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GPA Global acquires Hub Folding Box

Luxury secondary packaging specialist GPA Global has acquired fellow US-based company Hub Folding Box, a specialist in printing and packaging. The acquisition will expand GPA’s global manufacturing and establish North America as the cornerstone[…]

03/06/2020 | Folding box

Pernod Ricard invests in KI NO BI gin

Pernod Ricard is strengthening its gin portfolio with a "significant investment" in KI NO BI Kyoto Dry Gin. The investment will mainly be used to fund a state-of-the-art distillery for the ultra-premium Japanese gin brand to meet increasing[…]

03/05/2020

KDC/One buys Cosmetic Laboratories of America

Knowlton Development Corporation (KDC/One) has acquired California-based Cosmetic Laboratories of America, a formulator and packager of beauty and personal-care products. The deal expands KDC/One's footprint on the West Coast of the US, creating[…]

03/03/2020

Aptar to acquire Fusion Packaging

The wave of consolidations announced since the new year began continues apace. Packaging and dispensing solutions company Aptar Group is to acquire US-based Fusion Packaging (FusionPKG), a specialist in airless and color cosmetics packaging as[…]

02/19/2020

Albéa creates new beauty division following acquisitions

French packaging company Albéa has created a new division, Innovative Beauty Group (IBG), in a bid to address the market’s need for fast turnaround, turnkey solutions and custom packaging collections. IBG brings together Albéa’s former Beauty[…]

02/17/2020 | Corporate strategy

PSB Industries to acquire Qualipac

Consolidation continues apace in the luxury-packaging realm. PSB Industries, French owner of beauty packaging manufacturer Texen, has announced that it is in talks to acquire Qualipac, the plastics and metal (aluminum and zamak) supplier owned[…]

02/05/2020

HCT merges with KDC/ONE

Beauty packaging company HCT has joined forces with Knowlton Development Corporation (KDC/One), the company that acquired French cosmetics manufacturer Alkos Group in July 2019 to form a “comprehensive global end-to-end solutions provider for[…]

12/18/2019 | Cosmetics,  Makeup,  plastic

Neyret acquires Seram

Through the acquisition of Seram, Neyret has bolstered its position in the luxury-goods ornamentation market by creating a group with "highly complementary trades," explains group ceo Benoit Neyret. Indeed, the supplier, founded in 1823, is[…]

11/18/2019 | Strategy

Arjowiggins Creative Papers opens a new chapter

Arjowiggins Creative Papers, in receivership since January 2019, was acquired earlier this month by a consortium of the company's managers via an MBO in partnership with agency Scottish Enterprise. The paper company will now be managed by a team[…]

10/09/2019 | Strategy

Quadpack acquires Louvrette

Quadpack has acquired injection-molding specialist Louvrette. The deal gives the beauty packaging specialist both a strong foothold in the German market and an expanded capacity when it comes to thick-walled injection molding. Louvrette, with[…]

09/30/2019 | Strategy