Multi-Color Corporation

Multi-Color Corporation has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Platinum Equity LLC.

Multi-Color Corp. has acquired Dublin-based New Era Packaging, a converter specializing in labels for the healthcare, pharmaceutical and food industries with annual revenues of approximately $14 million.

News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including Ampac, Multi-Color Corp., WS Packaging, Mac Arthur Corp., Kendall Packaging Corp.

News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including Rollprint Packaging Products, TLMI and Rose City Label, and Multi-Color Corp.

John Watson & Company, based in Glasgow, Scotland, and Gern & Cie, based in Neuchatel, Switzerland, are both wine and spirit label companies that will be acquired by Multi-Color Corporation.

The results of the 27th annual packagePRINTING Excellence Awards are in! A wide array of entries reflected the excellent work being done throughout the industry.

News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including Fort Dearborn Company, Multi-Color Corporation and Spear.

Culminating on August 1, Multi-Color Corporation will acquire 100 percent of Flexo Print in Guadalajara, Mexico. Flexo Print is a leading producer of home and personal care, food and beverage, wine and spirit, and pharmaceutical labels in Latin America with annual revenues of approximately $30 million.

In the world of packaging, labels lead in the adoption of digital with rapid growth in both electrophotography and inkjet. While the main force behind this is the proliferation of SKUs, driven by the brands, there are many other factors that are enabling this growth.

News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including The Flexographic Technical Association (FTA), Spear and Seagram, Exopack Holdings Sarl, a new Luxembourg company, Calumet Carton Company, Kendall Packaging Corp. and Mutli-Color Corp.