SPARCK Technologies is to be the new name for Packaging by Quadient, following the acquisition of Quadient’s Drachten-based packaging business by Amsterdam investment company Standard Investment.
The automated packaging business will continue to provide packaging solutions to customers around the world. Sparck has its HQ at the company’s production facility in Drachten, the Netherlands, where R&D, engineering services, marketing and sales operations are based.
The new owners plan to accelerate the global roll-out of advanced packaging systems, with an emphasis on the European and North American markets.
Kees Oosting, CEO of Sparck Technologies, explained, “This is an exciting opportunity to take the business forward to the next stage in its development, with investment from a committed backer. Our new owner, Standard Investment, is perfectly positioned to provide the resources needed to support our continued innovation and growth, enabling us to further develop and enhance our advanced automated packaging systems as well as our service, support and sales capabilities across our expanding international markets.
“The company is the absolute technology leader in the global market for fit-to-size packaging solutions and our award-winning CVP Everest and CVP Impack packaging systems are revered by blue-chip businesses the world over for their reliability, speed and precision in producing eco-friendly, cost-efficient packages that win customer approval.”
Herbert Schilperoord, partner at Standard Investment, added, “In Drachten they have developed fantastic, innovative technology for e-commerce packaging systems – they are clearly world leaders in this field. The fact that parcels are automatically made exactly to size at great speed by machine, with such precision, has made a huge impression on us and we are confident that this technology will be the go-to packaging solution for the e-commerce sector.”
Jo Bradley, business development manager for Sparck Technologies in the UK, commented, “With the backing of Standard Investment, we are in a strong position to drive further growth of our CVP Automated Packaging Solutions in the UK market. Many e-commerce businesses face escalating challenges when it comes to building capacity within their fulfilment operations. Our technology goes a long way to solving many of those issues and this move will enable us to further support those pressing market needs.”
