Essentra PLC is a supplier of
plastic
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and
fibre products. The company operates internationally from headquarters in
Milton Keynes,
Buckinghamshire. It is listed on the
London Stock Exchange
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and is a constituent of the
FTSE 250 Index.
History
The company was established in
Jarrow in the 1940s as the Fibres division of
Bunzl.
In 1955 it acquired Moss Plastics, a plastic products manufacturer,
in 1994 MSI Oilfield Products, a pipe protection business,
and in 1996 it bought
Payne, a manufacturer of
tear tapes.
In 1997 the Bunzl Fibres division bought Filtrona Corporation, a
US filter technology specialist which it had demerged in 1984. At this time the Filtrona name was adopted for the enlarged Bunzl Fibres business. The company bought Enitor, a
Dutch
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extruder business, in 1998
and Skiffy Group, a
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
nylon
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parts business in 2004.
The company was demerged from Bunzl in 2005. It went on to buy Duraco, a
US adhesive coated products business in 2007. In 2008, the company purchased Lendell Manufacturing, a foam manufacturer. The foam and fiber businesses were combined into a new division and named Filtrona Porous Technologies.
On 26 June 2013, the company formally rebranded to Essentra plc.
Then-Chief Executive, Colin Day said that the company chose the name Essentra “to capture what each of Filtrona’s businesses manufacture and supply: small but essential key components that play critical roles for our customers”.
On 31 October 2016, Essentra announced that Paul Forman would succeed Day as Chief executive, effective 1 January 2017.
Operations
The company is organised as follows:
*Components Solutions
*Specialist Components
*Packaging
*Filter Products
References
External links
Official Site
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Companies based in Milton Keynes
Plastics companies of the United Kingdom
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
Bunzl