Bormioli Pharma Acquires GCL Pharma
March 19, 2020
Bormioli Pharma, a Triton Fund IV company, has acquired 100% of GCL Pharma (previously part of Guala Closures Group), a Vasto (Chieti), Italy-based manufacturer of rubber stoppers and aluminium closures for pharmaceutical applications. The business will be integrated into the Bormioli Pharma group as Bormioli Pharma Vasto Srl, expanding the buyer's pharmaceutical-closures and packaging capabilities as an add-on to its platform.
- Buyers
- Bormioli Pharma
- Targets
- GCL Pharma
- Sellers
- Guala Closures Group
- Platforms
- Bormioli Pharma
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Abruzzo, Italy
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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