# Schütz to acquire Mexican packaging maker Envases y Laminados (ELSA)

Germany's Schütz signed an agreement to acquire Mexican rigid industrial packaging company Envases y Laminados (ELSA) for an undisclosed sum, with completion expected in early 2018.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-12-29
- Where: Mexico
- Status: announced
- Products: IBCs, drums, buckets, bottles
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Schütz](https://endata.com/companies/2619.md) (acquirer)
- [Envases y Laminados](https://endata.com/companies/2620.md) (target)

## Sources

- [canplastics.com](https://www.canplastics.com/packaging/schutz-buy-mexican-packaging-supplier-envases-y-laminados/1003447537/), 2017-12-29: "Germany-based packaging supplier Schütz GmbH & Co. KGaA has signed an agreement to acquire Mexican rigid industrial packaging company Envases y Laminados (ELSA) for an undisclosed sum."

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