Amcor buys Canadian moulder

Australia-headquartered packaging giant Amcor’s rigid plastics unit in the US has purchased Plastic Moulders Ltd, a privately held Toronto-based custom precision moulding business.

“This acquisition will continue our growth strategy,” said Mike Schmitt, Amcor Rigid Plastics President. “Plastic Moulders’ technologies and superior technical capabilities will strengthen our business portfolio. We will be able to offer additional innovative products and services to customers globally.”

Plastic Moulders specialises in providing design, engineering, moulding and assembly services for consumer packaged goods customers in the health, beauty, food, pharmaceutical and industrial markets.

“We look forward to welcoming the Plastic Moulders employees to Amcor Rigid Plastics,” Schmitt said. “Our combined focus will remain on delivering the highest levels of quality and service to all customers as we move forward.”

Amcor Rigid Plastics is among the world’s largest manufacturers of rigid plastic packaging for the food, beverage, spirits, personal care, home care and healthcare industries with 61 facilities in 12 countries. Based in Michigan, US, it is a subsidiary of Amcor in Australia.

This year, Amcor purchased Alusa, the largest flexible packaging business in South America, BPI China, the Chinese subsidiary of UK based British Polythene Industries, and also acquired in the US, Deluxe Packages, a privately owned flexible packaging business.