Integration WEENER & PLASTICUM

In order to support their customers internationally even better in the future and expand their own market position, the WEENER Plastic Packaging Group will restructure: The Dutch PLASTICUM Group B.V. with its 300 employees and four European production facilities will be integrated into the WEENER Plastic Packaging Group as a subsidiary. The company sees outstanding opportunities to fully exploit the growth potential in the Personal Care, Food & Beverage, Home Care, Chemical and Pharmaceutical packaging markets. Since 2012, WEENER and PLASTICUM have been owned by the long-term oriented Lindsay Goldberg LLC private equity fund of New York, represented in Central Europe by Lindsay Goldberg Vogel GmbH.
 
An ideal supplementation
PLASTICUM manufactures innovative standard Caps and Closures for Personal Care, Food and Home Care products in four production facilities located in Tilburg (NL), Ede (NL), Waldkirch (D) and North Walsham (UK) – and perfectly supplements the existing product portfolio of the WEENER Plastic Packaging Group: Whereas WEENER is mostly dedicated to the highly professional implementation of customized packaging projects, PLASTICUM has successfully concentrated on the development, manufacturing, sales and distribution of innovative and cost-effective standard Caps and Closures. As a joint company, WEENER Plastic Packaging Group can act as a global partner for their international customers through the expanded production network. The owner Lindsay Goldberg also opens up the opportunity to invest more, both in R&D and in an international expansion.
 
Roel Zeevat becomes the CEO of the company group
CEO of WEENER Plastik GmbH will be Roel Zeevat (to date CEO of PLASTICUM), Gerhold Flockenhagen remains CTO, Ralf Sonnenberg is CSO for branded articles as before. CSO for standard products will be Ben Mennink (to date CCO at PLASTICUM). During the course of the transformation, it was mutually agreed that Johann Meinders would leave the company, but will remain available to the company as consultant.