Bobst To Open Second Production Facility In China Bobst will official open Bobst Changzhou Co. Ltd, the company’s second production facility in China, on May 16.Titled “China 4.0 - Beyond your packaging future”, the formal inauguration will be followed by two days of Open House events on May 17-18. The new site is a greenfield facility located in Changzhou, in the Jiangsu province of China, and is dedicated to web-fed printing and converting tech- nologies for flexible materials.The opening of the new plant is reportedly a major step in the next phase of the development of Bobst activities for the Asian flexible packaging industry. Colbert Packaging Inspires Elementary School Students Colbert Packaging Corporation recently hosted a TICCIT (“Trees Into Cartons, Cartons Into Trees”) event for elementary students in Wisconsin’s Salem School District. Jeff MacDougall, Production Manager at Colbert Packaging, Lake Forest, Illinois, led the edu- cational outreach program, which drew participation
from more than 320 students in the third, fourth and fifth grades. Salem students learned how trees are grown and harvested for the making of paper and pa- perboard, and then turned into packaging materials that are recyclable and renewable. Hands-on learning is an important part of TICCIT, a program of the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC). Ennis Acquires Allen-Bailey Tag & Label Ennis, Inc., through one of its subsidiaries, has ac- quired Allen-Bailey Tag & Label of Caledonia, New York, in a purchase of assets and assumption of trade payables. A majority of employees will continue to run the business in the same location.Allen-Bailey has a long history in Caledonia, stretching back almost 70 years. Allen Bailey produces tags and labels for the fire safe- ty and agriculture industries and has sales representa- tives in several states other than New York. The business has about $12 million in sales volume. Ennis also owns another business in Caledonia, Specialized Business Forms, Inc., which was acquired in 2005.
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