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大生意俗话说:“德克萨斯的一切都更大”,本月在德克萨斯的包装交易规模正 是如此。由Rock-Tenn 公司与MeadWestvaco(MWV)公司牵头的合并将会创造 一家一百六十亿美元的日用塑料与瓦楞包装巨头。MWV 公司的股东将持有 50.1%的股份,以赞赏先前宣布的把MWV Speciality Chemicals 分部分离出去 的决定。另一家美国巨头也不甘落后,制罐公司Ball 宣布计划收购Rexam公司, 创建一个销售额超过一百四十亿美元的组织。Ball 公司2010 年把Plastics Packaging Americas 的业务卖给Amcor 公司之后,在亚洲仍持有少量的塑料包 装业务。Rexam 公司去年将最后剩余的塑料业务卖给Berry Plastics 公司之后已完全退出塑料市场。以金钱而论这些交易使上个月法国的The Wendel Group 集团以二十七亿 美元收购Constantia Flexibles 显得微不足道。Wendel 公司收购了这家销售额高 达十九亿四千万美元,有四十多座生产厂的软包装巨头之后,又完成了以三亿 六千万美元对美国的CSP Technologies 公司的收购。CSP 是一家保健、食品与饮料市场的特种塑料包装生产产家。在我们准备参加本月在佛罗里达州奥兰多举行的NPE 全国塑料博览会之 时,北美正显得一片繁忙。奥地利的注模生产商Haidlmair 决定增加在这一地 区的业务,收购了加拿大Tesan Mould 公司的大部分股权。这家位于多伦多的Tesan Mould 公司专门从事于诸如罐和桶的薄壁应用, 该公司将会改名为Haidlmair 北美公司。英国的Constar UK 公司去年被Sherburn Acquisitions 公司以六百六十万 美元从行政接管中解救出来,然后被同行的PET 瓶子制造 Esterform 以未透 露的价钱买下来。这一交易使Esterform 公司的PET 瓶坯生…

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