# EoL Packaging Experts to acquire Standard-Knapp in Portland, Connecticut

Standard-Knapp shareholders agreed to sell the Portland, Connecticut packaging machinery maker to EoL Packaging Experts, which includes Germany's A+F Automation. The merger creates an end-of-line packaging leader in America and Europe.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-07-16
- Where: Portland, Connecticut, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: case packaging machinery, tray packaging machinery, shrink packaging machinery, end-of-line packaging systems
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Standard-Knapp](https://endata.com/companies/5293.md) (acquirer)
- [Standard-Knapp](https://endata.com/companies/5293.md) (target)
- [EoL Packaging Experts](https://endata.com/companies/5294.md) (acquirer)
- [A+F Automation + Fördertechnik](https://endata.com/companies/5295.md) (partner)
- [A+F](https://endata.com/companies/5331.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [standard-knapp.com](https://standard-knapp.com/standard-knapp-is-joining-the-end-of-line-packaging-experts/), 2019-07-16: "Standard-Knapp (S-K) based in Portland, USA, announced today that its shareholders have reached an agreement to sell the company to EoL Packaging Experts (EoL)."
- [mmh.com](https://www.mmh.com/article/standard_knapp_merges_with_german_company_af_under_the_parent_company_eol_p), 2019-08-01: "Standard-Knapp recently announced an agreement to merge with EoL Packaging Experts, an international market leader in end-of-line packaging solutions."

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