MONTREAL— Transcontinental is buying control of Trilex  a flexible plastics printer in Ecuador specializing in supplying banana industry . Trilex  of Guayaquil is the largest plastics supplier for the banana industry inEcuador .Trilex has about 170 workers making plastics packaging and farm plastics used for protection and pest control.Transcontinental is Trilex second operation in Ecuador. In Latin America, Trilex  also has plants in Guatemala and Mexico and  offices in Costa Rica. Transcontinental has been making the shift from commercial printing and publishing into  flexible packaging . Transcontinental has made eight flexible packaging acquisitions since 2014, including a 2018 deal for Coveris of Chicago . Transcontinental is listed as Canada's largest printer by Graphic Monthly.