Orbis held a grand opening for its renovated reusable pallet, tote and bulk container plant in Greenville, Texas, with 420,000 sq ft of manufacturing space. The company expects to create 190 jobs within three years.
Veritiv Operating Company acquired Subotnick Packaging, an Oregon-based distributor of packaging products and equipment serving building materials, food, e-commerce and transportation. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Spokane Valley builder of paperboard-packaging equipment Alliance Machine Systems International agreed to acquire Systec Corporation of Indianapolis and Automatan LLC of Plover, Wisconsin, with completion expected by month end; terms undisclosed.
ORBIS Corporation opened a new manufacturing plant in Greenville, Texas, repurposing an existing facility, producing reusable totes and pallets; it is expected to reach full production by spring 2025 and create more than 190 jobs.
Conner Industries, a provider of lumber, industrial wood crates and pallets, acquired Denver Reel & Pallet Company, a custom wooden crate and pallet business in Denver, Colorado.
Duravant LLC acquired PPM Technologies, a Newberg, Oregon maker of conveying, coating and thermal processing equipment, from Stonehenge Partners. The deal was announced in July 2023.
Piovan S.p.A. completed its acquisition of IPEG, Inc. through a merger of Sewickley Capital, the owner of IPEG, into a Delaware subsidiary of Piovan. The deal was executed on the terms first announced on December 13, 2021.
Bruks Siwertell secured a contract from Packaging Corporation of America to supply a receiving hopper, screw conveyors and belt conveyor handling old corrugated cardboard rejects for boilers at PCA's Jackson, Alabama mill, with delivery scheduled for February 2022.
Plasser American will dedicate a 45,000 sq ft office building as the first phase of a $52.6 million expansion of its North American headquarters and manufacturing center in Chesapeake, Virginia, adding 98 jobs and doubling production capacity with an 82,000 sq ft plant.
Bruks Siwertell secured a contract from Packaging Corporation of America to supply a receiving hopper, screw conveyors and an idler belt conveyor for handling OCC rejects at PCA's Jackson, Alabama containerboard mill. Delivery and installation are scheduled for February 2022.
Belt Power LLC opened a new location at 5146 Duff Road in Cincinnati, Ohio, for conveyor belting fabrication and services in the Midwest. The article states the location opened on July 1, 2021.
Mayville Engineering Company finalized plans to open a roughly 450,000 sq ft leased manufacturing facility in Hazel Park, Michigan, to serve a new strategic customer, planning to hire up to 390 employees and invest $35-45 million.
A&R Logistics was chosen by Epsilyte, a large US expandable polystyrene manufacturer, as its third-party logistics provider to manage much of its global supply chain.
SemiTorr, backed by Transom Capital Group, acquired McKenna Engineering & Equipment Co, a distributor and installer of process equipment for air, gas, liquids and dry bulk solids serving California and Nevada. No financial terms were disclosed.
Duravant's new operating company nVenia, formed by combining Arpac, Hamer-Fischbein and Ohlson, will operate from a newly built 256,000 sq ft facility in Wood Dale, Illinois, planned to open in April 2021.
Lebanon, Tennessee manufacturer Morrison Industries acquired Envoy Packaging of Morrison, Tennessee. Envoy will make plastic and foam packaging and dunnage to complement Morrison's steel shipping racks and cardboard packaging.
Tank Holding, North America's largest rotational molder, acquired Meese Inc., a maker of bulk laundry carts and material handling bins, from parent Tingue Brown & Co. The deal includes rotational molding facilities in Madison, Indiana and Ashtabula, Ohio.
Lokeren-based Dhollandia is investing 30 million (euro, as reported) to build a new factory in the United States, its sixth site, marking its 50th anniversary.
Interroll is investing about $11 million to build a second factory next to its existing plant in Hiram, near Atlanta, Georgia. Completion is expected by the end of 2019.
Piovan's Universal Dynamics has bought CMG America, according to Plastics News dated March 20, 2019. No deal value was reported.
Phoenix Logistics, an affiliate of Phoenix Investors, obtained a contract to provide warehouse and transportation management services for Pretium Packaging at a former Maytag plant in Herrin, Illinois. The announcement was made in October 2018.
Phoenix Logistics, an affiliate of Phoenix Investors, obtained a contract to provide warehousing and transportation management for Pretium Packaging at the revitalized former Maytag plant in Herrin, Illinois.
ComPETence Universal Dynamics, part of PiovanGroup, completed its move to a 10,000 square meter facility in Fredericksburg, Virginia in July 2018, which also serves as PiovanGroup's North American headquarters and doubles production capacity.
Duravant LLC acquired US conveyor and integrated systems manufacturer QC Industries LLC, expanding its material handling portfolio in North America. The value was not disclosed.
XPO Logistics signed a new multi-year contract expanding its decade-long relationship with Sealed Air, providing warehousing and logistics management from a 550,000 sq ft facility in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, with about 150 staff.
Raymond announced an expansion of its Raymond Parts Division with more than 40,000 sq ft added to its distribution center on Kirkville Road in East Syracuse, New York.
The Raymond Corporation opened the RayBuilt Center of Excellence in East Syracuse, New York, to remanufacture Raymond forklifts and components, with over 40,000 sq ft for remanufacturing.
Dana Incorporated debuted off-highway drivetrain and power-transmission offerings at CONEXPO-CON/AGG in Las Vegas, including a complete drive system for 55- to 110-ton cranes and new Brevini construction solutions.
Bimba, a pneumatic and motion solutions company, has acquired Vaccon Company, a Massachusetts-based maker of vacuum pumps, vacuum cups and end-of-arm tools. Vaccon will keep operating from its current location under its existing management.