RPC Group plc () is based in the

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, and is one of Europe's largest supplier of

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. Its headquarters are in

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in Northamptonshire. It was listed on the

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until it was acquired by Berry Global Group Inc.

History

The company's origins lie in a plastic packaging production unit at Oakham established by a Danish group, Superfos, in 1973. The plant was acquired by

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in 1983 and was the subject of a

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as Reedpack Containers in 1988, but was then bought by Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget in 1990. The business was then the subject of a management buyout from Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget in 1991. It was first listed on the

in 1993. It went on to buy Continental Plastics Europe, with 12 sites across Europe, in 1997 and Wiko, an injection moulding business based in Germany, in July 2000. In December 2010 it bought Superfos Industries, its former parent, for about €240 million (£203 million).

Acquisitions

In December 2013 the company acquired Maynard & Harris Plastics, a manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging, for £103.5 million and in May 2014 it bought Ace Corporation Holdings, a Chinese injection moulder, for up to $430 million. It then bought Promens, with 50 plants internationally, in a €386 million (£306 million) deal in December 2014. For 2016, the company earned £2.75 billion, a two-thirds jump in revenue from the year before after a series of acquisitions. Among those acquisitions were the bottle-top maker GCS in France and British Polythene Industries. In March 2016 the company bought French bottle-top maker Global Closure Systems for €650 million (£468.7 million) to strengthen its position in Europe's plastic packaging market and in August 2016 the company bought British Polythene Industries for £261 million. It went on to buy Letica, an American business, for $640 million in February 2017. As of June 2017, Pim Vervaat served as chief executive. Since December 2015, RPC had completed 11 acquisitions.

Take-over

The company announced in March 2019 that it had agreed to be taken over by Berry Global Group Inc.

Operations

The company makes a wide variety of plastic food-packaging products including Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Nivea,

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References

External links

Official website
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