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Exopack to acquire Specialty Films & Associates

Exopack, LLC, Spartanburg, SC, has announced that it will acquire the assets of Specialty Films & Associates (SF&A), Hebron, KY.

SF&A will join the Exopack team as a wholly-owned subsidiary and will remain located in Hebron, KY, with plans to expand the facility into a pouch-making center.

“SF&A’s innovative shaped and spouted pouches have won numerous industry awards,” says Patrick M. Woods, Exopack’s president & CEO. “We look forward to working together as a team to establish a world-class pouch making facility with the capacity and resources to service the major consumer packaged goods industry.”

Jane Dirr, SF&A president says, “Exopack has unique capabilities to extrude, laminate and print the high-quality rollstock that our pouches require. Our combined assets will provide customers with the reliable source of supply they demand.”

For more information, see www.exopack.com or call 877/447-3539.

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