With the acquisition of ELAG, AMPAC will further expand its global
capabilities to create and bring to market innovative flexible packaging
concepts around the world.
AMPAC’s global expansion includes fourteen international centers of
manufacturing excellence on three continents with core centers in the
United States and Europe. The AMPAC acquisition of ELAG in Switzerland
broadens and strengthens the availability of quality pouching products
for all AMPAC customers.
Robert Elsaesser, former owner of ELAG Verpackungen AG said, “AMPAC’s
acquisition of ELAG helps the overall strategy of our companies to
produce innovative packaging technologies using all available global
resources. We are proud to join our companies to provide better service
to our customers.”
Managing Director of ELAG, Hansruedi Haeberli states, “AMPAC’s
innovative solutions in packaging, as well as their global reach, were
appealing to ELAG. Their technical expertise will be of great benefit to
our customer base, and we envision our technical expertise benefitting
AMPAC’s customers as well.”
“With our company positioned for global commerce, AMPAC’s acquisition of
ELAG has further advanced our global capabilities and provided
additional resources for the development of innovative packaging ideas.
AMPAC drives transformation and packaging performance by creating
package concepts that are more innovative, progressive and dynamic than
those used by competitive brands. AMPAC’s comprehensive approach to
packaging is an effective balance of rigorous, technology-driven
thinking and exceptional creativity,” said John Baumann, President and
CEO of AMPAC.
Joachim Antz, Managing Director of AMPAC Germany states, “ELAG is a very
good fit with our current strategies. Their strengths in flexo printing
and the strong capability in pouching at both our sites will
significantly improve AMPAC’s position in the European marketplace.”
AMPAC President Global Pouching Division Marc Rapp states, “With the
acquisition of ELAG, we are following the request of our key global
customers to offer additional high quality operations and a solid backup
position to handle their retort business. The innovative potential in
ELAG is the ideal completion of our service portfolio in Europe.” Both
senior leadership teams from AMPAC and ELAG will continue in their
present roles.