Südpack acquires Seville Flexpack

Based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Seville Flexpack is a converter and provider of flexible packaging products with more than 40 years of experience in printing and processing. Based in the greater Milwaukee area, it has an established client base in North America and remains a family-owned business.

On October 1, Seville Flexpack officially became part of the Südpack Group, which will retain all of Seville’s employees and continue to serve its customers.

Previously, Südpack’s only toehold in the US market was via a sales office in the Chicago area. At the new facility in Oak Creek, important processing steps including printing and refining will be done for the US market.

Johannes Remmele, managing partner at Südpack, said: ‘We’d been looking for a suitable candidate for our US business for quite some time, and we’re very pleased to have found the right partner in Seville Flexpack in Oak Creek.

‘The site is ideal in a number of ways: the facilities offer modern equipment for flexographic and rotogravure printing, sufficient storage capacity, and most importantly: highly experienced employees. In addition, it’s located at the heart of the US meat and cheese industry – two key customer segments for our packaging solutions. Taken together, it’s the perfect fit for our corporate group.’

The goals of the acquisition are to provide products for Südpack’s current customers in the US quicker whilst offering more flexibility. Moreover, by acquiring its first overseas production site, Südpack has laid the groundwork for further expanding its US business. In the near future, printing, processing and slitting will be done directly at the Oak Creek site – which will translate into shorter delivery times and greater flexibility. ‘That was an essential aspect for us, as we intend to grow further in the US and broaden our client base,’ added Remmele.