7 NEWS PETplanet Insider Vol. 23 No. 07+08/22 www.petpla.net Ara Partners acquires Petainer Ara Partners, a private equity firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, announced that it has acquired Petainer Ltd., a UK-based, global producer of sustainabilityfocused beverage packaging solutions. Petainer was acquired by Ara in partnership with Petainer management and affiliates of Next Wave Partners LLP. Petainer, which is led by CEO Hugh Ross, is a technical and innovation leader in the development and manufacture of sustainable, high-performance PET packaging solutions for blue chip customers in the soft drinks, beer, water and other CPG sectors. The company has particular strengths in refPET (multiple-use, refillable bottles), rPET (recycled PET) and circular applications. Mr Ross stated: “Ara’s ownership will significantly enhance Petainer’s ability to invest in expansion alongside our multi-national customers as these customers implement their global sustainability and circularity strategies.” Petainer offers a wide range of sustainable PET packaging solutions which allow its customers to reduce their carbon footprint. It has over 35 years of experience designing and manufacturing highquality, cost-efficient products with circularity as a core principle. It operates eight sites in Europe, the Americas and Asia to serve customers globally. www.petainer.com www.arapartners.com Otto Hofstetter India: investment in domestic market Otto Hofstetter India is expanding its Indian office and production site. In response to the growing interest in high-quality moulds for food packaging in the Indian market, the daughter company of the Swiss mould manufacturer Otto Hofstetter AG is in the process of building a bigger and state-of-the-art production facility in Bangalore. A few days ago, Otto Hofstetter, CEO, and Stefan Zatti, CSO, visited the new site for the official laying of the foundation stone with a blessing ceremony by a priest. Otto Hofstetter India is looking forward to the new office and to further increasing our production of moulds in India and exclusively for the domestic Indian market with new infrastructure. www.otto-hofstetter.swiss Miguel Torres Chile switch to Packamama’s rPET wine bottles Miguel Torres Chi le, a wine company at the forefront of taking climate action to help reduce wine’s carbon footprint and member of International Wineries for Climate Action, has become the latest brand owner to adopt Packamama’s ecoflat wine bottles. Newly launched in Sweden’s alcohol monopoly, Systembolaget, the introduction of eco-flat wine bottles for Río Claro Organic Carmenère is part of a collaboration with Miguel Torres Chiles’ Swedish importers, The Wine & Spirits Collective. The goal is to further forward the sustainability credentials of the brand and appeal to a younger generation of climate-conscious consumers, unlocked through switching the packaging to Packamama’s lower carbon bottles. Systembolaget, like other Nordic monopolies, has long encouraged wine in PET as it is a lightweight, lower carbon footprint packaging material. Packamama’s bottles go further, being made from 100% rPET to put pre-existing material back to good use while reducing carbon emissions even more than PET alone. Río Claro is the third wine brand to launch in Systembolaget in ecoflat bottles, following their first introduction in May 2020. www.packamama.com Follow us on LinkedIn
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