Colorado-based Ball Corporation, famous for its glass canning jars, said it will close one of its oldest North American beverage packaging plants by the second quarter of 2016.

Peacock Engineering Company has entered into an agreement to acquire Anaheim, CA-based L&L Foods, a provider of high-volume, single-serve/portion-control packages of food products.

 Fines were handed down by the commission for fixing prices and allocating customers of polystyrene foam or polypropylene rigid trays. 

Duravant, a global engineered equipment manufacturer serving the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors, said Thursday it has acquired the Spanish company Mespack, a manufacturer of flexible packaging equipment specializing in horizontal form-fill-seal technologies for flexible sachet, pouch and stick packs.

With a combined value of $16 billion, packaging giants Rock-Tenn Company and MeadWestvaco Corporation (MWV) announced they have entered into an agreement to merge, creating a global provider of consumer and corrugated packaging solutions.

Baking and snack brand owners must update their processing and packaging operations with technologies that position them ahead of the curve.

Dutch brewer Heineken N.V. has signed an agreement with Crown Holdings Inc. to sell its Mexican packaging business EMPAQUE for $1.23 billion.

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, has announced the 2014 Packaging Hall of Fame Commission. This group of industry professionals, educators and journalists will determine the Packaging Hall of Fame Class of 2014.

With the addition of the new Point of Sale category, the World Packaging Organization announced entries for the 2015 WorldStar Packaging Awards will open on July 1.

The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies and PACK EXPO producer PMMI announced it is accepting nominations for the 2014 packaging hall of fame class to be celebrated at this year’s PACK EXPO International.