiaxin Glasswork, in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong Province in China.
Plantic expands agreement with Klöckner Pentaplast to Europe
22 October, 2010Plantic Technologies has expanded its exclusive regional distribution agreement with the Klöckner Pentaplast Group for its line of Plantic biopolymer rigid packaging films to include Europe.
Colorpak signs agreement to acquire folding carton business
20 October, 2010Australian packaging company Colorpak has signed a heads of agreement to acquire the folding carton operations of Carter Holt Harvey.
Vaisala sells business to Sick Maihak
15 October, 2010Vaisala has signed a contract to sell its oxygen measurement technology and business to Sick Maihak.
Ecolab to expand
30 September, 2010Ecolab has announced it has agreed to purchase the Cleantec business from Campbell Brothers. The transaction is an asset purchase and is subject to clearance from the Australian anti-trust authorities and other customary closing conditions.
