Packaging Briefs 4376

Graham Packaging purchases China Roots Packaging PTE Ltd.
Graham Packaging Company, L.P., has successfully acquired China Roots Packaging PTE Ltd. from PCCS Group Berhad, a Malaysian company. China Roots is a plastic container manufacturing company located in Guangzhou, China. Graham Packaging and PCCS Group Berhad completed the transaction on July 1, 2010.

RockTenn announces price increase select coated recycled paperboard lines
RockTenn announces today a $40 per ton price increase on CLASSIC NEWSTM, ANGELCOTE® and MILLMASK® coated recycled paperboard products. Price increases are effective with shipments on August 2, 2010.

J. W. Winco honored in ‘How I Got My Business Out of Hot Water’ Challenge
J. W. Winco, Inc., a leading supplier of standard industrial machine components won second prize in a competition from the Independent Business Association of Wisconsin (IBAW) and Reliable Water Services LLC. The three winners of the “How I Got My Business Out of Hot Water” business challenge were announced at the IBAW monthly meeting on June 18, 2010. J.W. Winco’s winning essay, written by Marketing Communications Specialist Diane Lau, described how upper management at J.W.Winco reacted when the economy and the industrial manufacturing industry declined in 2008.

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