# Tetra Pak acquires Macro Automation to boost automation capability

Tetra Pak has acquired New Zealand food and beverage processing automation specialist Macro Automation Ltd. The acquisition adds to Tetra Pak's automation technologies and enhances its ability to support customers in Oceania.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-05-03
- Where: Auckland, New Zealand
- Status: completed
- Products: process engineering, plant automation, manufacturing execution systems
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Tetra Pak](https://endata.com/companies/357.md) (acquirer)
- [Macro Automation Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/39285.md) (target)

## Sources

- [foodanddrinkbusiness.com.au](https://www.foodanddrinkbusiness.com.au/news/tetra-pak-expands-automation-capability-with-nz-acquisition), 2019-05-03: "Not only does Macro's knowledge base and expertise complement our existing processing automation capability, but because Macro's team will now be in-house, we can operate completely transparently on projects and work much closer together than was previously possible."

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