Container Services Acquires Apex Plastics and Forms FirmaPak Platform
January 29, 2024
Container Services, Inc. (CSI), backed by Shore Capital Partners, has acquired Apex Plastics and launched the FirmaPak platform. The combined platform will be led by CEO Rob Goldberg and brings together manufacturing sites in Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Missouri to expand packaging capabilities across beverage, household, and automotive end markets.
- Buyers
- Container Services, Inc., Shore Capital Partners
- Targets
- Apex Plastics
- Sellers
- PCE, Inc.
- Platforms
- FirmaPak
- Industry
- Packaging
- Location
- Missouri, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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