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company now holds a majority interest in the compa- ny, which makes inspection systems for narrow web printing processes. OPM Group , Leeds, UK, installed a 14-color Nil- peter FA4 flexo press with inline finishing.The press is configured with a Martin Automation MBS auto- matic butt-splicer, an LRD automatic transfer rewind and an AVT Helios 6 inspection system.The Nilpeter FA4 runs with a web width of 420mm and prints at speeds up to 175m/min. It was installed by OPM with de- and re-lamination, UV-lamination, die-cut, screen, hot-foil, cold-foil, embossing, in-setting and cross-over printing units. Celloclair AG , a packaging manufacturer based in Liestal, Switzerland, reportedly became the first com- pany in the country to install a 20SEVEN press, the 10-color CI flexographic printing press from Bobst . It was also the first Swiss company to utilize the new Connected Services offering from Bobst, enabling a new form of cooperative partnership and optimized, connected machinery in the age of Industry 4. Electronics For Imaging (EFI) entered into a de- finitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Siris Capital Group, LLC , in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.7 billion.

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Great American Packaging , Los Angeles, Califor- nia, purchased a new Koenig & Bauer Flexotecni- ca EVO-XD eight-color press. The press increased the six-color custom printed products currently be- ing produced to eight colors as well as allowed the firm to create multi-color images in both process and spot color. Multi-Color Corporation , Batavia, Ohio, entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Platinum Equity LLC . Golden West Packaging Group LLC , Sacramen- to, California, a holding company for packaging busi- nesses, formed in 2017 by private investment firm Lindsay Goldberg, acquired Allpak Container . This represented Golden West’s third acquisition following its acquisition of five Northern California-based pack- aging manufacturers (Cal Sheets; Capital Corrugated; Heritage Solutions; Packaging Innovators; and Package One), and its acquisition of Southern California-based Fleetwood-Fibre Packaging & Graphics. BST eltromat International , a manufacturer of quality assurance systems for web-processing indus- tries based in Bielefeld, Germany, increased its stake in Nyquist Systems GmbH , Landsberg am Lech, Germany, through its parent company elexis AG. The

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