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• Vanguard Wins Gold, Silver In Box Manufacturing Olympics At SCE : Kansas City, MO, based Vanguard Companies won two gold awards and one silver award in the first-ever 2021 Box Manufacturing Olympics. SEPTEMBER • Smurfit Kappa To Invest $22M To Expand : Smurfit Kappa announced it is investing $22M to expand its corrugated plant in Culiacan, North-WestMexico. • Opus Packaging Acquires Mall City Containers In MI : Grand Rapids, Michigan based Opus Packaging Group has announced that it has acquired Kalamazoo, Michi- gan based Mall City Containers, effective September 1. • Volk Packaging Named One Of Best Places To Work In Maine : Biddeford, Maine based Volk Packaging Cor- poration was recently named as one of the 2021 Best Places to Work in Maine. • A.G. Stacker Equipment Prepares For Complete Dig- ital Transformation : Weyers Cave, Virginia based A.G. Stacker unveiled expanded equipment lines and digital technology at SuperCorrExpo 2021. • Greene House Group To Represent TCY Machinery In Western U.S. : Greene House Group (GHG), a Western U.S. manufacturer’s representative, has announced its exclusive partnership with TCY Machinery Mfg. Co., Ltd. • Jamestown Container Cos. Acquires Cattaraugus : Falconer, New York based Jamestown Container Com-
New Futura Services LLC, providers of manufacturing ERP software and technology services for the packag- ing and other manufacturing industries. • Don McCaughey, Formerly Of Mark Trece, Dies At 85 : Donald “Otto” McCaughey Jr. of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on June 26, 2021, at his home. He was Vice Chairman of Mark Trece, Inc., which he founded with his partner Richard Godfrey in 1962. • EAM-Mosca Introduces MAX-Q Strapping System : Hazle Township, Pennsylvania based EAM-Mosca Cor- poration has introduced its newest strapping system, the Max-Q. • SupplyOne, Acquires Wilheit Packaging : SupplyOne, Inc. announced that it acquired Wilheit Packaging, LLC., a privately-held distributor of shipping, packaging and maintenance products headquartered in Georgia. • JB Machinery Wins BCN/CT/AICC Innovator Of The Year Award : Westport, Connecticut based JB Machin- ery won the Board Converting News/Corrugated To- day /AICC Innovator of the Year Award, which was pre- sented on at SuperCorrExpo 2021 in Orlando, Florida. • Haire Group’s Muller Inducted Into AICC/RISI Fast- markets Hall Of Fame : Douglas J. Muller of Merrillville, Indiana based Haire Group was inducted into the AICC/ RISI Fastmarkets Hall of Fame during SuperCorrExpo 2021.
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