# VPK Group agrees to buy corrugated packaging maker Encase Ltd

VPK Group agreed to buy Encase Ltd from Canadian Overseas Packaging Industries (COPI) Ltd, a corrugated packaging manufacturer with two plants in England and one in Scotland. VPK intends to merge Encase with its UK corrugated operations.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2020-10-21
- Where: England and Scotland, United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Capacity: Six corrugators with yearly containerboard consumption of 300,000 tons across the combined business
- Products: corrugated cardboard packaging, corrugated sheets
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [VPK](https://endata.com/companies/344.md) (acquirer)
- [Encase Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/7141.md) (partner)
- [Encase Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/7141.md) (target)
- [Canadian Overseas Packaging Industries (COPI) Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/7142.md) (partner)
- [COPI Holding](https://endata.com/companies/7185.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [vpkgroup.com](https://vpkgroup.com/en/news/vpk-group-nv-and-encase-ltd-reached-acquisition-agreement), 2020-10-22: "Yesterday, VPK Group came to an agreement with Canadian Overseas Packaging Industries (COPI) Ltd to buy Encase Ltd, manufacturer and designer of corrugated cardboard packaging."
- [vpkgroup.com](https://vpkgroup.com/news/vpk-group-nv-and-encase-ltd-reached-acquisition-agreement), 2020-10-22: "Yesterday, VPK Group came to an agreement with Canadian Overseas Packaging Industries (COPI) Ltd to buy Encase Ltd, manufacturer and designer of corrugated cardboard packaging."
- [globalpapermoney.com](https://www.globalpapermoney.com/vpk-group-to-buy-encase-ltd-cms-12644), 2020-11-03: "VPK Group came to an agreement with COPI Holding to buy Encase Ltd, manufacturer and designer of corrugated cardboard packaging."

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