Hints and tips:
...The UK packaging industry aside, most of this year’s M&A action is happening across the Atlantic, with the US pulling its weight....
...Earlier this year, BDT & MSD did another deal in the packaging sector when it bought a stake in US company ProMach....
...The $598bn investment firm has also failed to follow through on deals for publisher Pearson, gambling company William Hill and packaging business RPC Group.Apollo is considered to be one of the buyout industry...
...Welch says the new generation of MCEDs are a remarkable technology. But it is a mistake to rush their rollout without the necessary long-term studies that prove they save lives....
...The provider of printing inks and coatings for packaging and labels built Packiro, a platform that consolidates packaging demand from companies with small-batch needs and connects them to print shops....
...Yet many of the applications discussed at Microsoft’s event remain theoretical: success will depend on packaging technologies in ways that make them safe and productive to use, as well as fitting into existing...
...[My partner] Adam has a brilliant eye for junk-shop finds that sit alongside vintage Happy Meal toys and iconic tin packaging....
...John, 76, who used to work in promotions and consumer packaging, says he came to his faith in his early thirties. “I was burning the candle at both ends, and then I found another way, a spiritual way.”...
...Or they want to own their home through an LLC [limited liability company] — maybe a celebrity who wants to keep their identity private,” she says....
...It arranges funding for companies either through a bank it owns in Germany or by packaging these supplier bills up into bond-like investments for the Credit Suisse funds....
...Welch’s shareholders-first ethos also looks passé. Companies are beginning to see a purpose broader than shareholder value....
...Mind you, there was that RPC plastic packaging deal last year . . . Sir Stelios £5m? Whistle for it!...
...John Thornhill's column this week compares @Jack with another famous Jack — Jack Welch, the former GE chief who died this week....
...The company, VentureMFO LLC, is in the database as borrowing between $5m and $10m, the maximum amount available, and retaining a single employee....
...Throwing these capabilities together turned out to be harder than it looked, and it took the genius of Apple to produce the first coherent packaging of wristwear technology in the shape of its Watch....
...This week, BNP Paribas helped close $3.25bn sustainability-linked syndicated credit facilities for Crown, a Philadelphia-based packaging company....
...Having announced a take-it-or-leave-it price for UK packaging firm RPC, Apollo faces the risk of being outbid....
...Europe’s packaging sector is in a period of consolidation, with companies bulking up to better serve consumer goods groups who want to deal with fewer suppliers....
...Berry Global Group, the US plastic packaging company, is seeking to gatecrash the £3.3bn takeover of its UK competitor RPC by a private equity firm....
...The proposed £3.3bn takeover of RPC, Europe’s biggest plastic packaging company, has come under attack from two shareholders who say the bid from US private equity firm Apollo Global Management is too low...
...And it seems her horror story should have been required reading for the private equity bods at Apollo, as they planned their £3.3bn bid for UK packaging group RPC....
...Three recent packaging business transactions occurred at an average of 11.5 times ebitda, well above that of RPC....
...Former General Electric chief executive Jack Welch once lived in the penthouse....
...The interest from private equity in RPC follows other bid activity in the packaging sector....
...Shoppers have shifted towards fresher and healthier produce and away from processed food, while costs for packaging, ingredients and transport have risen....
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