Switzerland-based Wifag-Polytype Holding has taken over the shares of OMV Machinery (Verona, Italy) including all intellectual properties, products, assets, brand/logos and all employees from the former owners ISAP Packaging (Italy).

OMV founded in 1963 specialises in thermoforming equipment for the growing market of all kinds of plastic based containers, as well as lids, plates and other kind of shaped products. With its team of approximately 45 employees OMV offers integrated lines consisting of own tooling, extruders and thermoforming equipment.

With this acquisition, Wilfag-Polytype is enlarging the technology portfolio by adding thermoforming to complement the own decoration equipment. This step enables a unique offering to the market for all kinds of light containers for the food, beverage and non-food packaging market.

New approaches in the design and supply of total solutions in the creation of colour, contour and convenience of thermoformed containers, coming from one supplier, are now possible. With its standard offset printing, the newly introduced Polyflex printing technology and the digital ink jet printing solution Wilfag-Polytype is complementing the thermoformed In Mould Label (IML) Technology of OMV.

All products of OMV will be sold and serviced through the worldwide sales and service organisation of the new buyer in the US, Brazil, Thailand, India, China/Hongkong and Turkey/Middle East as well as existing and new distributors.