Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), (“Graphic Packaging”), a leading vertically-integrated provider of sustainable fiber-based consumer packaging solutions, today announced the successful close of its acquisition of AR Packaging Group AB, Europe’s second largest producer of fiber-based consumer packaging. The acquisition accelerates Graphic Packaging’s growing position serving consumer packaged goods companies around the world with sustainable fiber-based packaging alternatives.
Graphic Packaging announced its intent to acquire AR Packaging Group AB on May 14, 2021.
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