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Main Street Capital Corporation is pleased to announce that it recently completed a new portfolio investment totaling $43.2 million to facilitate the recapitalization of Pinnacle Plastics, Inc. and Integrity Plastics, Inc. (together, "Pinnacle" or the "Company"), a manufacturer and distributor of commercial can liners, polyethylene bags, produce bags, and other adjacent products for use predominantly in the quick-service restaurant, convenience store, and janitorial servic

Ball Corporation will announce its fourth quarter 2023 earnings on Thursday, February 1, 2024, before trading begins on the New York Stock Exchange. At 9 a.m. Mountain time on that day (11 a.m. Eastern time), Ball will hold its regular quarterly conference call on the company's results and performance. Please use the following URL to join via webcast.             https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html

The packaging industry is poised to encounter a series of new opportunities and challenges in 2024. The rising cost of upstream raw materials and the lack of economies of scale for midstream equipment manufacturers represent significant hurdles. Meanwhile, the industry is grappling with the evolving demand for intelligent packaging, digital manufacturing, personalized specifications and packaging diversity. These factors are challenging the resilience and management capabilities of packaging

GMS Inc., a leading North American specialty building products distributor, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Kamco Supply Corporation and affiliates. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 for GMS, which ends on April 30, 2024. Founded in 1939 by the Swerdlick family, and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Kamco is a leading supplier of ceilings, wallboard, steel, lumber, and other related construction products

Moelven Wood and Billerud are joining forces to examine the possibility of developing a new sustainable packaging solution for Moelven's interior panels. The goal is to create a paper-based solution to replace the current plastic shrink wrap. The collaboration stems from an innovation competition organized by Paper Province. In September, 19 companies submitted 22 solution proposals to Moelven Wood's packaging challenge - to find a more sustainable packaging for their wooden

Novolex®, a leader in packaging choice, innovation and sustainability, announced today that two of its brands, Eco-Products® and Vegware™, have earned coveted awards for their innovative solutions in compostable packaging. Eco-Products and Vegware were each honored with the Foodservice Packaging Award for Innovation in Manufacturing, tying for first place. Eco-Products earned the award for making high-quality digital print a reality on molded fiber packaging. Vegware w

Georgia-Pacific reinvested approximately $2 billion back into its business and operations in 2023. These capital improvement projects include launching and completing new facilities and enhancing existing operations. Each investment helps Georgia-Pacific better serve customers, and increase productivity and efficiency, while also creating greater economic opportunities for each facility's local economy. Georgia-Pacific made several investments large and small across its business

Novolex®, a leader in packaging choice, innovation and sustainability, announced today that two of its brands, Eco-Products® and Vegware™, have earned coveted awards for their innovative solutions in compostable packaging. Eco-Products and Vegware were each honored with the Foodservice Packaging Award for Innovation in Manufacturing, tying for first place. Eco-Products earned the award for making high-quality digital print a reality on molded fiber packaging. Vegware w

Esko, the global developer of integrated solutions for the print, packaging, and label industries, has been crowned winner in the Printing and Digital Technologies category of the 2023 packaging innovation awards for its AI-backed Phoenix software. The team will be presented with its award within the Innovations Space at the 2024 ALL4PACK EMBALLAGE exhibition, held in Paris, November 4-7. Esko Phoenix was praised for its technical innovation and named the winner in an awar

Sustainability is a central topic for SÜDPACK. Which is why sustainability re-ports that cover the company’s activities and investments in this topic have been published regularly since 2016. The film manufacturer has now once again voluntarily documented its progress in the areas of action of circular economy, climate protection and social responsibility in a current update for the 2021/2022 reporting period. For the first time, the latest progress report includes all six SÜD

The biggest challenges facing packaging businesses in the coming year are addressed by more than 500 industry professionals in a new 2024 Packaging Trends study from Esko. The annual report from Esko – which will form the basis of the latest ‘Packaging Trends Talk’ early in 2024 – is packed full of insights gathered from experts around the world regarding future packaging trends, challenges, and opportunities for reflection. “As we look forwar

Packaging Corporation of America will hold a conference call on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss fourth quarter and full year 2023 results. The conference call leader will be Mark Kowlzan. Fourth quarter and full year earnings results will be released after the market closes on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. To access the conference call, you may pre-register for the conference by navigating to https://dpregister.com/sreg/10184908/fb32b1ccf8. Once you ha

Asahi Kasei Corporation, and its subsidiary Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported it hosted two important events in Asia during the month of December, one in Shanghai and one in Taiwan. The purpose of these events was to present customer successes in using Asahi flexographic platemaking solutions. Shanghai Hengze Printing Company Explained the Value of CrystalCleanConnect Mr. Li Xiaocheng, founder and CEO of Hengze, i

Pacificolor LLC, a leading name in the corrugated packaging industry in North America, has announced a significant investment of more than $200,000 in state-of-the-art equipment to enhance its production of high-quality corrugated graphics. The investment includes the acquisition of an AV Flexologic Corrugated Flat Mounting Machine and the integration of Reproflex3's high-definition Vortex™ screening technology. Vortex seamlessly integrates within existing print

TriMas announced that its Intertech business, part of the TriMas Life Sciences division, has expanded its cleanroom capacity at its Denver, Colorado, facility. The additional production space addresses increased customer demand for highly engineered components used in medical technology applications, such as for use in testing, vascular delivery and extraction applications. Intertech recently expanded its ISO Class 8 cleanroom molding and assembly capacity by an additional 3,400 squ