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ASX Company News: Amcor Sells Three Packaging Businesses

Tuesday, October 16th, 2012

Amcor (AMC) announces, the sale of three flexible packaging plants in Australasia. These sites were acquired as part of the Aperio acquisition and focused on non-core industrial and agricultural markets. The purchaser is Integrated Packaging, a privately-owned Australian business, and the transaction is subject to ACCC approval.

The sale consideration is $22 million and was based on the same EBITDA multiple as Amcor paid for Aperio. Synergies from the Aperio acquisition are not impacted by the sale and remain at $25 million by year three.

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ASX Company News: Pro Pac Packaging To Acquire Start Food Tech Australia

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

ASX listed national packaging group, Pro-Pac Packaging Ltd (PPG) announced the purchase of the business and assets of Start Food Tech Australia Pty Limited (“SFT”). SFT is a Victorian based national supplier of packaging consumables and products to the meat, chicken and fish processing industries. The business has current annualised revenue of circa $11M, a strong management team with a proven track record of fast sustainable growth and a range of agencies, products and customers which are complementary to those of Pro-Pac.

The SFT business will operate as a separate focused sales unit with warehousing and logistics being integrated into Pro-Pac’s existing distribution centres.  The acquisition will be immediately earnings accretive and the purchase consideration will be funded from Pro-Pac’s existing cash and bank facilities.

Commenting on the acquisition, Pro-Pac’s CEO, Brandon Penn, said “the purchase of this business provides Pro-Pac with further critical mass in this strategic growth area. There are particularly good cross-selling opportunities and beneficial logistics and distribution synergies.”

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ASX Company News: Cardia Bioplastics Enters Joint Venture With Alto Packaging

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

Cardia Bioplastics Limited (CNN) is pleased to announce a new partner ship with Alto Packaging to innovate and deliver high performance packaging solutions with an improved environmental profile to the food industry. The alliance with Alto Packaging, one of the leading rigid plastic packaging companies in Australasia, is a milestone achievement for Cardia that creates significant future growth opportunities for the Company.

As part of the agreement, Cardia will provide the renewable resins to form the basis of Alto Packaging’s environmentally-friendly packaging systems. The supply agreement will initially focus on Alto’s fresh food range, friendly The but has the real potential to expand into other Alto Packaging product channels in the future. Through 62 years of operation, Alto Packaging has established an expansive footprint of customers across to Australasia – a customer base that Cardia will now benefit from. This existing sales platform is expected to quickly and significantly increase the Company’s sales revenue. This major alliance, with a leading Australasian packaging supplier, is a strong indicator of Cardia’s future growth supplier, potential. As the global shift towards greener economies intensifies, Cardia’s range of patented renewable resin technologies will play a key future role in reducing the carbon footprint of the plastics a packaging industries.

Managing Director, Dr Frank Glatz, commented: “This strategic alliance with Alto Food Packaging is further validation of Cardia’s unique patented technology and provides the Company with an extensive network of relationships with leading suppliers in the food industry. Our sales pipeline will grow substantially as we work in collaboration with Alto Packaging to produce high performance packaging solutions with an improved carbon footprint.” “This is an exciting time for Cardia as the growth in our portfolio of major contracts continues to build momentum. The bioplastics industry is growing globally, tracking double digit growth and Cardia is well positioned to capitalise on this emerging market.”

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ASX Company News: Amcor Acquires Wayne Richardson Sales

Friday, June 29th, 2012

Amcor (AMC) announces the purchase of Wayne Richardson Sales. With sales of approximately $50 million and over 2,700 customers the business is one of the largest independently owned packaging distributors in Australia with a network of eight distribution centres across Australia. The business is a distributor of a broad range of industrial packaging and packaging consumables to small and medium size customers. The purchase multiple was approximately 6.5 times fiscal year 2012 EBITDA and the acquisition is expected to deliver returns in excess of 20% by year three.

Amcor’s Managing Director and CEO, Ken MacKenzie said: “The purchase of Wayne Richardson Sales improves the value proposition of Amcor’s existing packaging business and strengthens our market position. It brings to Amcor a new and more effective channel to small and medium sized packaging customers. The combined business will provide new products as well as additional services and enhanced technical support for customers.”

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ASX Company News: Pro Pac Packaging Acquires Australian Pharmaceutical Containers

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

ASX listed national packaging group, Pro-Pac Packaging Ltd (PPG) announced the purchase of the business and assets of Australian Pharmaceutical Containers (APC). APC is a Sydney based importer and distributor of pharmaceutical drawn and blown glass containers and supplier of metal closures to a broad range of industries and customers. The product range of containers and closures is a new product line for the rigid division and will complement and enhance its current offerings. The business has a current annualised turnover in excess of $2 million and the purchase consideration will be funded from Pro Pac’s existing cash resources.

Commenting on the acquisition, Pro Pac’s CEO, Mr Brandon Penn said “This purchase (APC) provides good synergy and opportunities for Pro Pac’s rigid division with a database which includes new and existing clientele. The APC product range will be extended to the company’s interstate distribution centres, further enhancing the philosophy of the one stop packaging shop”.

Pro-Pac Packaging Limited is a diversified manufacturing and distribution company, providing innovative, flexible and rigid packaging solutions for a broad group of customers. PPG is headquartered in Sydney with operations in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. PPG’s securities are listed and quoted on the ASX.

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ASX Company News: Pro-Pac Packaging Acquires Gallego

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

ASX listed national packaging group, Pro-Pac Packaging Ltd (PPG) announced the purchase of the business and assets of Gallego Pty Ltd trading as Deandy Packaging. Deandy is a leading and innovative supplier of food services packaging, with a national customer base serviced from its Adelaide head office and distribution centre. Deandy has current annualized revenues in excess of $14 million and the acquisition is expected to be immediately earnings accretive. The purchase consideration will be funded from Pro-Pac’s existing cash resources and the issue of 3.2 million PPG shares.

Commenting on the acquisition, Pro-Pac’s CEO, Brandon Penn, said “the purchase of this business provides Pro-Pac with further expansion into the food services sector, which we believe has excellent growth potential and offers significant expansion and diversification opportunities for PPG, given our extensive national customer base. Deandy has a strong and experienced management team that will boost the expertise and experience of the recently created PPG Food Services division.”

Pro-Pac Packaging Limited is a diversified manufacturing and distribution company, providing innovative, flexible and rigid packaging solutions for a broad group of customers. PPG is headquartered in Sydney with operations in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.

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ASX Company News: Amcor Acquires Uniglobe Business In India

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Amcor (AMC) announces  the A$19.8 million acquisition of Uniglobe, a flexible packaging business based in India. The acquisition expands Amcor’s existing footprint in India, a strategic high growth market for the flexibles packaging business. The business is strongly aligned with our existing business, servicing large multi-national customers within the food, personal care and health care end markets. Importantly, current management will remain with the business. The expanded management team will play a key role in supporting future growth in the Indian market. Uniglobe generates annual sales of approximately A$20 million, and was established in 1999 with a single plant located in Daman, 150 kilometres north of Mumbai. A second Daman based plant was commissioned in 2008, supported by strong sales growth of over 20% in the last three years. After closing, Amcor’s new combined Indian business will consist of five manufacturing sites offering its customers innovative packaging solutions.

Managing Director and CEO, Mr Ken MacKenzie, said “This is an important opportunity to expand Amcor’s footprint in the high growth Indian market. The Uniglobe business comes with a strong management team, and a track record of delivering significant annual sales growth.”

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ASX Company News: Amcor Acquires Apero Group

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Amcor (AMC) has reached agreement to acquire Aperio Group for $238 million. The acquisition is expected to deliver significant benefits to customers in Australia, New Zealand and Thailand in terms of scale, efficiency, innovation and security of supply.

The Aperio Group is one of Asia Pacific’s leading producers of flexible packaging products. The Group has 13 manufacturing facilities across Australia and New Zealand and a modern facility in Thailand. The Group generates annual revenues of approximately A$350 million. The acquisition of Aperio Group brings together the two leaders in flexible packaging in Australasia and is an important strategic addition to Amcor’s existing Flexible Packaging Business in Asia Pacific. It creates the opportunity to develop a stronger platform that has the required scale and breadth of technologies to meet ongoing customer needs. The business will have a unique offering, being the market leader in Australia and New Zealand and the ability to supply from an extensive footprint in Asia.

The acquisition will add 13 additional sites to the existing 21 sites of Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific Business Group. Post acquisition the Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific business will generate a turnover of approximately A$1.2 billion from its 34 plants across Asia Pacific.

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ASX Company News: Pro-Pac Packaging Acquires Hills Industrial Products

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

ASX listed national packaging group, Pro-Pac Packaging Ltd (PPG) announced the purchase of the business and assets of Hills Industrial Products. Hills is a Sydney based distributor of industrial packaging, safety and warehouse products, providing a comprehensive range of products to diverse businesses and industries. Hills have developed a unique value proposition that differentiates it from most other distributors by selling direct via a catalogue and a newly launched online ordering system. Over the past 5 years Hills has developed significant intellectual property in the creation of comprehensive catalogues and mailing lists. The business has had consistent annual growth since inception with a current annualized turnover in excess of $7.5m and complements Pro-Pac’s existing product and customer profiles. The purchase consideration will be funded from Pro-Pac’s existing cash resources and debt facilities.

Commenting on the acquisition, Pro-Pac’s CEO, Brandon Penn, said “the purchase of Hills is a very exiting opportunity to take this successful NSW business model national through our existing national infrastructure. Hills have developed significant intellectual property and business methodologies that we will be able to leverage on and which will give us new sources of revenue streams. Hills will be run as a separate sales unit and brand but will utilise Pro-Pac’s existing back end and logistics infrastructure.”

Pro-Pac Packaging Limited is a diversified manufacturing and distribution company, providing innovative, flexible and rigid packaging solutions for a broad group of customers. PPG is headquartered in Sydney with operations in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.

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ASX Company News: Pro Pac Packaging Acquires Stanli Packaging

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

ASX listed national packaging group, Pro-Pac Packaging Ltd (PPG)  announced the purchase of the business and assets of Stanli Packaging Pty Limited. Stanli Packaging is a small Adelaide based niche distributor of general industrial packaging and safety products, servicing a broad spectrum of industries including the building, pharmaceutical and food sectors. The business complements Pro-Pac’s existing product and customer profiles.  The purchase consideration will be funded from Pro-Pac’s existing cash resources and debt facilities but will include the issue to the vendors of 66,667 shares at 45 cents per share.

Commenting on the acquisition, Pro-Pac’s CEO, Brandon Penn, said “the purchase of the Stanli Packaging business not only complements the Group’s existing operations in the region but will add the required critical mass and experience necessary for the new distribution centre that is planned for completion during the third quarter in Wingfield. This acquisition is the final in a series of four that was announced earlier in the year and scheduled for completion by the end of the first half of the financial year. I take this opportunity to welcome aboard the well regarded Stanli Packaging team and look forward to the significant contribution anticipated from their wealth of knowledge and industry experience.”

Pro-Pac Packaging Limited is a diversified manufacturing and distribution company, providing innovative, flexible and rigid packaging solutions for a broad group of customers. PPG is headquartered in Sydney with operations in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.

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