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ePac Expands Into Northern California ePac Flexible Packaging plans to open its next facility near Sacramento, California. The company has begun accepting orders, with ful- fillment handled by other ePac U.S. locations until its manufacturing facility opens in 3Q 2020. ePac Sacramento is a joint venture between Karma Packaging and ePac Holdings, and will be managed by Pete Rogers, a longtime Sacramento native and busi- ness owner. While serving brands of all sizes, ePac focuses on the packaging needs of community-based, small and medi- um-sized businesses. Brook & Whittle Acquires Label Impressions Brook andWhittle Holdings, Corp., a provider of sus- tainable pressure sensitive and shrink sleeve prime la- bels, has acquired Label Impressions, Inc. Based in Orange County, California, Label Impres- sions is a label manufacturer that has partnerships with leading brands and customers in growth-oriented segments of household and personal care, premium beverage, beauty and cosmetics, nutraceuticals, food,

cannabis, and other end-use markets. Label Impressions’ sole owner, Jeff Salisbury, has run the business since 2005 when he took over for his fa- ther,Ted Salisbury, who founded Label Impressions in 1988. Salisbury will join the Brook &Whittle team and continue to be a shareholder. Brook & Whittle is majority owned by private eq- uity firm Snow Phipps Group, L.L.C.This acquisition is the third add-on transaction that Brook & Whittle has completed since Snow Phipps’ initial investment in October 2017. Brook & Whittle acquired Prime Package & Label in November 2018 and Croydon in May 2020. Fespa 2020 Moves Dates, Location Fespa Global Print Expo will no longer take place in Madrid, Spain, in October 2020, due to the continued public health risks and business disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.The event is now planned for March 2021 in Amsterdam. Fespa will be hosted at the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 9-12 March 2021, again co-locating with European Sign Expo and Sports- wear Pro.

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