Impress completes acquisition of Amcor's Food and Aerosol Can interests

Impress today completed the acquisition of the Food and Aerosol Can operations in Australia and New Zealand from the Amcor Group.

Seven production facilities have been purchased which supply steel food cans, easy open ends and peelable ends to key food markets including ready meals, dairy, fruit and vegetables as well as steel and aluminium aerosol cans for cosmetics, air fresheners, and insecticides. The operation has an annual sales turnover of approximately €150 million and employs around 600 people.

'We are pleased to welcome these Amcor businesses into the Impress Group,' says Francis Labbé, Chief Executive Officer of Impress. 'We are confident that we can further improve today's well run operation which has a strong reputation for quality and reliability, through the deployment of Impress' skills, particularly in Operational Excellence and Innovation'

Following the acquisition Impress will have pro forma annual sales of €1.8 billion, employing approximately 8,600 people in 59 facilities in 21 countries in Europe, North America, Australasia, the Seychelles, Morocco and Japan.

For further Information, please contact:

Ysabel Noel: Talents et Compagnie :Tel: +33 1 56 89 56 52    Fax: +33 1 56 89 56 50   
e-mail: noel@talents-compagnie.com

Mary Chapman: Mary Chapman Communications: Tel:  +44(0)1452 720208    Fax:  +44(0)1452 723724  
e-mail:  marychpm@aol.com

Impress: Richard Moore +33 1 45 19 18 14

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