The acquisition of CL&D will allow ProMach to expand its flexible and rigid packaging systems portfolio and enhance its ability to offer complete machinery and material solutions for a range of packaging applications
ProMach has acquired CL&D Graphics to expand flexible packaging portfolio. (Credit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay)
Packaging machinery solutions provider ProMach has acquired US-based CL&D Graphics and CL&D Digital for an undisclosed sum.
Based in Hartland, Wisconsin, CL&D supplies flexographic and digital web packaging and converting solutions for customers in the consumer product companies.
CL&D Graphics provides roll-fed film and pressure-sensitive labels, shrink sleeves, pouches, lidding, and preprinted thermoform solutions to consumer packaged goods companies across North America.
CL&D Digital offers short-run, production quality prototypes and promotional samples for companies to quickly launch products into the market with no minimum orders and rapid delivery of all sizes.
CL&D is said to be GMP certified by the American Sanitation Institute to print both food contact packaging and non-food contact packaging.
ProMach flexible and trays senior vice president Don Deubel said: “The CL&D team excels at helping build brands through packaging, and their strong customer focus and mentality of being easy to do business with is perfectly aligned with ProMach’s philosophy and approach of how we work with our over 55,000 customers across the world.”
The acquisition of CL&D will allow ProMach to expand its flexible and rigid packaging systems portfolio and enhance its ability to offer complete machinery and material solutions for a range of packaging applications.
Under the deal, more than 280 employees from CL&D will be included in the ProMach team. The current CL&D president and CEO Mike Hokanson will join ProMach as vice president and general manager.
ProMach president and CEO Mark Anderson said: “ProMach is always looking for new and unique ways to bring more value to our customers and CL&D changes that narrative for many of our clients in the flexible packaging space that have wanted a single-source partner who can provide a more complete and total solution including both materials and machinery.
“This proven model has served us well with our industry-leading brands like ID Technology and I’m confident this will be the case with our flexible packaging partners as we move forward.”
In February this year, ProMach acquired US-based cartoning and end of line packaging systems provider Serpa Packaging Solutions.
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, ProMach offers packaging and processing solutions for customers in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, and household and industrial goods industries.