VPK Packaging

VPK Packaging Group, a Belgium-based cardboard and paper provider, has acquired the corrugating operations of Peterson Packaging, a Norwegian company.

The acquisition involves six Peterson Packaging facilities that are located in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, which will continue to operate under the Peterson brand within the VPK Group.

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The transaction will help VPK Packaging to expand in the Scandinavian market, as well as achieve more than €1bn in turnover.

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The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Schoeller Allibert Services will raise €210m ($235.66m) by issuing five-year international bonds in a public offering.

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The bonds have a coupon rate of 8% a year and will mature on 1 October 2021.

Schoeller Allibert Services is a plastic packaging solutions provider based in the Netherlands.


Image: VPK Packaging is a producer and supplier of cardboards and paper for the packaging sector. Photo: courtesy of VPK Packaging Group.

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