Omron completes acquisition of STI safeguarding products
Machine-controls maker Omron Corp. completes its acquisition of Scientific Technologies, Inc., (STI), a leading North American provider of automation safeguarding products. Omron acquired STI's Safety Products Group (SPG), and STI sold its... read more...

IMI, Can-Am Packaging form finishing-equipment alliance
Palatine, IL-based Independent Machinery, Inc. (www.independentmachinery.com), and Can-Am Packaging Equipment Corp. (Pelham, NH) (www.canampackaging.com) form a strategic alliance Sept. 1 for joint representation of folding-carton and corrugated-container finishing equipment in North, South and Central America and Mexico. The companies combined have more than 50 years of industry experience... read more...

US flex-pack market to top $26.5 billion by 2010: new study
Balancing end-users' high demands for safe, functional product storage and protection with rising material/energy costs and supply shortages, the US market for flexible packaging is expected to reach $26.5 billion in 2010, according to a new study by Specialists in Business Information (www.marketresearch.com). SBI estimates that the overall.... read more...

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