Regulars / News | 13NewsNews in briefBrook + Whittle makes further acquisitionsBrook + Whittle has agreed to acquire the Custom Labels Group within Cenveo Worldwide Limited, enhancing its position in e-commerce and digital label printing in North America. Brook + Whittle has also acquired Diamond Flexible Packaging in Northbrook, Illinois. Diamond is a third-generation, The investment is in Avery Dennison’s facilities in Champ-sur-Drac, France, and Luxembourg family-owned business with over 90 years of experience producing high-quality fexible Avery Dennison invests EUR 60 million packaging. The acquisition strengthens Brook in Europe+ Whittle’s wide web printing capabilities. Major investment to expand capacity in France and LuxembourgPCMC opens Avery Dennison has made two major investments aimed at expanding its innovation centermanufacturing capacity and improving factory effciency in the European market.The company said it is one year into a three-year, EUR 45 million expansion of Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), its facilities at Champ-sur-Drac, France. Enhancements include fve new logistical part of Barry-Wehmiller, has opened a new buildings covering more than 8,700sqm, a new automated warehouse, and an Packaging Innovation Center that will serve additional high-speed hotmelt adhesive coater, scheduled to come online in 2024.as a resource for training, demonstrations, At its Luxembourg facility specializing in labels made with acrylic emulsion trials, and research and development. adhesives, Avery Dennison has undertaken an EUR 15 million project to redesign Located at PCMC’s headquarters in operational fow and add a new emulsion specialty coater. The coater is expected to Green Bay, the facility features the latest come online during the frst quarter of 2023.equipment for plate mounting, anilox roll ‘Our investments at Champs-sur-Drac and Luxembourg will allow us to meet laser cleaning, and central impression and customer demand now and into the future by freeing capacity throughout our in-line fexographic printing. European manufacturing network,’ said Tim Presto, vice president of supply chain and PCMC’s partners at the center include 3M, operations for EMENA at Avery Dennison. APR, AV Flexologic, Clean Planet, Fox Valley The expansion at both Luxembourg and Champs-sur-Drac is expected to enhance Flexo Services, Harper Corporation, Interfex the reliability of service for customers by strengthening the company’s network of Laser Engravers, INX International Ink, manufacturing plants and distribution centers across Europe. According to Avery Miraclon, Rossini, Sandon Global, tesa, Wikoff Dennison, these expansions will also take it closer to fully embracing Industry 4.0 Color and XSYS, in addition to Hudson-Sharp, practices by increasing effciency, reducing operating costs, and freeing employees to which is part of PCMC. perform safer, higher-value tasks.Rotometal in UPM Raflatac Tampere resumes production management buyoutUPM Rafatac and the Finnish Paperworker’s Union have signed a collective labor Rotometal, a Polish manufacturer of agreement on April 22, 2022. As a result, the Paperworker’s Union’s strike at the magnetic cylinders, printing cylinders, anvils Tampere factory in Finland ended on the same day and employees returned to work and rotary cutting units, has completed on April 25. Antti Jääskeläinen, executive vice president at UPM Rafatac, said: ‘We a management buyout from Highlander are pleased that a new business-specifc agreement is now reached with the Finnish Partners, which had the controlling interest Paperworkers’ Union, enabling us to better serve our customers in the future. The in the company since 2017. CEO Grzegorz agreement allows for additional production fexibility at our Tampere factory and Dolbniak has become the controlling gives us the ability to better respond to demand peaks. Increased capacity utilization shareholder. ‘As a business, we’d like to thank also opens future opportunities for employment.’ UPM Rafatac said the agreements Highlander Partners for its support and between the Paperworkers’ Union and other UPM businesses will result in improved trust in us since 2017. Highlander Partners supply security for the global label industry. invested heavily in new and innovative products, expanding manufacturing capabilities and building a new international Fortis acquires Profecta Labels sales team with direct coverage for key Fortis Solutions has acquired Profecta Labels, a Canadian fexo and digital markets across Europe, the US, and Asia to manufacturer of labels and fexible packaging. Fortis now has more than get to this point,’ said the company. 1,100 employees across 17 manufacturing sites. Apr - Jun 2022