Impress acquires Alcan Packaging Sutton

Impress announced today the acquisition of Alcan’s can making and decorative tinplate container facility in SuttoninAshfield, UK. This important strategic development gives Impress a viable longterm position in the UK food can market, the second largest in Europe.

Alcan Packaging Sutton Ltd (APS), formerly known as Lawson Mardon Can and Lawson Mardon Decorated Containers, is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of cans for the food and petfood markets, and of printed speciality containers. It has sales of approximately 60 million euros. APS has a particular strength in low cost DWI (Draw and Wall Iron) technology for food cans.

Impress is a leading international company focused on metal packaging. It is the worldwide leader in the seafood can market, European leader in cans for paints & coatings, European leader in cans for dry foods, and second in the European food can market.

Impress is based in Deventer in the Netherlands and has a worldwide turnover of 1.3 billion euros. It employs over 7,000 people in 42 facilities operating out of 16 countries, in Europe, North America, Japan, and the Seychelles.

‘We are very happy to welcome APS into the Impress Group’, says Francis Labbé, Chief Executive Officer of Impress. ‘APS has built an excellent reputation for quality and service, and has developed very strong relationships with its leading UK customers. It is a perfect fit with our strategy of providing our customers with the full range of their metal packaging needs, and supporting them with our worldclass product development resources.’

For further Information, please contact:

Marie de Fouchier : Talents et Compagnie
t: +33 1 56 89 56 52
f: +33 1 56 89 56 50
e: fouchier@talentscompagnie.com

Impress : Richard Moore
t: +33 1 45 19 18 14

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