# Placon completes acquisition of Plastic Packaging Corp.

Placon completed the acquisition of privately held rigid plastic container maker Plastic Packaging Corp. The target has a 100,000 sq ft plant in West Springfield, Massachusetts, and 141 employees.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-01-01
- Where: West Springfield, Mass., United States
- Status: completed
- Products: injection molded PE and PP containers, cups, tubs, pails, lids
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Plastic Packaging Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/287.md) (target)
- [Placon](https://endata.com/companies/2623.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [supermarketnews.com](https://www.supermarketnews.com/grocery-operations/placon-acquires-plastic-packaging-corp-), 2018-01-01: "Placon announced that it is has completed the acquisition of privately-held rigid plastic container manufacturer, Plastic Packaging Corp."

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