St. Louis, Missouri based Novvia Group, a global rigid container and life sciences packaging distributor, announced the acquisition of Northern Container, an Illinois-based distributor of rigid packaging products serving a range of end markets. Financial terms of the private transaction were not disclosed. Novvia is backed by Kelso & Company. For…
Dallas, Texas based Koenig & Bauer announced a showcase of the Omega Allpro 110 folder gluer at its Dallas headquarters last month attended by nearly 60 North American folding carton representatives. The machine displayed its top speeds of 400m/min and produced a variety of complex carton jobs to demonstrate its flexibility,…
Montreal, Quebec based Resolute Forest Products Inc., a subsidiary of Domtar Corporation and a part of the Paper Excellence Group, announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement to sell its Thunder Bay (Ontario) pulp and paper mill to an affiliate of Atlas Holdings. The transaction, expected to close…
The NAM is a meeting place like no other, where manufacturers of all sizes and sectors gather to make the industry stronger. Recently, along with its partner CONNEX Marketplace, it invited manufacturing leaders to D.C. for high-level discussions about supply chain challenges. This meeting came at an exciting time for CONNEX….
PRINTING United Alliance, the most comprehensive member-based printing and graphic arts association in the U.S., has announced that Domino, HP, SCREEN, and Xeikon have returned as keynote sponsors, filling all four available top-level sponsor slots for the 9th annual Digital Packaging Summit. The event takes place at Ponte Vedra Inn &…
About 135 second-grade students from Trevor, Wisconsin, and Mishawaka, Indiana, celebrated Earth Week by learning about the cycle of life from trees to paper and back to trees. The educational outreach program was presented by corporate neighbor and Kenosha, Wisconsin based Colbert Packaging. The interactive session is dubbed TICCIT for, “Trees…
Emeryville, California based Geo. M. Martin Company announced that Dan D’Angelo, Vice President of Sales, has retired after a career in the corrugated industry spanning nearly four decades. Jason R. Smith, National Sales Manager, has been promoted to Vice President of Sales assuming D’Angelo’s position and responsibilities. “I’ve worked alongside Dan…
Dallas, Texas based Koennig & Bauer announced that industry veteran Kevin Erbe has joined its corrugated sales team as National Sales Manager. “I am excited for this opportunity to be representing the Koenig & Bauer brand of corrugated products to the North American market,” says Erbe. “Its extensive portfolio includes its…
Halfred “Hal” E. Taylor of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on March 28th at home. He was 87 and the devoted husband for more than 56 years of marriage to Judith Ann Taylor until her passing in 2017. Born in Pendleton, Indiana, he was the third of four children of Frederick…
After devoting more than three decades of his career to EAM-Mosca, Randy Wright, Vice President of Corrugated Industry Sales, announced that he will be transitioning into retirement over the next year. As he reflects on time spent with the company, he acknowledges that his career has been highly rewarding. Retracing his journey…