M&A All the Way

If merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is an indication of the state of the economic environment, then we have one more indication that the economy is bouncing back. This issue contains news items on Repacorp's acquisition of Aladdin Label; PaperWorks Industries acquisition of Rosmar Packaging; Mid Oaks Investments purchase of Plastic Packaging Technologies; Danaher and EskoArtwork; Comexi Group acquiring ACOM; Transilwrap and Interfilm Holdings; and the one that captured national headlines for its scale, RockTenn's intention to acquire Smurfit-Stone.