Smyth Companies acquires Dow Industries

US converter Smyth Companies, based in St Paul, Minnesota, has acquired Dow Industries of Wilmington, Massachusetts. Dow Industries has won a number of awards around the world for its high-definition flexo printing processes, used in the health and beauty market and other consumer goods segments.

‘Walter Dow has been a long-time friend whose company I’ve admired from afar, and I’m delighted that he has decided to tie the knot with Smyth,’ said John Hickey, Smyth’s CEO. ‘Our goal will be to provide the industry’s highest quality label production for those companies who demand the very best.’

With production locations in Minnesota, Virginia and Colorado, and the addition of the Dow facility in Massachusetts, Smyth will now employ approximately 400 people. The company specializes in package labeling for mass-marketed consumer goods products, and serves clients in the food and beverage, personal care, household care and beer markets, among others.

Smyth says it sought the acquisition of Dow because of its eastern US location, market reach and print technologies employed. Dow Industries was founded in 1976 by Walter Dow.

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