ePac Flexible Packaging, which specialises in quick turn, short and medium run-length flexible packaging solutions, has announced plans to accelerate growth over the next 18 months with the opening of new sites across the world.
Eleven new sales and manufacturing locations will be established across Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East/North Africa, and North America, bringing the company’s global footprint to 36 locations.
In Europe, a second plant will be added in each of the UK, France, and Poland. In Austria, ePac Innsbruck will open in Q4 2022, along with a new site(s) to serve the Netherlands and the Scandinavian countries.
In the Asia Pacific region, second plants will be added in Indonesia and Australia, and a new operation will start up in Malaysia. The company revealed it also plans to establish an Asia-based global services group to manage operations in the region.
In the Middle East/North Africa region, ePac West Africa in Ghana will open in Q4 of this year, while evaluations of new sites in Kenya and Turkey are underway.
In North America, previously announced ePac Montreal is planned to open in early 2023, along with three additional plants in the US.
Jack Knott, ePac CEO, said, “To manage our growth and operations our company is transitioning from ePac Holdings, to ePac Global with an infrastructure to optimise market knowledge and growth in each country we are in.”
