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Bruehl/Germany, July 4, 2011
MAUSER's reconditioning subsidiary National Container Group (NCG)
acquired the majority shares of the Italian company Maider IBC, a leading
reconditioner of IBCs. For MAUSER, Italy is an important key market in the
packaging industry. With this transaction, MAUSER not only further
strengthens its overall footprint but furthermore completes its Europe-
wide presence. Additionally, by moving close to the customers, this
business development is in line with the company's global sustainability
initiative.
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Maider IBC mainly offers new and reconditioned composite IBCs as well as cleaning of asset tanks. The company enjoys a very good reputation and is the market leader in IBC reconditioning in Italy. By acquiring a majority of the shares of Maider IBC, MAUSER accelerates its overall carbon footprint reduction strategy and is able to better serve customers with sustainable packaging solutions in this region. With the expansion of the NCG network in Europe, MAUSER significantly strengthens its market position and customers in Italy benefit from the possibility of combining economy with ecology.
"Being part of a global player who puts life cycle management at its core business offers attractive synergies and new potentials for Maider and for our customers," summarizes Marca Carrara, the founder and Managing Director of Maider IBC, who will remain in this position after the transaction.
"Due to this partnership, we are able to provide customers comprehensive reconditioning services in combination with a bundled market expertise."
Peter Schaefer, Global Head of NCG, says: "We are delighted to add such a first class reconditioning company to our European NCG network. This further enhances our commitment to sustainability and to support the needs of our customer base in Italy." About MAUSER Group MAUSER Group is a worldwide leading producer of industrial packaging with approx. 4,000 employees and consolidated revenue of some EUR 1 billion. Founded in 1896 and headquartered in Bruehl near Cologne (Germany), the company has characterized the international market through its innovative packaging technologies.
The portfolio for customers in the chemical, petrochemical, agricultural, and pharmaceutical sectors as well as in the food and beverage industries includes plastic packaging, steel drums, fibre drums, Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBC), and reconditioning services through the National Container Group (NCG), a MAUSER subsidiary. MAUSER therefore provides sustainability- oriented full cycle services - from production to recycling ("ECO-CYCLE"). With 60 MAUSER/NCG sites and 8 Joint Ventures in Europe, the Americas and Asia plus two licensee networks for plastic and steel packaging, the company is a presence around the globe.
About National Container Group (NCG)
The MAUSER Group subsidiary was founded in 1988 in North America where it established the first nationwide recollect service for IBCs.
The company's recollect service has been expanding continuously since then and today operates a comprehensive network of strategic locations for a worldwide recollect service, making MAUSER one of the leading global collectors and recyclers of industrial packaging.
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