Packaging Summit Europe 2008, the two-day conference for brand owners and packaging suppliers, designers, developers and service companies, have this week announced details of the conference programme and panel discussions topics to be held 1-2 July 2008 in Amsterdam.
Silgan Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:SLGN), a leading supplier of consumer goods packaging products, announced today the completion of the acquisition of Grup Vemsa 1857, S.L.’s metal vacuum closures business which operates under the names Vem de Tapas Metalicas in Spain and Vac Vem in China. The transaction was completed under the terms of the definitive purchase agreement entered into on February 15, 2008.
PKB is pleased to announce the birth of ROBOs sister called EKO (like ECOnomic).
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation has named its 2007 plants of the year. The announcements were made February 28 at Smurfit-Stone’s annual leadership meeting awards dinner.
Ranpak Corporation announced today that on February 19, 2008 the Federal Supreme Court in Germany fully rejected a nullity complaint filed by Storopack Hans Reichenecker GmbH, Germany on February 28, 2002. This action upheld the validity of Ranpak’s European patent EP 0 677 379. The decision of the Federal Supreme Court is final and not subject to appeal.
e-SMART(R) Technologies, Inc., (Pink Sheets: ESMT); with its parent company IVI Smart Technologies, Inc., (“e-SMART”(R) or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract to deliver its newest Super SMART Card(TM), the “I AM,”(TM) to the SamWon FA Co., Ltd., in Seoul, South Korea.
At this year’s CeBIT, Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and Wirecard Bank AG are showcasing the first e-business application that utilizes the electronic ID card, which several European Union member states are planning to introduce.
