Market leader for rigid and flexible films


Wednesday, 05 July, 2017

Having completed its acquisition of Linpac, the Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) Group is now the worldwide leader in the rigid and flexible film market, with annual revenues exceeding $2 billion.

The company will continue to be led by Wayne M Hewett. Daniel Dayan, former CEO of Linpac, will lead kp’s food and consumer packaging division. Through the acquisition of Linpac, an international market leader in the production of primary fresh food packaging and foodservice solutions, kp expands its capabilities, providing multimaterial technology and offering a wide range of flexible films, from complex multilayer barrier films to simple monolayer structures.

kp has operations in 18 countries and employs over 6300 people across 32 locations.

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