Sacmi Chocolate & Packaging acquires Emballage Technologies

Italian-based equipment group Sacmi has delivered a key strategic investment in gaining a controlling stake in French firm, Emballage Technologies, expanding its operations in the region, reports Neill Barston.

The deal comprises several subsidiaries, including  Etpack, Sermatec, with the machinery business gaining a 65% interest in the group, expanding its secondary packaging interests.

Notably, the acquisition was steered through Sacmi Packaging and Chocolate division, with the company believing that that move represented a strong positive step for its activities in the sector.

As the company explained, it has been working with Etpack since 2019 through its Poland-based subsidiary. The basis for this transaction – of considerable commercial and industrial value – is, then, the strong relationship between the two industrial groups and their shared strategic vision.

Sacmi Packaging & Chocolate thus expands and completes its range of secondary packaging solutions by integrating specific technologies, with the resulting expansion of the offering allowing the company to reach into additional industries and market segments.

This synergy also extends to the construction and assembly of the flowpack ranges and the low- and medium-speed vertical packaging machines – designed by Sacmi and assembled in Sermatec – thus boosting the ability to respond to market dynamics.

As the company added, Groupe Emballage Technologies is a renowned name in France, with the Italian business confident it will be a major growth driver on this market, in keeping with the goal of achieving a strong local presence via a network of production and sales facilities.

Significantly, the deal aligns with Sacmi’s strategy of operating internationally, with its new French interests already  present internationally in Poland, the DACH countries and the United States.

“Strengthening our food packaging operations is a key Sacmi goal,” notes the President of SACMI, Paolo Mongardi. “The skills and far-reaching presence of Groupe Emballage Technologies on the French market will bolster our growth there, which is extremely important to us. The complementary nature of our primary and secondary packaging solutions completes Sacmi’s technological proposal,” adds Paolo Mongardi, “opening up new market opportunities via the full involvement of our Global Network.”

“Groupe Emballage Technologies will retain its managerial autonomy: a crucial aspect, in light of the excellent work done in recent years,” comments Pierrick Doux, who has been at the Group’s helm since 2007. “Closer teamwork will facilitate the pursuit of shared strategic goals, helping to boost growth both in France and abroad.”