# Rohrer Corporation acquires Transparent Container, a retail packaging maker

Rohrer Corporation, a ShoreView portfolio company, acquired Transparent Container, a Addison, Illinois maker of retail packaging with more than 400 employees and six locations. The deal adds thermoforming capacity to Rohrer's packaging business. It was announced on October 1, 2018.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-10-01
- Where: Addison, Illinois, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: blister packaging, clamshells, thermoformed plastic packaging, printed paperboard folding cartons
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Transparent Container Co.](https://endata.com/companies/3926.md) (target)
- [Rohrer Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/3975.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rohrer-corporation-acquires-transparent-container-300720537.html), 2018-10-01: "Rohrer has acquired Transparent Container."
- [plasticsnews.com](https://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20181002/NEWS/181009974/rohrer-buys-transparent-container-adding-thermoforming-capacity/), 2018-10-02: "Rohrer Corp. is dramatically expanding its plastics thermoformed packaging operations through the acquisition of Transparent Container Co. Inc."
- [packagingstrategies.com](https://www.packagingstrategies.com/keywords/5690-packaging-industry-acquisitions), 2018-10-03: "The acquisition provides Rohrer with additional thermoforming capacity, expanded product range and the largest combination run program"
- [beautypackaging.com](https://www.beautypackaging.com/rohrer-acquires-transparent-container-428602/), 2018-11-01: "Rohrer Corporation, a ShoreView portfolio company, has acquired Transparent Container, headquartered in Addison, IL."

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