Bringing to a close a process first initiated in 2005, expanded plastics producer Storopack Hans Reichenecker (Metzingen / Germany; www.storopack.com) has concentrated all its operative business processes for Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands in one company. Effective 1 January 2010, the region will be managed by the new Storopack Benelux NV (Machelen / Belgium). The consolidation, which the group hopes will simplify business structure and reduce administrative expenses, brings under one roof the activities of Storopack NV (Wuustwezel / Belgium) and Storopack Packaging Distribution Benelux NV (Machelen).

Several decisions have been paving the way to this regional grouping, including the fusion of the Packaging Distribution and Packaging Systems division in 2005, the move to Machelen and its appointment as central warehouse for Benelux (2006) and the 2007 integration of the regional warehouse in Kuurne / Belgium.