Mallard Manufacturing, Sterling, Ill., opened a new production facility in Maquoketa, Iowa.

Sappi North America, Inc., Boston, Mass., announced the end of a year-long rebuild of Paper Machine 1 at Sappi’s Somerset Mill in Skowhegan, Maine.

Kyoto Seisakusho Co., Ltd., Japan, acquired PMI Cartoning, Inc., Elk Grove Village, Ill., to create a new equipment manufacturing company called PMI KYOTO Packaging Systems.

KHS USA, Inc., Waukesha, Wis., announced plans to buy the assets of Scandia Packaging Machinery Co., Fairfield, N.J.

Operators can now load cartons more efficiently and safely when working on contract packaging and high-production consumer packaging lines with the new low-profile carton and case magazine from PMI Cartoning, Inc., Elk Grove Village, Ill.

Douglas Machine, Alexandria, Minn., introduced a compact cartoner under its Vectra lineup.

Bradman Lake advised that Cool Frootz switch the method of cartoning to a top-loaded 3-flap lid cover style, which provides excellent graphics, ease of product loading and flexibility to produce a wide variety of different carton sizes and count quantities all on the same machinery.

Shurtape, Hickory, N.C., introduced the ShurSEAL solution with folded-edge technology, which eliminates the need to open cartons with a knife.

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, Reston, Va., introduces PACK EXPO East, scheduled for Feb. 16-18 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.