Canadian packaging materials group CCL Industries (Toronto, Ontario; www.cclind.com) has announced plans to set up another facility in Italy, which would be its 211^th worldwide.

The company said it has acquired a 4,000 m² plot in Novi Ligure, with production there expected to start in Q2 2024. CCL did not provide any information on the amount of the investment.

“We will focus on plastic labels, but paper is also possible,” a company spokesperson told Plasteurope.com, adding that film made of both are to be processed as backing materials. CCL plans to primarily supply the local spirits and beverage industry in northern Italy with self-adhesive labels.

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The new production site will be the second Italian location of CCL’s Food & Beverage division after the Canadian group acquired Swiss pouch manufacturer Pouch Partners (Baar) from the Capri Sun Group this year. Part of the deal included the film manufacturer Porta Imballaggi Flessibili with a plant in Brunello, where flexible films and film laminates are finished using rotogravure printing.

“Having a production site in close proximity to our global brand customers is part of our strategy,” said Reinhard Streit, vice-president and general manager of the Food & Beverage division. 

The group, which includes individual companies CCL, Avery, Checkpoint, and Innovia, said overall turnover hit CAD 6.38 bn (EUR 4.4 bn) in 2022 versus CAD 5.73 bn in the previous year. The operating result was estimated at CAD 934 mn.