Competitive Pressures Continue To Drive Corporate Changes And Restructuring For The European Rigid Film And Sheet Industrynbspnew Report From Ami Details Who Are Europersquos Biggest Thermoplastic Rigid Film And Sheet Manufacturersnbspnbspami Bristol 180613 Ndash Several Major Players Are Using Over 100000 Tonnes Of Resinyear And The Market Share Of The Largest Companies Is Growing With The Role Of Private Equity Investors Also Increasing According To New Research From Applied Market Information Ltd Looking At Europe39s Leading Players With Three Of The Top Five Companies Now Owned By Financial Investorsnbspnbspthe Largest Producer In Europe Is Kloumlckner Pentaplast A Long Established Supplier Of Rigid Pvc Films But Also With A Growing Position In The Supply Of Rigid Pet Filmsnbsp It Has Been In Private Equity Ownership Since 2001 When It Was Divested To Cinven In 2007 It Was Acquired By The Blackstone Group Who Last Year Sold It To A Group Of Investors Led By Strategic Value Partners Llc Over This Period The Company Has Steadily Grown Through Various Acquisitions To Extend Its Product Portfolio And Geographic Reach Recent Acquisitions Have Included Mag Group39s Novopac Pvc And Pvcpe Sheet Business In France The Pp And Ps Mono And Multilayer Rigid Film Activities Of Amb In Italy And The Unprinted Pet Mono And Multilayer Rigid Films Business Of Bemis Packaging Deutschland Gmbhnbspnumber Two In Europe In This Sector Is The Recently Created Group Paccor International Which Is Owned By Sun Capital Partners Inc Which Is Building A Global Plastics Packaging Business In Both Flexibles And Rigids Paccor Was Created By The Acquisition And Fullscale Integration Of Huhtamaki39s Consumer Packaging Goods Business With Veriplast Rigid And Pannunion In 2011nbsp The Huhtamaki Operations Included Rigid Plastic Consumer Goods Packaging Manufacturing In Haumlmeenlinna Finland Auneau France Siemianowice Poland And Istanbul Turkey As Well As Sales Units In Germany And Lithuania The Subsequent Integration Of Veriplast Rigid France Spain Poland Bulgaria Germany And Netherlands And Pannunion Hungary Ukraine Serbia And Romania During 2011 Made The Newly Created Company The Leading European Supplier Of Sheet For Ffs Applications And It Specialises In Mono And Multilayer Sheets In Reels Including Ps And Pp Ps Pet Pla And Barrier Sheetthe Other Private Equity Owned Top Five Player Is Vitasheetgroup Vitasheet Was Formerly Owned By British Vita But Since 2005 It Has Been Owned By The Private Equity Group Tpg Capital Formerly Texas Pacific Group The Group Is Primarily An Industrial Sheet Manufacturer With Particular Strengths In The Supply Of Abs And Pp Sheet For Graphic Arts Display Advertising Packaging And Industrial Applicationsnbsp Under Private Equity Ownership The Focus Has Been On Reorganising Its Assets To Improve Cost Competitiveness With Company Strategy Geared Towards Extending Its Portfolio And Pushing Sales In Central And Eastern Europeother Groups Using In Excess Of 100000 Tonnes Include Groupe Guillin Rpc Group Linpac And Coexpanami Estimates That The Thermoplastic Rigid Film And Sheet Market In Europe Reached Just Over 4 Million Tonnes In 2012 Which Matched The 2008 Prerecession Level With Over 800 Sheet Production Plants Operating In Europenbsp The Top 50 Producers Now Account For Nearly 65 Of The Total European Sheet Market Compared With 56 Five Years Earliereuropersquos 10 Leading Rigid Film And Sheet Producersrankingcompany Namehead Office Locationpolymers Processed1kloumlckner Pentaplastgermanypvc Ps Pp Pet Apet Sbs2paccor International Gmbhgermanyps Pp Ps Pet Pla3groupe Guillin Safrancepp Ps Pet Xpp Xps4rpc Group Plcukpp Ps Pet5vitasheetgroupukabs Pp Pe Ps Pmmapet Pla6linpac Packagingukps Pp Apet7coexpanspainps Pet Pp8bilcare Solutionsswitzerlandpvc Pvcpe Pet9quinn Manufacturing Group Holdco Ltdukps Pc San Pmma Petg10ilpa Srlitalyps Ps Pp Pet Apet Pla Abs Pmmanbsp
