M&A Deal Summary

RPC Group Acquires Superfos Industries A/S

On December 16, 2010, RPC Group acquired packaging company Superfos Industries A/S from Gerresheimer

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is RPC Group’s 3rd transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is RPC Group’s 2nd transaction in Denmark.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-12-16
Target Superfos Industries A/S
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) RPC Group
Sellers(s) Gerresheimer
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Superfos Industries A/S

Taastrup, Denmark
Superfos Industries A/S engages in the manufacture of injection moulded, standard-range rigid plastic packaging, serving a broad range of customers in food and non-food markets. Headquartered in Taastrup, Denmark, Superfos has nine production facilities across the Nordic region, France, Poland, Spain, Belgium and the UK

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

RPC Group

Rushden, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Plastics
Employees18,358
Revenue 1.6B GBP (2016)
DESCRIPTION

RPC Group Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of rigid plastic packaging and associated equipment primarily in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the United States, and Mainland Europe. RPC Group was formed in 1991 and is based in Rushden, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 15
Sector: Packaging M&A 3 of 6
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Denmark M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2010 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-12-16 Superfos Industries AS

Taastrup, Denmark

Superfos Industries AS is a rigid plastic packaging manufacturer.

Buy €240M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-12-09 Helioplast d.o.o

Gracanica, Bosnia and Herzegowina

Helioplast d.o.o is a manufacturer and supplier of an injection-molded plastic packaging products.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Gerresheimer

Dusseldorf, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1864
Sector Packaging
Employees10,032
Revenue 2.0B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Gerresheimer is an international packaging and systems solutions specialist, particularly in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Gerresheimer was founded in 1864 and is based in Dusseldorf, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Denmark M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-01 Kimble Chase Life Science and Research Products

Rockwood, Tennessee, United States

Kimble Chase Life Science and Research Products LLC is a producer of laboratory and scientific glassware. The product portfolio includes reusable laboratory glassware for research, development and analytics, such as beakers, Erlenmeyer flasks and measuring cylinders as well as disposable laboratory products such as culture tubes, pipettes, chromatography vials and other specialty laboratory glassware.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-03-22 Védat

Embu, Brazil

Védat Ltda. is a major Brazilian manufacturer of pharmaceutical plastic packaging products, especially plastic closures.

Buy -