# ALPLA acquires Romanian PET preforms producer Star East Pet in Brasov

Austrian plastic packaging group ALPLA has acquired Star East Pet, a Brasov, Romania producer of PET preforms, in a deal signed earlier in 2017 with undisclosed value and expected to complete mid-2017.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-01-01
- Where: Brasov, Romania
- Jobs: 70
- Status: announced
- Capacity: PET preform production capacity increase in Eastern Europe
- Products: PET preforms
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [ALPLA](https://endata.com/companies/889.md) (acquirer)
- [Star East Pet](https://endata.com/companies/890.md) (target)

## Sources

- [romania-insider.com](https://www.romania-insider.com/austrian-group-buys-romanian-pet-preforms-producer), 2017-02-06: "ALPLA, an Austrian group active in plastic packaging with sales of EUR 3.2 billion globally, has acquired the Brasov-based company Star East Pet"
- [petpla.net](https://petpla.net/2017/02/07/20170207-alpla/), 2017-02-07: "Alpla has expanded its production capacities in Eastern Europe."
- [packaging-gateway.com](https://www.packaging-gateway.com/news/mas-this-week-super-label-alpla-group-mondi-group-5735474/), 2017-02-09: "Alpla Group, a plastic packaging company based in Austria, has signed an agreement to acquire Star East Pet"

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