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Australia-headquartered Amcor Flexibles tops our 2011 ranking of Europe’s Top 40 producers and converters of flexible plastics films once again. The company’s European business has sales estimated at more than €2.2bn, bolstered by its recent acquisition of parts of Rio Tinto’s Alcan Packaging operation. Amcor is ahead of its nearest rival in Europe – Constantia Packaging – by more than e1.6bn in sales, according to European Plastics News estimates. And the company is likely to get even stronger. The Australian group’s purchase of Grupo Colines’ B-Pack Due cast film manufacturing division not only gave it more capacity but also its first cast film production capability. That, together with an exclusive supply deal for large BOPP lines, makes it a highly strate- gic purchase. Constantia Packaging, with estimated European sales of €655m, takes second place in this year’s ranking, followed by Nordenia International in third place with European sales of €560m. The other two players in the top five are British Polythene Industries (European sales of €515m) and Clondalkin Group (€470m). The top five companies together represent a European flexible films business worth more than €3.9bn and account for almost one third of the European sales of the 40 Consolidation continues to be a hallmark used data from filed accounts and annual companies featured in this report (Amcor of the flexible packaging sector. Aside from reports. Where that is not available, we have alone accounts for more than one sixth of Amcor’s acquisitions, the company also sold used other published sources or data pro- the total). some Spanish flexible operations last year vided directly to us by the company. Most of the leading producers of flex- to Constantia. RKW bought US-based pro- Where it has not been possible to source ible packaging have posted increased sales ducer Dana Films, and Treofan sold some information by these means we have in- over the previous year. In part, this is due cast film capacity in Italy. And the debt- cluded estimates based on available data, to continuing growth in demand for flexible ridden Italian Nuovo Pansac operations literature searches and third party sources. packaging for food and industrial applica- were recast into a new company, Pansac In all cases, where companies have complet- tions. However, the huge increase in raw International. ed disposals and acquisitions since the last materials prices also plays a big part. Just as this report went to press, Britton published figures we have amended financial Prices for film grade HDPE rose from an Group announced that it had been acquired data to take these into account. average of €1,065 per tonne to €1,215 per by private capital group Sun European Part- All of the information in this report has tonne during 2010, according to European ners, which already owns plastics packaging been sourced and validated by European Plastics News’ own resin pricing data. That producers Veriplast and Betts Group and Plastics News to the best of our ability and is an increase of 14%. Prices for film grade recently acquired the former Alcan Beauty we take responsibility for its accuracy. If you LLDPE soared from an average of €1,040 business (now operating as Albea Group). believe that information is incorrect we wel- per tonne to €1,315 per tonne, an increase come your comments and will be happy to of 26%. Average film grade LDPE prices update our records for next year. Similarly, if were up from €1,070 per tonne to €1,435 About this report you believe your company has been omitted per tonne, an increase of 35%. Meanwhile, In putting this Data Report together, we from this Data Report – or if you know of average PP film grade prices have risen from have tried to present as accurate a picture as a company we have overlooked – we would €1,025 per tonne to €1,340 per tonne, an possible of each company’s scale and activi- also like to hear from you. Please send your increase of more than 30%. ties in Europe. Wherever possible we have comments to [email protected].

Editor, Chris Smith Crain Communications Ltd, 4th Floor, Carolyn House, 26 Dingwall Road, Croydon, Tel: +44 20 8253 9614 Email: [email protected] Surrey CR0 9XF, UK Tel: +44 20 8253 9600 Printed by Headley Brothers Ltd, Ashford, Kent. ISSN 0306-3534 Contributing Editors © 2011 Crain Communications Ltd. All rights reserved. David Vink, Charlotte Eyre Contents may not be reprinted without the permission of the publishers.

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Amcor Flexibles Bischof+Klein proprietary products. The company Fresh food packaging materials Corporate Village da Vincilaan 2, Rahestrasse 47, Lengerich operates mainly in the UK, Germany and systems are distributed under the Zaventem Brussels, 1935 Belgium 49526 Germany and France but is expanding in eastern Cryovac brand. plastic film production sector +32 9240 8211 +49 5481 9200 Europe and has a plant in China. www.amcor.com www.bk-packaging.com In 2009, CeDo was acquired by Deriblok Peter Brues – President, Flexibles Rüdiger Klein – Managing Director Rutland Partners, a UK private equity Viale delle Industrie Z.I., Battipaglia Australia-headquartered Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas firm. The company’s annual sales (SA), 84091 Italy tops our 2011 ranking of Europe’s Top 40 Bischof & Klein is a privately owned amount to €210m. +39 0828 304360 producers and converters of flexible plastics Amcor Flexibles accounts globally full-service supplier of flexible plastic www.deriblok.com films once again. The company’s European for just over half of the Australian- and paper packaging and technical Clondalkin Group Davide Cincotti – President business has sales estimated at more than headquartered group’s annual sales films. The company operates six plants, ITO Tower, 9th Floor, Gustav €2.2bn, bolstered by its recent acquisition of around €8.9bn. two in Germany and one each in France, Mahlerplein 68, Amsterdam Privately-owned Deriblok has been of parts of Rio Tinto’s Alcan Packaging Last year it bought a €2.9bn slice of the UK, Poland and Saudi Arabia. 1082 MA The Netherlands producing cast polyolefin stretch films operation. the Alcan Packaging business, includ- Combined polymer throughput is +31 20 422 6911 for hand and machine application for Amcor is ahead of its nearest rival in ing European and Asian pharma, food estimated at around 77,000 tonnes per www.clondalkin-group.com more than 25 years. Europe – Constantia Packaging – by more and tobacco packaging operations, year. The company has three major Norbert McDermott – CEO The company operates 15 cast than e1.6bn in sales, according to European from Rio Tinto for around €1.45bn. It business groups; consumer packaging lines at its headquarters operation at Plastics News estimates. And the company later added the North American Alcan (48%), industrial packaging (38%) and Clondalkin Group is an international Battipaglia in Italy and has a claimed is likely to get even stronger. The Australian Medical flexibles business for €52m. technical films (13%). producer of packaging products and maximum capacity of around 230,000 group’s purchase of Grupo Colines’ B-Pack More significant in Europe was the services with annual sales of around tonnes annually. More than 65% of its Due cast film manufacturing division not acquisition in October of the €43m B- British Polythene Industries €850m. The company has 38 produc- production is exported. only gave it more capacity but also its Pack Due cast PP films business. This 96 Port Glasgow Road, Greenock tion locations in 10 countries through- first cast film production capability. That, gave Amcor Flexibles its first cast film PA15 2UL UK out Europe and North America. DuPont Teijin Films together with an exclusive supply deal for production capability. +44 1475 501000 The company’s operations are BP 1681, 1010 Luxembourg large BOPP lines, makes it a highly strate- www.bpipoly.com divided between flexible packaging, +352 2616 4004 gic purchase. Armando Alvarez Group John Langland – CEO which includes laminate and plastic www.dupontteijinfilms.com Constantia Packaging, with estimated Avda Pablo Garnica 20, Torrelavega- film production, and card and paper- Alan Cook - European Market Manager European sales of €655m, takes second Cantabria, 39399 Spain UK-headquartered British Polythene based specialist packaging. place in this year’s ranking, followed by +34 942 846100 Industries (BPI) reported a 12.5% in- In March this year, the company DuPont Tejin Films is one of the largest Nordenia International in third place with www.armandoalvarez.com crease in sales in its preliminary results announced a reorganisation of its flex- BOPET film manufacturers in Europe, European sales of €560m. The other two Armando Álvarez Villanueva – CEO and for the 2010 financial year to £478m ible packaging operations in Europe with production sites in the UK and players in the top five are British Polythene Chairman (€542m) and said that it had made a into three business units: Performance Luxembourg. The company produces Industries (European sales of €515m) and good start to 2011. 2010 sales were close Films & Foils; Engineered Films; and a range of PET films for applications Clondalkin Group (€470m). The Armando Álvarez Group claims to to 2008 levels in value terms. Laminated & Coated Products. such as flat-panel displays and other The top five companies together represent be Spain’s largest polyethylene plastic BPI produces more than 275,000 electronics, photovoltaics, data storage, a European flexible films business worth converter with annual production tonnes of film products each year, 95% Constantia Packaging packaging and health care applications. more than €3.9bn and account for almost capacity of more than 200,000 tonnes, sold to the European market, and it Opernring 17, Vienna, 1010 Austria Worldwide, the company also has one third of the European sales of the 40 Consolidation continues to be a hallmark used data from filed accounts and annual including films and industrial and recycles 64,000 tonnes of film from UK +43 1 58855 0 activities in North America and Asia, in- companies featured in this report (Amcor of the flexible packaging sector. Aside from reports. Where that is not available, we have consumer rigid packaging. industrial, agricultural, and domestic www.constantiapackaging.com cluding its operation at Ibaraki in Japan. alone accounts for more than one sixth of Amcor’s acquisitions, the company also sold used other published sources or data pro- The company’s head office is located sources. Dr. Hanno M. Bästlein – CEO the total). some Spanish flexible operations last year vided directly to us by the company. at Torrelavega, home to its original Eiffel Most of the leading producers of flex- to Constantia. RKW bought US-based pro- Where it has not been possible to source plastic film company Aspla-Plásticos Britton Group Constantia Packaging is a €1.7bn Via Provinciale 35/A, Localita Ghiara ible packaging have posted increased sales ducer Dana Films, and Treofan sold some information by these means we have in- Españoles. It also owns Silvalac, Road One, Winsford Industrial Estate, Austrian packaging company with Sabbioni, Fontanellato (Parma), 43012 over the previous year. In part, this is due cast film capacity in Italy. And the debt- cluded estimates based on available data, Industrias Gráficas Castells, Plásticos Winsford, CW7 3RD UK activities in aluminium (AMAG), cor- Italy to continuing growth in demand for flexible ridden Italian Nuovo Pansac operations literature searches and third party sources. Vanguardia, Rafia Industrial, Solplast, +44 1616 866423 rugated paper and board (Constantia +39 0521 829711 packaging for food and industrial applica- were recast into a new company, Pansac In all cases, where companies have complet- Sotrafa, Macresac and Poliplastic. www.brittongroup.com Duropack) and plastics films and www.eiffel.it tions. However, the huge increase in raw International. ed disposals and acquisitions since the last Mike Clark – CEO laminates (Constantia Flexibles). Giovanni Contini – President materials prices also plays a big part. Just as this report went to press, Britton published figures we have amended financial Bemis Europe The Constatntia Flexibles business Prices for film grade HDPE rose from an Group announced that it had been acquired data to take these into account. Boulevard Kennedy, Zone Industrial, The Britton Group claims to be one of includes plastic films, as well as plas- Italian company Eiffel is a well estab- average of €1,065 per tonne to €1,215 per by private capital group Sun European Part- All of the information in this report has Zone B, Soignies, 7060 Belgium the top ten PE film manufacturers in tics, paper and foil labelling laminates. lished producer of blown polyethylene tonne during 2010, according to European ners, which already owns plastics packaging been sourced and validated by European +32 67 346 440 Europe, producing 90,000 tonnes of It generates global sales of around films for the agricultural sector, includ- Plastics News’ own resin pricing data. That producers Veriplast and Betts Group and Plastics News to the best of our ability and www.bemis-europe.com plain, printed and converted polyethyl- €976m. Most of its activities are in Eu- ing tunnel, silage and mulch films. It is an increase of 14%. Prices for film grade recently acquired the former Alcan Beauty we take responsibility for its accuracy. If you Henry J Theisen – President & CEO ene (polythene) film each year. rope, with the dairy, food and pharma also makes general industrial, packag- LLDPE soared from an average of €1,040 business (now operating as Albea Group). believe that information is incorrect we wel- In April this year, Sun European sectors its main application areas. ing and geomembrane products. per tonne to €1,315 per tonne, an increase come your comments and will be happy to With annual sales of around €3.4bn, Capital acquired the company from The company operates 30 blown of 26%. Average film grade LDPE prices update our records for next year. Similarly, if Bemis Company is one of the world’s HSBC Private Equity. The company Cryovac Group film lines at its 44,000m2 production were up from €1,070 per tonne to €1,435 About this report you believe your company has been omitted major players in flexible packaging has three divisions operating from sep- 1 Marston Road, St Neots, PE19 2HN UK and R&D centre at Fontanellato. per tonne, an increase of 35%. Meanwhile, In putting this Data Report together, we from this Data Report – or if you know of companies, operating more than 70 arate sites: Taco in Cheshire, Merlin in +44 1480 224000 average PP film grade prices have risen from have tried to present as accurate a picture as a company we have overlooked – we would plants around the world. Lincolnshire, and Decoflex in County www.cryovac.com ExxonMobil Chemical €1,025 per tonne to €1,340 per tonne, an possible of each company’s scale and activi- also like to hear from you. Please send your The bulk of the company’s activities Durham, and operates 40 extruders for William Hickey – CEO Europe increase of more than 30%. ties in Europe. Wherever possible we have comments to [email protected]. are located in the US, and it strength- producing cast and blown films. Film Business Unit, 1b Rue Thomas ened its position there in flexible Cryovac is the European fresh food Edison Strassen, 1019 Luxembourg packaging at the end of 2009 with the CeDo Croup packaging business of US-headquar- +352 45 102 2211 acquisition of the Alcan Food Americas Halesfield 11, Telford, TF7 4LZ UK tered Sealed Air Corp, which generates www.oppfilms.com Editor, Chris Smith Crain Communications Ltd, 4th Floor, Carolyn House, 26 Dingwall Road, Croydon, business from Rio Tinto, for which it +44 1952 272727 global sales of around €3bn. Christian Candoni – Global Marketing Tel: +44 20 8253 9614 Email: [email protected] Surrey CR0 9XF, UK Tel: +44 20 8253 9600 Printed by Headley Brothers Ltd, Ashford, Kent. ISSN 0306-3534 paid around €1.2bn. www.cedo.com Sealed Air produces a wide range Communications Europe Contributing Editors © 2011 Crain Communications Ltd. All rights reserved. The Bemis Europe operation David Pearce – CEO of protective packaging (including David Vink, Charlotte Eyre Contents may not be reprinted without the permission of the publishers. includes six manufacturing sites - two BubbleWrap), packaging equipment A subsidiary of the €214bn ExxonMobil Data research and validation by European Plastics News in the UK and one each in France, CeDo manufactures bin liners, nappy and performance-based materials for Belgium, Finland and Ireland. sacks and cling film for own-label and consumer and industrial markets. ➤ Continued on page 7

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Rank Rank Company Headquarters Website Contact Name Contact Name Global Source Flexible Sales Source Flexible Sales Source Global Global Flexible European Flexible Material 2011 2010 Location Job Title Job Title Sales Global Europe Manufacturing Plastics Sites Plastics Sites Consumption €m - €m -€m Sites (Number) (Number) (Number) (Tonnes) Peter Brues 1 1 1 Amcor Amcor Flexibles Australia www.amcor.com President, Flexibles Europe & Americas 8,900 Company 3,236 Company 2,297 Estimate 300 116 116 80 – Dr. Dr. Hanno M. Bästlein Thomas Unger 2 – – Constantia Constantia Packaging Austria www.constantiapackaging.com CEO CEO Constantia Flexibles 1,704 1,704 Company Company 780 Estimate 655 Estimate 44 30 26 – Ralph Landwehr Andreas Picolin 3 2 2 Nordenia Nordenia International International Germany Germany www.nordenia.com www.nordenia.com Chairman Executive Vice Chairman 664 Company 664 Company 560 Company 8 8 5 210,000 John Langland David Harris 4 4 4 British British Polythene Industries Industries UK UK www.bpipoly.com CEO Group Finance Director 542 Company 542 Company 515 Estimate 21 21 19 19 275,000 Norbert Norbert McDermott John Fitzergald 5 7 7 Clondalkin Clondalkin Group Netherlands www.clondalkin-group.com CEO CEO Flexible Packaging Division 853 Company 597 Estimate 470 Estimate 38 18 18 9 – 6 9 9 Cryovac Cryovac Group US www.cryovac.com William Hickey Helios Ruiz CEO European Marketing Manager 3,015 Company 1,634 Estimate 408 Estimate 114 114 65 10 10 – Matti Rovamaa Ari Lehtola 7 5 5 Wihuri Wihuri Packaging Division (Wipak) (Wipak) Finland Finland www.wipak.com www.wipak.com VP & General Manager Finance Director 815 Estimate 815 Estimate 405 Estimate 20 20 11 11 250,000 Martin Peterson Bo-Anders Carlsson 8 8 8 Trioplast Trioplast Industrier Industrier Sweden www.trioplast.se Managing Director and CEO CFO 400 Company 400 Company 400 Company 12 12 12 12 12 12 170,000170,000 Suresh Gupta Peter Wahsner 9 12 12 Huhtamaki Huhtamaki Finland www.huhtamaki.com Executive VP Flexible Packaging Executive VP Films 1,951 1,951 Company Company 688 Estimate 390 Estimate 53 13 13 3 – Armando Armando Alvarez Villanueva 10 3 3 Armando Armando Alvarez Group Spain www.armandoalvarez.com CEO and Chairman 540 Estimate 375 Estimate 375 Estimate 12 12 12 12 12 12 150,000150,000 John Persenda 10 9 9 Sphere Sphere Group France www.sphere.eu CEO 375 Company 375 Company 375 Company 14 14 14 14 14 14 130,000130,000 Henry Henry J Theisen Marc J Diussert 10 15 15 Bemis Bemis Europe US www.bemis-europe.com President & CEO President, Flexible Packaging Europe 3,433 Company 3,034 Company 375 Estimate 80 74 6 – Carlo Ranucci Wolfgang Posner 13 11 11 Treofan Treofan Germany www.treofan.com Group CEO Group CFO 487 Company 487 Company 369 Company 4 4 3 155,000155,000 14 10 10 Bischof+Klein Bischof+Klein Germany www.bk-packaging.com Rüdiger Rüdiger Klein Managing Director 373 Public record record 373 373 Public Public record record 310 310 Estimate Estimate 6 6 5 120,000120,000 Sandro Sandro Manuli Massimo Moroni 1515 13 13 Manuli Manuli Stretch Italy Italy www.manulistretch.com President CEO 319 Company 319 Company 280 Company 6 6 3 230,000 Roland Roth Harold Biederbick 16 16 6 6 RKW RKW Germany www.rkw-group.com CEO Executive VP 357 Public Record 250 Estimate 250 Estimate 18 18 18 18 16 16 200,000 Christian Candoni Robert Dobies 17 17 21 21 ExxonMobil ExxonMobil Chemical Europe US www.oppfilms.com Global Marketing Communications Europe General Manager, Films Business 214,320 Company 450 Estimate 239 Estimate 7 7 3 –– David Beeby Alexander van’t Riet 18 18 16 16 Innovia Innovia Films UK www.innoviafilms.com CEO Global Sales & Marketing Director 400 Estimate 400 Estimate 220 Estimate 4 4 2 70,000 Abel Abel Barbier 19 19 17 17 Groupe Groupe Barbier France www.barbiergroup.com Chairman 210 Company 210 Company 210 Company 5 5 5 120,000120,000 Valerio Galzitti Detlef Schuhmann 20 18 18 Taghleef Taghleef Industries Industries UAE www.ti-films.com CEO Europe CEO 495 Estimate 205 Estimate 205 Estimate 6 6 2 110,000110,000 Fabio Gandolfi Fabrizio Lori 21 14 14 Pansac Pansac International International Italy Italy www.pansacint.com CEO Owner 200 Estimate 200 Estimate 200 Estimate 3 4 3 88,000 Michael Michael Mettler Christoph Mettler 21 18 18 Papier-Mettler Papier-Mettler Germany www.papier-mettler.com Owner 555 Public Record 200 Estimate 200 Estimate 3 3 3 –– Lutz Runkel Walter Hantzsche 21 Poli-Film Poli-Film Group Germany www.poli-film.biz CEO CFO 357 Public Record 357 Public Record 200 Estimate 6 6 2 –– Alan Alan Cook 24 19 19 DuPont DuPont Teijin Films US www.dupontteijinfilms.com European Market Manager 1,000 1,000 Estimate Estimate 1,000 1,000 Estimate Estimate 175 175 Estimate Estimate 7 7 2 75,000 IrmaIrma Battista 25 20 20 Vibac Vibac Group Italy Italy www.vibac.com President and CEO 350 Estimate 210 Estimate 165 Estimate 6 6 3 110,000110,000 Mike Clark Paul Toby 26 Britton Britton Group UK www.brittongroup.com CEO Commercial Director 170 170 Company Company 170 170 Company Company 160 160 Company Company 3 3 3 95,000 27 21 21 Rani Rani Plast Finland www.raniplast.fi Patrik Högkvist Mika Lehtinen 150 150 Estimate Estimate 150 150 Estimate Estimate 150 150 Estimate Estimate 3 3 3 100,000100,000 Sales, Converting Films Sales, Packaging David Pearce 27 CeDo CeDo Croup Netherlands www.cedo.com CEO 210 Company 150 150 Company Company 150 150 Company Company 4 4 2 –– Osamu INOUEINOUE Thierry Robic 27 21 21 Toray Toray Plastics Japan www.toray.com CEO General Manager Sales & Marketing 15,000 15,000 Company Company 800 Estimate 150 Estimate 8 8 1 1 60,000 Manfred F Schlapps 30 22 22 Unterland Unterland Flexible Packaging Austria www.unterland.at Managing Director 142 142 Company Company 142 142 Company Company 142 142 Company Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 60,000 Mario Mario Iazzolino Iazzolino Luca Iazzolino Iazzolino 31 18 18 Plastotecnica Plastotecnica Italy Italy www.plastotecnica.com President Board Member 220 Company 220 Company 140 Estimate 3 3 2 150,000150,000 Ansgar Pohl Harald Rücker 32 21 21 Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Polyester Film Germany www.m-petfilm.com Managing Director Sales & marketing manager 17,000 17,000 Company Company 310 Estimate 122 Public Record 4 4 1 1 60,000 Mr B Atabay Mr L Sipahi 33 Polinas Polinas Turkey www.polinas.com.tr Managing Director Assistant General Manager 110 110 Estimate Estimate 110 110 Estimate Estimate 110 110 Estimate Estimate 1 1 1 1 1 1 –– IgnazioIgnazio Capuano Veronica Arciolo 34 23 23 Manucor Manucor (formerly(formerly Manuli Films) Italy www.manucor.com President Company secretarysecretary 109 109 Public Public Record 109 Public Record 109 Public Record 1 1 1 1 1 1 113,000113,000 David David Meldram 35 21 21 Linpac Linpac Packaging UK www.linpacpackaging.com Managing Director 1,300 1,300 Estimate Estimate 105 105 Estimate Estimate 105 105 Estimate Estimate 49 5 2 –– Davide Cincotti Emma Cincotti 36 Deriblok Deriblok Italy Italy www.deriblok.com President Board Member 99 Public record record 99 Public record record 99 99 Public Public record record 1 1 1 1 1 1 55,000 37 Safta Safta Italy Italy www.safta.it 97 Company 97 Estimate 97 Estimate 1 1 1 1 1 1 –– M Necdet Kileci T Selbasti 38 Superfilm Superfilm Turkey www.superfilm.com General Manager Technical Director 90 Estimate 90 Estimate 90 Estimate 1 1 1 1 1 1 100,000100,000 Giovanni Contini Lorenzo Contini 39 Eiffel Eiffel Italy Italy www.eiffel.it President Company Secretary 56 Public Record 56 Public Record 56 Public Record 1 1 1 1 1 1 60,000 Jaroslav Fibichr Frantisek Berka 40 Granitol Granitol Czech Republic www.granitol.cz CEO FinanceFinance Director 47 Estimate 47 Estimate 47 Estimate 1 1 1 1 1 1 ––

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Rank Rank Company Headquarters Website Production Capabilities Geographical Markets 2011 2010 Blown Film Blown Film Cast Lamination Printing Conversion Europe North America America South Asia Middle East/Africa 1 1 Amcor Flexibles Australia www.amcor.com l l l l l l l l l l 2 – Constantia Packaging Austria www.constantiapackaging.com l l l l l l l l l 3 2 Nordenia International Germany www.nordenia.com l l l l l l l l 4 4 British Polythene Industries UK www.bpipoly.com l l l l l l l 5 7 Clondalkin Group Netherlands www.clondalkin-group.com l l l l l l l 6 9 Cryovac Group US www.cryovac.com l l l l l l l l l l 7 5 Wihuri Packaging Division (Wipak) Finland www.wipak.com l l l l l l l l 8 8 Trioplast Industrier Sweden www.trioplast.se l l l l l l l 9 12 Huhtamaki Finland www.huhtamaki.com l l l l l l l l l 10 3 Armando Alvarez Group Spain www.armandoalvarez.com l l l l l 10 9 Sphere Group France www.sphere.eu l l l l l 10 15 Bemis Europe US www.bemis-europe.com l l l l l l l l l l 13 11 Treofan Germany www.treofan.com l l l 14 10 Bischof+Klein Germany www.bk-packaging.com l l l l l 15 13 Manuli Stretch Italy www.manulistretch.com l l l l l 16 6 RKW Germany www.rkw-group.com l l l l 17 21 ExxonMobil Chemical Europe US www.oppfilms.com l l l l l l l 18 16 Innovia Films UK www.innoviafilms.com l l l l l l 19 17 Groupe Barbier France www.barbiergroup.com l l l l 20 18 Taghleef Industries UAE www.ti-films.com l l l l 21 14 Pansac Int. (form. Nuova Pansac) Italy www.pansacint.com l l 21 18 Papier-Mettler Germany www.papier-mettler.com l l 21 – Poli-Film Group Germany www.poli-film.biz l l l l l l 24 19 DuPont Teijin Films US www.dupontteijinfilms.com l l l l l l l 25 20 Vibac Group Italy www.vibac.com l l 26 – Britton Group UK www.brittongroup.com l l l l l l 27 21 Rani Plast Finland www.raniplast.fi l l l l l l 27 – CeDo Croup Netherlands www.cedo.com l l l l 27 21 Toray Plastics Japan www.toray.com l l l l l l l 30 22 Unterland Flexible Packaging Austria www.unterland.at l l l l l l 31 18 Plastotecnica Italy www.plastotecnica.com l l l l l 32 21 Mitsubishi Polyester Film Germany www.m-petfilm.com l l l 33 – Polinas Turkey www.polinas.com.tr l l l l l 34 23 Manucor (formerly Manuli Films) Italy www.manucor.com l 35 21 Linpac Packaging UK www.linpacpackaging.com l l l l l l 36 – Deriblok Italy www.deriblok.com l 37 – Safta Italy www.safta.it l l l l l 38 – Superfilm Turkey www.superfilm.com l l l l l 39 – Eiffel Italy www.eiffel.it l l 40 – Granitol Czech Republic www.granitol.cz l l l l

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Rank Rank Company Headquarters Website Production Capabilities Geographical Markets ➤ Continued from page 3 range of industrial and packaging films, Manuli Stretch Pansac International is a new company 2011 2010 serving markets as divers as healthcare Pozzili IS, 86077 Italy created out of the restructuring of the company, ExxonMobil Chemical Films and automotive. +39 0865 9181 Nuova Pansac PE films business, which is one of the world’s largest manu- The company’s films business oper- www.manulistretch.com was liquidated in 2010 following a one facturers of oriented PP films with a ates three manufacturing sites in Europe Sandro Manuli – President third fall in sales. global BOPP film business worth an generating sales of an estimated €390m. Under the terms of the rearrange- estimated €450m. Manuli Stretch is the world’s largest ment reached in November 2010, most The company’s European film Innovia Films PE stretch film manufacturer with of the debts will remain with the former operations are run out of Luxembourg Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 9BG UK annual sales in 2010 of €319.5 million Nuova Pansac company while business Blown Film Blown Film Cast Lamination Printing Conversion Europe North America America South Asia Middle East/Africa and have an estimated production +44 1697 342281 and production capacity of 270,000 will continue under the new Pansac 1 1 Amcor Flexibles Australia www.amcor.com l l l l l l l l l l capacity of around 200,000 tonnes. www.innoviafilms.com tonnes. The company supplies LLDPE International name. 2 – Constantia Packaging Austria www.constantiapackaging.com l l l l l l l l l ExxonMobil produces a wide range David Beeby – CEO stretch packaging film for food, bever- The production plants at Marghera, of OPP films, including Bicor transpar- age, pharmaceuticals, retail and agri- Mira, Zingonia and Ravenna continue 3 2 Nordenia International Germany www.nordenia.com l l l l l l l l ent, Oppalyte coated white, and Metal- Innovia Films boasts a product port- cultural applications. It also recently to operate, but Pansac International no 4 4 British Polythene Industries UK www.bpipoly.com l l l l l l l lyte metallised products. folio that encompasses both specialty introduced cast polypropylene film longer lists the former Nuovo Pansac BOPP and cellulose films, including the (CPP) for food packaging applications. plants at Verdellino, Mantova, Milan and 5 7 Clondalkin Group Netherlands www.clondalkin-group.com l l l l l l l Granitol highly successful Natureflex range of The largest and most productive Portogruaro as production locations. Partyzanska 464, Moravsky Beroun, compostable cellulose products. plant is located on the chemical park at 6 9 Cryovac Group US www.cryovac.com l l l l l l l l l l Czech Republic Group sales amount to around Schkopau, Germany, which accounted Papier-Mettler 7 5 Wihuri Packaging Division (Wipak) Finland www.wipak.com l l l l l l l l +420 554 780211 €400m, of which a little more than half is for €120m of group turnover in 2008 Hochwaldstrasse 22, Morbach www.granitol.cz derived from Europe. Global production and where investment in two new lines 54497 Germany 8 8 Trioplast Industrier Sweden www.trioplast.se l l l l l l l Jaroslav Fibichr – CEO capacities total around 120,000 tonnes further expanded production capacity in +49 6533 790 of BOPP and 25,000 tonnes of cellulose 2010 to almost 140,000 tonnes per year. www.papier-mettler.com 9 12 Huhtamaki Finland www.huhtamaki.com l l l l l l l l l Founded in 1895 as a weaving company, products (the company is the world’s Michael Mettler – Owner 10 3 Armando Alvarez Group Spain www.armandoalvarez.com l l l l l Moravsky Beroun-based Granitol is largest producer of cellulose films). Mitsubishi Polyester Film one of the largest extruders of blown At the beginning of this year, the Kasteler Strasse 45, Wiesbaden, Based at Morbach in Germany, Papier- 10 9 Sphere Group France www.sphere.eu l l l l l PE films in the Czech Republic with a company announced an investment 65203 Germany Mettler is a privately owned manu- 10 15 Bemis Europe US www.bemis-europe.com l l l l l l l l l l product line extending to construction, programme that will include upgrading +49 611 96203 facturer of paper and plastics based hygiene and printed packaging. its coating and slitting capabilities. www.m-petfilm.com flexible packaging, including printed 13 11 Treofan Germany www.treofan.com l l l Since 2004, Granitol has been owned Ansgar Pohl – Managing Director and non-printed products. by the Slovakian investment group, Linpac Packaging In January 2011, the company an- 14 10 Bischof+Klein Germany www.bk-packaging.com l l l l l Slovintegra, and under its ownership the A1 Business Park, Knottingley, WF11 0BL Mitsubishi Polyester Films is a part of nounced the introduction of a PE film 15 13 Manuli Stretch Italy www.manulistretch.com l l l l l company has seen considerable invest- UK the polyester film group of Mitsubishi produced from materials derived from ment in its multi-layer extrusion and +44 1977 671111 Plastics, which is the world’s third sugar cane yet with “all the properties 16 6 RKW Germany www.rkw-group.com l l l l printing capacity. www.linpacpackaging.com largest producer of polyester films. The of conventional PE” and competitively David Meldram – Managing Director company’s European business is head- priced compared with other bioplastics. 17 21 ExxonMobil Chemical Europe US www.oppfilms.com l l l l l l l Groupe Barbier quartered at Wiesbaden in Germany The new product joins three other 18 16 Innovia Films UK www.innoviafilms.com l l l l l l La Guide BP 39, Sainte Sigolene Part of the €1.3bn Linpac group of where it has an annual production environmentally favourable films made 43602 France companies, Linpac Packaging is best capacity of 60,000 tonnes per year. from post-use film waste (EcoLoop), 19 17 Groupe Barbier France www.barbiergroup.com l l l l +33 4 7175 1111 known for its rigid packaging activi- The company supplies products for biodegradable packaging made with www.barbiergroup.com 20 18 Taghleef Industries UAE www.ti-films.com l l l l ties. However, the company also has technically demanding packaging and conventional materials (NatureStep) Abel Barbier – Chairman a considerable presence in the films medical applications, as well as for elec- and compostable packaging made 21 14 Pansac Int. (form. Nuova Pansac) Italy www.pansacint.com l l sector, particularly in barrier films for trical applications such as transformer from naturally re-occurring materials Agriculture is the main market for the MAP and extended shelf life packs and cable insulation, electronic applica- (BioStep). 21 18 Papier-Mettler Germany www.papier-mettler.com l l France-based Barbier, which manufac- market which is estimated to amount tions such as membrane switches and € 21 – Poli-Film Group Germany www.poli-film.biz l l l l l l tures products such as silage, mulching to around 105m in Europe. flexible circuitry, or special applications Plastotecnica and greenhouse covering films. The group finalised a debt restruc- such as vacuum insulation panels (VIPs). Viale dell’Industria, 5a Strada Nr 2/1, 24 19 DuPont Teijin Films US www.dupontteijinfilms.com l l l l l l l The group operates mainly in France turing at the beginning of last year Bagnoli di Sopra (PD), 35023 Italy and has annual turnover of €220m, with and sold a number of “non-core” Nordenia International +39 049 9579 911 25 20 Vibac Group Italy www.vibac.com l l 92% of sales made within the country. units at the beginning of this year to Airport Center am FMO, Greven, www.plastotecnica.com 26 – Britton Group UK www.brittongroup.com l l l l l l The company also makes shrink Chamonix Private Equity. The com- 48268 Germany Mario Iazzolino – President and stretch films, while the technical pany said the sale of the businesses – +49 2571 91910 27 21 Rani Plast Finland www.raniplast.fi l l l l l l product line includes laminated films, which included Linpac Environmen- www.nordenia.com Italian plastic packaging supplier Plas- peelable films, special freezer films tal and Linpac Recycling – would help Ralph Landwehr – Chairman totecnica is a leading manufacturer 27 – CeDo Croup Netherlands www.cedo.com l l l l and micro-perforated products. The it pay down debt. of stretch and shrink films, industrial 27 21 Toray Plastics Japan www.toray.com l l l l l l l company produces more than 4.5bn Germany-headquartered Nordenia sacks and stretch hoods with claimed plastic bags annually. Manucor International has film extrusion and sales of around €220m and production 30 22 Unterland Flexible Packaging Austria www.unterland.at l l l l l l Strada Cons Cellole-Piedimonte, Italy converting facilities throughout the capacity of 150,000 tonnes. 31 18 Plastotecnica Italy www.plastotecnica.com l l l l l Huhtamaki +39 0823 605001 world, including plants in Germany, The company produces mostly LL- Keilaranta 10, Espoo, 2150 Finland www.manucor.it Spain, the US, China and Malaysia. In DPE films at two facilities in the Padua 32 21 Mitsubishi Polyester Film Germany www.m-petfilm.com l l l +358 10 686 7000 Ignazio Capuano – President recent years, it has focused on strength- region in Italy. www.huhtamaki.com ening its position in central and eastern l l l l l 33 – Polinas Turkey www.polinas.com.tr Suresh Gupta – Executive VP Flexible Manucor, formerly known as Manuli Europe and it now has production fa- Poli-Film Group 34 23 Manucor (formerly Manuli Films) Italy www.manucor.com l Packaging Films, started as a self-adhesive tape cilities in Poland, Hungary and Russia. Alte Papiermühle Hämmern 10, producer in 1987 but has become one Although it was reported in 2010 that Wipperfürth, 51688 Germany 35 21 Linpac Packaging UK www.linpacpackaging.com l l l l l l Huhtamaki is a global packaging of Europe’s leading BOPP film manu- the company’s owners, US-based Oak- +492267 6970 group comprising five global business facturers with production capacity of tree Capital Management, were looking www.poli-film.biz 36 – Deriblok Italy www.deriblok.com l segments – two of which are involved around 113,000 tonnes per year at its for buyers for the business, there have Lutz Runkel – CEO 37 – Safta Italy www.safta.it l l l l l in flexible packaging sector. site at Sessa Aurunca in Italy. been no signs yet of this happening. Huhtamaki’s Flexible Packaging di- Majority owned by Equinox Invest- Germany-headquartered Poli-Film has 38 – Superfilm Turkey www.superfilm.com l l l l l vision accounted for 23% of its global ment, with minor stakes held by the Pansac International production plants in Germany, France, 39 – Eiffel Italy www.eiffel.it l l sales last year, manufacturing for the bank Intesa San Paolo and the Manuli S.S. 309, Romeo Mira (VE), 30030 Italy China, US and India, producing blown food, hygiene and healthcare sectors. family, in November 2009 the Italian +39 0376 366323 and cast film products. 40 – Granitol Czech Republic www.granitol.cz l l l l The Films division accounted for 8% of packaging group Reno de Medici took www.pansacint.com group sales and manufactures a wide a 23% share in the business. Fabio Gandolfi – CEO ➤ Continued on page 8

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➤ Continued from page 7 Safta its existing units in UAE, Oman and pointed Martin Peterson as its new Via Arda 11, Piacenza, 29100 Italy Egypt. CEO. He joined from the international The company claims to be one of +39 0523 5981 Last year, the company extended glass and metal packaging manufac- the leading film extruders in Europe www.safta.it its activities into the bioplastics arena, turer Ardagh Group. and claims to be among the top three launching the Nativia line of films pro- global producers of specialist surface Italian film producer Safta is a member duced using NatureWorks PLA resins. Unterland Flexible protection films. of the GualaPack Group of companies. Available in 20 and 50 micron thickness- Packaging It generates sales of close to €100m per es, the new products are made on a mod- Kufsteiner Strasse 2, Langkampfen, Polinas year from its single production site at ified BOPP line at its Italian production 6336 Austria Organize Sanayi Bolgesi 45030, Piacenza. site at San Giorgio di Nogaro. +43 5372 601 Manisa, Turkey Safta runs five multi-layer blown film www.unterland.at +90 236 226 2200 lines, while its conversion capabilities Toray Plastics Manfred F Schlapps – Managing Director www.polinas.com.tr include rotogravure printing, laminat- St Maurice de Beynost, 1700 France B Atabay – Managing Director ing and slitting. Laminated films devel- +33 472 88 1600 Austrian-based Unterland Flexible oped for specific customer applications www.toray.com Packaging – owned by the Mondi Polinas is a subsidiary of Turkish food are the core of its activities. Osamu INOUE – CEO Packaging Group – produces a wide company Yildiz Holding, one of the range of polyolefin films for transport, region’s main food and food packaging Sphere Group Japan-based Toray Plastics has a large agricultural, food, medical and phar- manufacturers. 3 Rue Scheffer, Paris, 75116 France base in Europe thanks to its Toray maceutical applications. Polinas, which was formed in 1982 +331 5365 2300 Plastics Europe facility in France, The company claims its Langkamp- and now employs 350 workers, is a sub- www.sphere.eu which is the region’s second largest fen headquarters plant near Kufstein sidiary of Yıldız Holding Packaging. The John Persenda – CEO polyester film unit with production in the Tyrol province of Austria is one firm is a leading producer of PP flexible capacity of 60,000 tonnes. of the largest plastic film produc- packaging in Turkey, as well as manu- France’s Sphere Group is one of In 2009, the company invested tion sites in the world. The facility is facturing various plastic films such as Europe’s largest producer of waste €64m in a 20,000 tonnes film produc- focused on production of multilayer cast and bio-oriented polypropylene. collection packaging, with 17 plants in tion plant in France to produce OPP films that it then prints in up to 10 Earlier this year, Polinas bought seven countries. high-barrier metallised film. colours. Applicatons include lami- Nuroll from PET resin producer M&G The company produces items such nated, stretch-hood, stretch-wrap and Group. as bin-liners, freezer bags and films and Treofan waste-wrap, as well as converted bags. processes biodegradable resins from Am Prime Parc 17, Raunheim, Rani Plast renewable plant-based sources. Last 65479 Germany Vibac Group Tehtaantie 6, Teerjarvi , 68700 Finland year, a French court ruled in Sphere’s fa- +49 6142 2000 Strada Ticineto Salita S Salvatore +358 20 7680111 vour over a patent row with Novamont. www.treofan.com Ticineto (AL), 15040 Italy www.raniplast.fi Novamont had made a patent infringe- Carlo Ranucci – Group CEO +39 0142 413200 Patrik Högkvist – Sales, Converting ment claim against Sphere as well as www.vibac.com Films German bioplastics producer Biotec. Treofan is a leading European manufac- Irma Battista – President and CEO turer of BOPP and OPP films with Rani Plast is a Finland-based, family Superfilm European production capacity of Vibac Group is a privately-owned com- owned film extrusion company sup- Haci Sani Konukoglu Bulv No 1 2, 155,000 tonnes per year. Following a pany with two business groups, BOPP plying PE and PP packaging materials Organize Sanayi Bolgesi, Baspinar/ period of financial uncertainty, Treofan food packaging film and carton sealing, mainly in Scandinavia. Most of the Gaziantep, Turkey completed a financial restructuring masking, waterproofing & pressure company’s film is used in industrial, +90 342 211 6000 in 2009. It sold its cast polypropylene sensitive tapes (made in BOPP, PVC, agriculture and converting appli- www.superfilm.com production site and assets at Lamezia, natural/synthetic rubber and paper). cations and overall annual ouput M Necdet Kileci – General Manager Italy, in January 2010 to local inves- Vibac’s European operations have a amounts to 100,000 tonnes. tors for €2m. Later in the year it also production capacity of 100,000 tonnes Last year, the company announced Superfilm, a new addition to the EPN sold its Liège, Belgium, plant with per year for Vibac brand BOPP film plans to become one of the major sup- data report, is a Turkey-based manu- 100 employees to Luxembourg based and produce a range of clear, metal- pliers of polyethylene film in Russia facturer of BOPET, PET-G, BOPA and Crystal Amaranth, enabling it to focus lised and white opaque films. Aside with a new plant in the city of Kaluga. PET films. The company claims to be only on specialty BOPP film. The deal from the Italian BOPP production at The plant, expected to be completed in producing 70,000 tonnes of BOPP with Crystal included toll production of the L’Aquila and Potenza sites in Italy, late 2011, will have an area of 5,400m2. films per annum and has the only up to 20,000 tonnes per year of BOPP BOPP film is also produced in the seven layer barrier line producing CPP film. The disposals followed the Janu- company’s operations at Morriston in RKW structures in Turkey. ary 2008 disposal of Treofan’s former the US and Montreal in Canada. Nachtweideweg 1-7, Frankenthal , In October last year, the company Biophan PLA film business. 67227 Germany expanded capacity by 50,000 tonnes. Wihuri Packaging Division +49 62 33-87 09-0 The two new lines will be phased into Trioplast Industrier (Wipak) www.rkw-group.com production in the third quarter of this Parkgatan 10, Box 143, Smålandsstenar Wipaktie 2, PO Box 45 , 15561 Finland Roland Roth – CEO year. 333 23 Sweden +358 20510 311 +46 371 34510 www.wipak.com RKW-Group is one of Europe’s leading Taghleef Industries www.trioplast.se Matti Rovamaa – VP & General Manager manufacturers of polyethylene and Via E Fermi 46, San Giogio di Nogaro Martin Peterson – Managing Director polypropylene films, nonwovens and (UD), 33058 Italy and CEO The Packaging Division of the Finnish nets, generating sales of €356.9m in +39 0431 627 111 conglomerate Wihuri includes the 2009. Major sales activities include www.ti-films.com Trioplast of Sweden develops, manu- European Wipak films business and a hygiene products, agricultural film and Valerio Galzitti – CEO Europe factures and supplies PE packaging, 53% shareholding in North American nets, industrial packaging, technical predominantly hygiene, agricultural sister company Winpak. films and consumer packaging. With global production capacity and special purpose printed films. Together the two groups generate In January 2011, the company of around 290,000 tonnes, Dubai- The company was founded in sales of around €815m, around half of acquired US- based Dana Films, a headquartered Taghleef Industries 1965, and has grown to include 15 which comes from Europe. Both com- producer of blown lamination, label, is now among the largest BOPP film manufacturing plants in Europe today panies supply flexible and semi-rigid lidding and multilayer barrier films up manufacturers in the world. employing around 1,300 people. Sales films for food, medical packaging and to seven layers. Taghleef Industries operates two for 2010 stood at around €400m, an technical applications. RKW-Group has 16 plants in eight manufacturing units in Europe – in increase of around 5% on the previous The company announced a major in- European countries, as well as plants Italy and Hungary. Both were acquired year. vestment in new manufacturing capacity in the US and Vietnam. from Radici Films in 2008 and joined Earlier this year, the company ap- in its Winpak business earlier this year.

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