MML Capital Partners and Metric Capital Partners Invest in Global Packaging Solutions (GPS)
September 1, 2022
MML Capital Partners, alongside co-investor Metric Capital Partners, has invested in Global Packaging Solutions (GPS), a Bordeaux-based specialist in returnable metal crates and circular logistics. The investment will be used to expand GPS's crate fleet and support its global expansion while founders Benoit Arnaud and CEO Jean-Francois Baus remain invested in the business.
- Buyers
- MML Capital Partners, Metric Capital Partners
- Targets
- Global Packaging Solutions (GPS)
- Industry
- Packaging
- Location
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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