# RPC confirms preliminary buy-out talks with private equity firms

RPC is in preliminary talks with two major private equity firms over a possible sale of the plastic packaging company.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-09-11
- Where: United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Products: plastic packaging
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [RPC](https://endata.com/companies/581.md) (target)

## Sources

- [packagingnews.co.uk](https://www.packagingnews.co.uk/news/business/page/42), 2018-09-11: "RPC is in preliminary talks with two major private equity firms over the possible sale of the plastic packaging giant."

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