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ePac Poland North is a partnership between ePac and mFlex, and will operate from mFlex’s
production facility, an established flexible packaging facility that already uses digital printing.
The company will be led by Managing Partners Jacek Ciosek and Marcin Kowalski; both
seasoned executives in flexible packaging who will manage ePac’s operations and customer
ALPLA And Coca-
ePac Flexible Packaging Plans To Open First
relationships.
Polish Facility Cola Femsa Recycling
Plant In Mexico

ustria-based plastic manufacturer
AALPLA and Mexican beverage
firm Coca-Cola FEMSA have started
construction of a recycling plant
in the Cunduacán municipality of
Mexico’s Tabasco state.Known as
Planta Nueva Ecología de Tabasco
(PLANETA), the recycling plant is
being built with a $60m investment.It
will feature advanced technology and
have an annual processing capacity
of 50,000t worth of post-consumer
polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
bottles. The PLANETA recycling
S-based flexible packaging company base. The expansion will increase the
UePac Flexible Packaging has company’s sales network and production plant will produce 35,000t of ready-
announced plans to open its first facility in operations across Europe.Jacek Ciosek to-use recycled PET material a year.
Poland to expand its presence in Europe. said: “We welcome the opportunity to In addition to its recycling benefits,
Located near the cities of Poznan and help small and medium-sized brands the plant is expected to boost the local
Bydgoszcz, the ePac Poland North site across the region grow and compete with economy by creating more than 20,000
Marcin Kowalski, Johnny Hobeika & Jacek Ciosek (from left to right)
will mark the company’s third facility large consumer packaged goods (CPG) direct and indirect jobs in construction
in Europe, with it already operating companies.“Across the globe, ePac has an and operation. ALPLA CEO Philipp
Lehner said: “The big challenge today
plants in the UK and France. ePac established presence focused on helping
Jacek says, “I’m very excited to head up the ePac team in Poland. We welcome the opportunity
is the handling of the materials after the
Poland North is a partnership between local entrepreneurs achieve their dreams
consumption phase. “We are currently
to help small and medium sized brands across the region grow and compete with large CPG’s.
ePac and flexible printed circuit board and be accretive to the communities
Across the globe, ePac has an established presence focused on helping local entrepreneurs
manufacturer mFlex. It will operate from we serve.” In October last year, ePac
achieve their dreams, and to be accretive to the communities we serve. Our aim is to bring that
mFlex’s flexible production facility, which announced plans to open a full-service
same philosophy to Poland.”
already uses digital printing technologies. sales and manufacturing facility in Kansas
ePac Holdings Europe managing director City, Missouri. The facility will serve
Marcin adds, “I am also convinced that the synergy resulting from mFlex’s experience and
Johnny Hobeika said: “Bringing our great brands of all sizes and is due to open this
business model to Poland to help local year. Also change the photo if possible
capabilities, along with ePac’s resources and know-how, will bring great benefits to all of our
customers”. brands there is hugely exciting. “These / or interchange the story
are of course very challenging times, but As a leading full-service provider of
despite the pandemic, we have been able multiple types of flexible pouches
The state-of-the-art production facility is already fulfilling orders for local customers. Additional
investing worldwide in systems to give
to continue with our plans and, together and roll stock for small-to-medium-
capacity in the form of a press and pouch lines will be added to keep up with the rapidly
plastic packaging a value – because
with mFlex, offer our Polish customers sized brands, ePac offers a sustainable,
then it is collected and recycled. “With
growing customer base, ensuring that brands of all sizes are able to have high-quality printed
a local and unique solution to their integrated approach with fast time to
roll-stock and pouches delivered in 10–15 working days from approval of artwork. strong partners like Coca-Cola FEMSA
flexible packaging needs.” ePac Poland market and the highest quality, digitally
North will be led by managing partners printed packaging. ePac is built on the at our side, we will be able to set up
Jacek Ciosek and Marcin Kowalski. The successful digital-only print concept first the necessary infrastructure and close
production plant has started deliveries launched by ePac Flexible Packaging in the bottle cycle in as many regions as
for local customers serving brands of all the United States in 2016. The company possible.” The PLANETA recycling
sizes. ePac plans to expand the facility by now has 23 sites across Europe, the plant is strategically located to integrate
investing in press and pouch lines to meet United States, Canada, the UK, and 18 collection centres throughout south
the demands of its growing customer Asia Pacific. and south-east Mexico.
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