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International Paper to sell Asian corrugated packaging business for $150m

14-Mar-2016 By Jenny Eagle

International Paper (IP) has agreed to sell its corrugated packaging business in China and Southeast Asia to Xiamen Bridge Hexing Equity Investment Partnership Enterprise.

Silgan Holdings Q4 2015 results

Silgan Holdings to begin metal food can commercial production in 2016

10-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Silgan Holdings metal food can plant in Iowa, US, will start commercial production in the first half of 2016.

Cantastic! Ball Corp to buy Rexam for $6.6bn

19-Feb-2015 By Joseph James Whitworth

Ball Corporation has announced it is to acquire Rexam for $6.6bn (£4.3bn) ending weeks of speculation.

Deal will increase Sonoco's net sales in Europe to 21% of total sales

Sonoco to acquire Weidenhammer Packaging Group for $383m

25-Aug-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Sonoco has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Weidenhammer Packaging Group for €286m ($383m) in cash.

Krones posts first loss in nine years as equipment demand slumps

16-Mar-2010 By Guy Montague-Jones

Krones has fallen into the red for the first time in nine years as demand in the packaging machinery market slumped worldwide by more than 25 per cent.