Minneapolis-based AWT Labels & Packaging Inc. (AWT), a provider of specialty labels and packaging for healthcare and other applications, is acquiring Labeltronix, a maker of premium craft labels for CPG sectors. 

“We are elated with the addition of Labeltronix to the AWT family,” said Bruce Hanson, CEO of AWT, in a news release. “Labeltronix has built an incredible reputation of providing award winning labels that help brands stand out in the crowd. Their commitment to quality and a first-class customer experience aligns well with our core values, and their innovative, best-in-class manufacturing facility will become AWT’s flagship site on the West Coast. We are excited to continue acquiring great businesses and partnering with great teams to find ways to deliver more value to our customers’ ongoing needs.”

Added John Trail, president of Labeltronix: “We’re thrilled with the opportunity to become part of AWT. With the support of AWT’s diverse operations, broad facility network, and national resources, we’ll be able to bring our premium product labels to more customers and brands. Additionally, ReThink Labeling, a division of Labeltronix, is dedicated to bringing innovative on-demand label solutions to more customers.”

Labeltronix will continue following it proprietary Lean Labeling process.

In January AWT announced the acquisition of MacArthur Corporation, a manufacturer of custom engineered industrial and durable label solutions with headquarters in Grand Blanc, MI, and operations in Michigan, Poland, and China.

AWT converts film and paper substrates into pressure-sensitive labels, shrink-sleeves, extended content labels, digital labels, flexible packaging, and other specialty products for a variety of applications and end markets. It employs flexographic and digital printing equipment.