Vi-Chem's 170,000-square-foot headquarters will serve as Americhem's center of excellence for TPE and PVC compound solutions.
March 23, 2016
Americhem Group, a Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based provider of color, additive and engineered compound solutions for the polymer industry, acquired Vi-Chem Corp., a supplier of specialty engineered compounds used in injection molding, extrusion and blow molding applications.
JBT Corp., Chicago, purchased the assets of Wolf-tec, Inc., a Kingston, N.Y.-based equipment manufacturer providing processing solutions for poultry, beef, pork and seafood, for $54 million.
Portola Packaging, Inc., Naperville, Ill., announced a $12 million capital expenditure investment for its Kingsport, Tenn., and Tolleson, Ariz., facilities.
