Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, Ill., partnered with Seiko Epson Corp., Japan, to develop printers and labels for the industrial, construction and network infrastructure marketplaces.

Advanced Dynamics Ltd., UK, announced a further investment of around £250,000 to its Bradford, UK-based facility to help meet filling and labeling demand.

Multi-Conveyor, Winneconne, Wis., built a unique stainless-steel, 3-A Dairy sanitary washdown-welded conveyor, designed to transport plastic-wrapped blocks of food in conjunction with a customer-supplied starwheel top and bottom labeler.

Weber Packaging Solutions, Arlington Heights, Ill., introduced a new label and ribbon combination that can stretch labeling runtime and reduce the number of required changeovers.

Amcor, Australia, acquired Chicago-based Bemis Co. Inc., effective June 11. The combined company will operate as Amcor plc.

OAL Connected, UK, introduced data-embedded barcodes.

JBT Corp., Chicago, launched the FLEX-ID Labeling System, a high-speed solution for fruit and vegetable packers looking to enhance traceability.

ProMach, Cincinnati, acquired Code Tech Corp., a Princeton, N.J.-based provider of thermal inkjet (TIJ) marking and coding solutions.

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DAVA Foods, an egg processor and packager in Sweden, significantly increased efficiency rates by utilizing a thermal inkjet (TIJ) printer from Matthews Marking Systems, Pittsburgh, Pa., to print “best before” dates directly on egg cartons.