Impress completes acquisition of Megasa

On 8 June 2009, Impress completed the acquisition of the business of Megasa, one of Spain's leading providers of seafood cans.

Based in Vilagarcia, on the Atlantic coast near Vigo, the factory has sales of approximately 40 million euros and produces steel cans for the tuna, sardine and shellfish markets in Galicia, home to Europe's largest seafood processing industry. The acquisition complements the nearby Impress factory in Pontevedra, which produces seafood cans in aluminium.

Impress is a global market leader in the consumer metal packaging industry. It is the worldwide leader in the seafood can market, European and Australasian leader for aerosol cans, European leader in cans for Paints and Coatings and European leader in cans for Infant Formula and Nutritional Powders. Impress is also the second largest supplier of heat processed food cans in Europe and Australasia. Impress is based in Deventer, the Netherlands and had worldwide sales of approximately €1.7 billion in 2008. It employs approximately 8,000 people in 55 facilities in 21 countries in Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Seychelles and Morocco.

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