Afinia Label, Chanhassen, Minn., launched its L502 color label printer, designed to produce vivid, full-color labels at up to 8.5 inches wide using interchangeable pigment- and dye-based ink sets.

Chroma Color Corp., McHenry, Ill., launched CHROMARK laser marking additives and concentrates to mark plastics extremely fast, contactless, cleanly, precisely and permanently compared to pad printing or adhesive labels.

Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, Ill., partnered with Seiko Epson Corp., Japan, to develop printers and labels for the industrial, construction and network infrastructure marketplaces.

Advanced Dynamics Ltd., UK, announced a further investment of around £250,000 to its Bradford, UK-based facility to help meet filling and labeling demand.

Multi-Conveyor, Winneconne, Wis., built a unique stainless-steel, 3-A Dairy sanitary washdown-welded conveyor, designed to transport plastic-wrapped blocks of food in conjunction with a customer-supplied starwheel top and bottom labeler.

Weber Packaging Solutions, Arlington Heights, Ill., introduced a new label and ribbon combination that can stretch labeling runtime and reduce the number of required changeovers.

Amcor, Australia, acquired Chicago-based Bemis Co. Inc., effective June 11. The combined company will operate as Amcor plc.

OAL Connected, UK, introduced data-embedded barcodes.

JBT Corp., Chicago, launched the FLEX-ID Labeling System, a high-speed solution for fruit and vegetable packers looking to enhance traceability.

ProMach, Cincinnati, acquired Code Tech Corp., a Princeton, N.J.-based provider of thermal inkjet (TIJ) marking and coding solutions.