# Massman Companies acquires New England Machinery packaging equipment maker

The Massman Companies, a packaging machinery maker based in Villard, Minnesota, acquired New England Machinery, Inc., a privately held maker of bottling and packaging line equipment based in Bradenton, Florida. The transaction closed on 11 March 2022 and was announced on 14 March 2022.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2022-03-14
- Where: Bradenton, Florida, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: bottle unscramblers, orienters, cappers, retorquers, lidders, pluggers, pump sorters, placers, scoop feeders, spout inserters
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [The Massman Companies](https://endata.com/companies/5485.md) (acquirer)
- [New England Machinery](https://endata.com/companies/9012.md) (target)
- [Granite Partners](https://endata.com/companies/9048.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [dtmpackaging.com](https://dtmpackaging.com/the-massman-companies-acquires-new-england-machinery-inc/), 2022-03-14: "The transaction closed Friday, March 11th with no disruption to customer or supplier contracts."
- [alston.com](https://www.alston.com/en/insights/news/2022/03/new-england-machinery-acquired), 2022-03-24: "New England Machinery, a builder of superior quality machines to improve efficiencies in packaging production lines worldwide, has been acquired by The Massman Companies."

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