SKG buys Houston sheet plant after Bates deal, in US stake expansion

摘要

Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) is continuing to expand its US Southwest base by purchasing Brian Thomas Display & Packaging, a Houston, TX, corrugated sheet plant - following on the heels of its late September acquisition of Bates Container, the largest Texas independent box converter. Founded in 1984, Brian Thomas specializes in "high quality" graphics and point-of-purchase displays. Bates Container, which operates four plants, was purchased for $158 million.