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From the left: Peter Walter, Managing Director CDE-Packaging GmbH, Thomas Becker, CEO and Partner IMA Dairy & Food Holding GmbH
PROCESSING & PACKAGING
IMA DAIRY & FOOD acquires majority stake in CDE Packaging GmbH
One of the world’s leading suppli- ers of packaging machinery, tech- nology and services and has extensive know-how in the key industries of dairy and food products, IMA DAIRY & FOOD has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in CDE-Packaging GmbH in Glauburg, Germany. CDE-Packaging was previously owned by the Manag- ing Partner, Peter Walter, who founded the company in 2010.
The company’s focus is on the design and construction of tailormade ma- chines that are developed according to customer-specific requirements. The scope ranges from the develop- ment of single machines to complete turnkey solutions - this also includes the development of packaging con- cepts as well as testing new packag- ing materials.
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Like the companies of the IMA DAIRY & FOOD Group, CDE is very active in the dairy and food industry, however, specific packaging solu- tions for the cosmetics industry have also been developed. The integration of CDE into the IMA DAIRY & FOOD group primarily expands the know- how in the FFS area within the group. This means that customer requests can be dealt with specific solutions, for example fillers or labeling systems, can be enhanced and developed.
What’s more, CDE also offers retrofit and upgrade services for existing FFS machines. The machines are adapt- ed to the latest technical standards through conversions and upgrades to meet current and future challeng- es. Thomas Becker, CEO and partner of IMA DAIRY & FOOD group says,
“Thanks to the long-lasting experience of Peter Walter and his team in the de- velopment and construction of pack- aging machines, we can use synergies within the group. In addition, we can fall back on the company’s additional expertise in the field of retrofitting in order to offer our FFS customers the opportunity to bring their existing ma- chines up to 2 date and to extend their service life”.
“With the worldwide sales and service network of IMA DAIRY & FOOD we can build up and expand our presence in markets that we were previously unable to cover with our sales team,” explains Peter Walter, Managing Director of CDE- Packaging. CDE-Packaging will keep the existing brand name. The company’s strengths are to be further expanded in the IMA DAIRY & FOOD group.
(Source: IMA DAIRY & FOOD)
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