# ALPLA to acquire Propack bottle producer in Italy

Plastic packaging company ALPLA is set to acquire Propack, an Italian producer of HDPE and PET bottles, to strengthen production capacity in north-east Italy; completion expected in July.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-06-29
- Where: north-east Italy, Italy
- Status: announced
- Capacity: about four billion PET products annually
- Products: HDPE bottles, PET bottles
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [ALPLA](https://endata.com/companies/889.md) (acquirer)
- [Propack](https://endata.com/companies/1680.md) (target)
- [Boxmore Packaging](https://endata.com/companies/1720.md) (target)

## Sources

- [packaging-gateway.com](https://www.packaging-gateway.com/news/mas-this-week-tricorbraun-alpla-sonoco-5855920/), 2017-06-29: "Expected to be completed in July, the acquisition will help the company to strengthen its production capacities in north-east Italy."
- [packaging-gateway.com](https://www.packaging-gateway.com/news/alpla-sign-deal-to-acquire-african-packaging-firm-boxmore-packaging-5864975/), 2017-07-09: "Austrian packaging firm Alpla has signed an agreement to acquire a 100% stake in African company Boxmore Packaging, which produces polyethylene terephthalate (PET) pre-forms, PET bottles and closures."
- [labelsandlabeling.com](http://www.labelsandlabeling.com/news/brand-owners-and-design/alpla-acquires-boxmore-packaging), 2017-08-09: "Boxmore Packaging has become a fully-owned subsidiary of Austrian packaging specialist Alpla."

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