# San Sac Group acquires Orca Group

San Sac Group acquired Orca Group, a French manufacturer of horizontal balers, vertical balers and compactors under the brands Sacria, Galicier and Pressor. Orca Group has over 175 employees.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-04-05
- Where: France, France
- Status: completed
- Products: horizontal balers, vertical balers, compactors
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [San Sac](https://endata.com/companies/3355.md) (acquirer)
- [TOMRA Systems ASA](https://endata.com/companies/20397.md) (partner)
- [Orca Group](https://endata.com/companies/31154.md) (target)
- [Tomra Compaction](https://endata.com/companies/31156.md) (target)

## Sources

- [news.cision.com](https://news.cision.com/san-sac-group/Index/[URL%20to%20the%20release]), 2018-04-05: "San Sac Group grows substantially and strengthens its market position and offering within compaction machines further by the acquisition of Orca Group in France."
- [orwakeasi.co.uk](https://www.orwakeasi.co.uk/news/san-sac-group-acquires-orca-group-french-supplier-of-horizontal-and-vertical-balers/), 2018-04-10: "Strategically, this is an important acquisition for us both, because we add new production capabilities through Orca Group's two manufacturing facilities and because of Orca Group's leading position on the large French market."

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