Essel Propack
Essel Propack is a global tube-packaging company owned by The Blackstone Group headquartered in Mumbai, India.[1] It is a specialty packaging manufacturer of laminated plastic tubes for the FMCG and Pharma space.[2][3]
Publicly traded company | |
Industry | Tube Packaging |
Founded | Mumbai, India(1982) |
Founder | Subhash Chandra |
Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Ashok Goel (Chairman) |
Revenue | 21940 Million INR (2014) |
Number of employees | 2700+ (2014) |
Parent | The Blackstone Group |
Website | http://www.esselpropack.com |
In 2013, Essel Propack employed more than 2,600 people, and operated 24 facilities in 11 countries,[4] selling more than six billion tubes each year and was the world’s largest plastic tubes manufacturer. As of 2009, the company had a global market share of 33% in the toothpaste tube packaging industry.[5]
History
The company was formed from the merger of two pre-existing companies, Essel Packaging and Propack AG led by then CEO Cyrus Bagwadia.[6][7]
In 2002, Essel Propack set up a 60,000 sq.ft, US$15 Million manufacturing plant in Danville, Virginia, to make toothpaste tubes for Procter & Gamble's North American market.[2][8][9] In the same year, the company set up its fourth plant in China.[10]
The company was acquired by The Blackstone Group in 2019 during an assets sale of the debt-ridden Essel Group.[11]
References
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- James Buckley, Jr. (2005). The Bathroom Companion: A Collection of Facts about the Most-Used Room in the House. Quirk Books. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-59474-028-2.
- "The Big Squeeze". Business Today. Living Media India Ltd. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- Simon, Hermann (2009). Hidden Champions of the Twenty-First Century. Bonn, Germany: Springer. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-387-98147-5.
- "Essel Packaging in merger deal with Propack". The Hindu. UNI. 16 November 2000. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- "Essel Packaging announces merger with Swiss major". Indian Express. 16 November 2000. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- "Essel Propack setting up unit in USA, to expand facilities in China, Egypt". Projects Today. 20 April 2002. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- Deborah Orr (27 October 2003). "Coming to America". Forbes. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- "EPGL's fourth unit in China". The Hindu, Mar 31, 2002.
- "Sudhanshu Vats Appointed CEO And MD At Essel Propack". BW Businessworld. 15 April 2020.