# Protect Pharmaceutical to be acquired by PUMA polymer packaging corporation

Protect Pharmaceutical Corp announced an agreement to be acquired by PUMA, a polymer packaging corporation based in Dubna, Russia. PUMA plans to expand into food irradiation and packaging, including setting up processing plants in Vietnam and the Kuril Islands.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2021-01-26
- Where: Dubna, Russia, Russia
- Jobs: 1,800
- Status: announced
- Products: laminated labeling, food irradiation services, self-heating food packages
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Protect Pharmaceutical Corp](https://endata.com/companies/52803.md) (target)
- [PUMA](https://endata.com/companies/52804.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/01/26/2164579/0/en/protect-pharmaceutical-announces-merger-with-puma.html), 2021-01-26: "PROTECT PHARMACEUTICAL CORP. is pleased to announce an agreement to be acquired by PUMA."

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