Siegwerk Druckfarben has signed a contract to purchase Van Son Liquids B.V. of Hilversum, Netherlands, a family-owned maker of water-based flexo and gravure printing inks; the company will be renamed Siegwerk Hilversum B.V.

Packaging producer P. Van De Velde Group acquired folding carton manufacturer Koninklijke Schut, which becomes part of Van De Velde Packaging; the combined group has about 270 employees and annual revenue of about EUR 65 million.

Uhlmann Packaging Systems L.P. of Towaco, New Jersey acquired Cremer Speciaalmachines B.V., a Dutch manufacturer of counting and packaging systems based in Lisse. Financial terms were not disclosed.

German paper group WEPA Group, headquartered in Arnsberg, has acquired Dutch paper producer Van Houtum in Swalmen. WEPA Group has 3,000 employees across eleven European sites. The deal was reported on 10 May 2017.

WEPA Hygieneprodukte signed an agreement to acquire all shares of Dutch Van Houtum Group Holding B.V., a producer in Swalmen with about 200 staff and around EUR 60 million in revenue, pending antitrust approval. The price was not disclosed.

Uhlmann Pac-Systeme & Co has acquired a controlling interest in Cremer Speciaalmachines, a Lisse-based maker of pharmaceutical product counting machines with about 140 employees, effective 1 January 2017.

Belgian packaging group VPK has fully acquired SolidPack, a Loenen-based Dutch maker of solid board packaging with revenues of about EUR 50 million and 175 employees, integrating it into its Smart Packaging Solutions unit.

Spanish packaging group Saica agreed to acquire 100% of Dutch flexible packaging companies Schut, Hellema and Lemapack from Flexible Packaging Holding. The businesses employ about 100 people and had combined 2015 turnover of EUR 53.1 million.

RPC announced a proposed acquisition of Maastricht-headquartered ESE World BV for around €262.5 million. ESE will become an independent unit within RPC Promens, with completion expected in Q1 2017 subject to regulatory approval.

Schur Flexibles Group will acquire a majority of shares in Dutch packaging printer Drukkerij Zwart, expanding its portfolio to 13 companies with 13 production locations. Financial terms were not disclosed and the deal is subject to cartel authority approval.

Corbion and Total announced a 50/50 joint venture to produce and market PLA polymers, based in the Netherlands. Operations are expected to start in Q1 2017, subject to regulatory approvals.