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Alcan costs and flexible packaging sales under pin Bemis results

28-Oct-2009 - Alcan costs and flexible packaging sales under pin Bemis results ... The $16m costs of acquiring Alcan Packaging Food Americas and strong performance in its flexible ... The $16m costs of acquiring Alcan Packaging Food Americas and strong performance in its flexible ... . The $16m costs associated with the Alcan purchase impacted shares by $0.09 per share. The acquisition ... Alcan, Bemis, flexible packaging

Amcor's global vision after Alcan merger

23-Oct-2009 - Amcor's global vision after Alcan merger ... takeover of Alcan. ... takeover of Alcan. ... .025bn bid for Rio Tinto-owned Alcan Packaging goes through. Some 85 per cent of its business would in the second and third years following the Alcan buyout. Alcan’s global assets Amcor also spelt out ... flexible packaging, Amcor, Alcan

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Bemis divestment speculation as US demands more info on Alcan deal

21-Sep-2009 - Bemis divestment speculation as US demands more info on Alcan deal ... Bemis could be forced to sell off some assets to win approval for its takeover of Alcan, said one ... Bemis could be forced to sell off some assets to win approval for its takeover of Alcan, said one ... ” in the wake of Rio Tinto’s July announcement that it would sell Alcan to Bemis for $1.2 billion. The move to buy Alcan, said one analyst. In a note to investors, Ghansham Panjabi of Robert W. Baird said ... Bemis, Alcan

Alcan buy lands Bemis with risky debt burden, says union

21-Aug-2009 - Alcan buy lands Bemis with risky debt burden, says union ... of Alcan Food Packaging Americas claiming the deal would leave the company with an excessive debt burden. ... of Alcan Food Packaging Americas claiming the deal would leave the company with an excessive debt burden. ... is also worried about the challenge of integrating the Alcan business given that it is several times concern about the Bemis acquisition and the proposed purchase of other Alcan units by Amcor. “Changes ... Alcan Food Packaging, Bemis, acquisition, debt

Amcor offers over $2bn for Alcan packaging businesses

18-Aug-2009 - Amcor offers over $2bn for Alcan packaging businesses ... Australian packaging giant Amcor has offered to buy the European and Asian arms of Alcan Food ... Australian packaging giant Amcor has offered to buy the European and Asian arms of Alcan Food ... The announcement comes a month after Alcan Packaging owners Rio Tinto sold the US division of the company to Wisconsin-based packer Bemis for $1.2bn. The parts of Alcan Packaging that Australia ... Amcor, Alcan Packaging, acquisition

Pactiv earnings hit by raw material costs

23-Oct-2008 - 'unparalleled input costs', highlighting the rising price for polymers. Elsewhere, Alcan Packaging, a

Costs for plastic use by food makers to ease as oil prices plummet

13-Oct-2008 - for polymers. Elsewhere, Alcan Packaging, a supplier of flexible packaging for the food and beverage

Packaging price hikes adding to food sector pressures

06-Aug-2008 - and dried fried foods. Market-wide increases Meanwhile, Alcan Packaging, a supplier of flexible and marketing vice president of Alcan Packaging Food Europe. And Sonoco also said that, despite its energy

Flexible packaging suppliers under threat - claim

23-Jul-2008 - in supply at several polymer producers' facilities, claims the FPE. Alcan price increase Last week , Alcan Packaging Food Europe, a leading supplier of flexible packaging for the food and beverage market

Report tracks consolidation of plastic packaging sector

11-Sep-2007 - . Europe's third largest plastics packaging company, Alcan Packaging, is due to be sold this year. Rio Tinto's bid of $38.1bn for the Canada-based Alcan has been accepted by Alcan's board of directors ... consolidation, Amcor, Alcan

Bpi.consumer VMB trumps Amcor to Allied Bakeries contract

06-Oct-2009 - arms of Alcan Food Packaging. Back in August the company said it was offering $2025m (€1434m ) for the food division together with the pharmaceutical and tobacco businesses at Alcan. The parts of Alcan

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Bemis can acquire Alcan for $1.2 billion

06-Jul-2009 - Bemis can acquire Alcan for $1.2 billion ... Americas operations of Alcan Packaging for $1.2 billion. ... Americas operations of Alcan Packaging for $1.2 billion. ... . Alcan Packaging Food Americas is a business unit of international mining giant Rio Tinto review. “We are very pleased to add Alcan Packaging’s Food Americas business to the Bemis ... Bemis, Alcan, flexible packaging

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Tear tape from Payne for Dutch confectioner’s flip-top box

08-Oct-2008 - Local news reports in the UK suggest packaging firm Alcan Packaging at Salterbeck in Workington, Cumbria newspaper cites Howard Farrar, HR director at Alcan Packaging who said the situation at the factory had been

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Industry development roundups

30-Sep-2008 - , developed in cooperation with the German arm of material supplier Alcan and packager Bosch, is a perforated

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Packager aims to bag up hot drink demand with tea stick

09-Sep-2008 - in cooperation with the German arm of material supplier Alcan and packager Bosch, is a perforated foil material with groups like Alcan and Bosch subsidiary SigPack has allowed it to supply a turn key solution to beverage

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Biodegradable packaging makes UK cereal debut

16-Apr-2008 - Developed by Alcan Packaging, the bio-based film is being positioned as a biodegradable credentials'. According to Alcan Packaging, which is a unit of Rio Tinto Alcan, the new ... Jordans, compostable, Alcan

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Tstix technology takes on the teabag empire

07-Mar-2007 - in the product, they claimed. And, they already have big packaging firms, Alcan and Amcor, on board. The idea

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Alcan starts production of wine screw caps in Australia

06-Jul-2006 - Alcan starts production of wine screw caps in Australia ... Packaging specialist Alcan has opened a A$20 million (€11.7m) production plant for wine screw cap ... Packaging specialist Alcan has opened a A$20 million (€11.7m) production plant for wine screw cap ... and New Zealand wine producers, said the group yesterday. Alcan has been selling Dagescy, manager of Alcan's Australian closures business. The company says

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Novelis boosts aluminium sheet capacity in Korea

27-Mar-2006 - beverage can makers and other industries in Asia. Novelis, the business recently carved out of Alcan ... aluminium cans, Novelis, Alcan

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Alcan buys remainder of Chinese subsidiary

25-Nov-2005 - Alcan buys remainder of Chinese subsidiary ... Leading drink can producer Alcan said on Wednesday that it had acquired the remaining 35 per cent ... Leading drink can producer Alcan said on Wednesday that it had acquired the remaining 35 per cent ... ,200 people. It has been owned by Alcan since the acquisition of VAW Flexpac in May 2003 are looking to continue to make investments in the coming years," said Christel Bories, Alcan president ... Propack, china, Alcan

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