DataLase (formerly Sherwood Technology), originator of the DataLase process, which uses laser-activated coatings and additives for on-demand variable marking of packaging, has expanded its Cheshire, UK headquarters. The expanded facility features new r&d and physical laboratories, a customer meeting area and customer demo laboratory and new sales office.
This year’s Pack Expo International 2006 exhibition in Chicago (October 29-November 2) will offer visitors access to over 1,900 machinery, materials, components, containers, converting and processing exhibitors, including 216 new to the show. www.packexpo.com
Finland’s Huhtamaki is to sell its expanded polystyrene packaging business and assets of Huhtamaki France in Auneau, France and all shares in Portuguese EPS company Huhtamaki Embalagens in Setubal to France’s Ono Packaging. The two businesses sold predominantly serve the local meat and poultry packaging markets.
Self-adhesive label trade association FINAT is to create a forum to give small and medium-sized member companies in Europe and India a better chance of doing business with eachother. The initiative gets under way in August when members of the Label Manufacturers Association of India meet in Mumbai for practical guidance on doing business with European companies.
A new “focused” packaging show, Innovationparc Packaging, has been announced by Messe Düsseldorf to run parallel with its three leading food product exhibitions, InterMopro (dairy products), InterCool (frozen food, ice cream etc) and InterMeat this year. All take place from 24-27 September in Düsseldorf. T: +44 (0) 1442 230033; www.innovationparc-packaging.com
Brand protection, document authentication and personal ID specialist Payne Security has acquired the assets and business of Basingstoke, UK-based CSL, a digital print business specialising in the manufacture of plastic identity cards incorporating variable data.