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CylHub
Having arrived at the end of the value chain, many old cylinders, according to current practice, are stored at the printers and thus also incur costs. With its new CylHub concept, Janoschka is forging alternative and above all sustainable approaches. Value creation and optimal re-use of recycled cylinders are the key points: CylHub is in particular encouraging the exchange of recycled cylinders between printshops and is acting as a central service hub and handlread more
Group News, Insight News | 19.01.2012 read moreAlliance One and China Tobacco in Brazilian JV
Alliance One International and China Tobacco have formed a joint-venture in Brazil to facilitate production for the growing Chinese market for higher quality cigarettes, the companies announced. Alliance One Brasil Exportadora de Tabacos (AOB) will own 49 per cent of the joint-venture and transfer production contracts with about 6,000 Brazilian growers to China Tabaco Internacional do Brasil (CTIB), the companies said in a statement on 9 Jan. CTIB will own 51 per cent of the read more
Market News | 12.01.2012 read moreSun European Partners completes Kobusch-Sengewald buy
Sun European Partners has announced that one of its affiliates has completed the acquisition of Kobusch-Sengewald, flexible packaging firm from Pregis for €160m. Share Protective packaging firm Pregis said that the sale of Kobusch-Sengewald will enable the company to focus on growing its core protective packaging business. The Kobusch-Sengewald business reported sales of €211.6m for the full year 2011 and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortizationread more
Market News | 11.01.2012 read moreDonskoy Tabak: brilliant past, unclear future
The largest Russian independent tobacco factory, Donskoy Tabak, is being prepared for sale. But the prospects of the company may not be as bright as the sound sales and export figures of the past three years suggest. The company’s performance may well be at its peak and uncertainties, stemming from fines for improper advertising to children as well as dubious export schemes, lie ahead. Several major players, including China National Tobacco Corporation, compete for the purcharead more
Market News | 09.01.2012 read moreAGI World-Shorewood Merger Complete
Atlas Holdings LLC announced the closing of its agreement with International Paper for the merger of the companies’ consumer-packaging solutions businesses. AGI World and Shorewood Packaging have become AGI-Shorewood, a global specialty packaging businesses with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. All locations of Shorewood Packaging except those in China are now a part of the new AGI-Shorewood. Closing of the Chinese portion of the transaction will oread more
Market News | 05.01.2012 read moreThe Sterling Group Acquires Liqui-Box From DuPont
The Sterling Group ("Sterling"), a Houston based private equity investment firm, today announced that its affiliated investment fund, Sterling Group Partners III, L.P., has completed the acquisition of the Liqui-Box Corporation ("Liqui-Box") from DuPont. The acquisition is Sterling's third investment in its third fund, an $820 million fund raised in 2010. Liqui-Box is the twenty-first corporate carve-out in Sterling's thirty year history and the fourth busread more
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