OMV founded in 1963 is a well known company for high output and high quality thermoforming equipment for the growing market of all kinds of plastic based containters, as well as lids, plates and other kind of shaped products. With its team of approximately 45 employees OMV offers integrated lines consisting of own tooling, extruders and thermoforming equipment.

With this acquisition //polytype is enlarging the technology portfolio by adding thermoforming to complement the own decoration equipment. This step enables a unique offering to the market for all kinds of light containers for the food, beverage and non-food packaging market.

New approaches in the design and supply of total solutions in the creation of color, contour and convenience of thermoformed containers, coming from one supplier, are now possible. With its standard offset printing, the newly introduced Polyflex printing technology and the digital ink jet printing solution //polytype is complementing the thermoformed In Mould Label (IML) Technology of OMV.

All products of OMV will be sold and serviced through the worldwide sales and service organization of the wifag//polytype Group in USA, Brazil, Thailand, India, China/Hongkong and Turkey/Middle East as well as existing and new distributors.

Questions concerning this transaction are answered by:
Peter Ruth, CEO Wifag-Polytype Holding AG, peter.ruth@polytype.com

Background information:
The wifag//polytype Group is a globally active group of companies of 1200 employees being active in the manufacturing of production lines and systems for aluminum and steel aerosol containers, beverage bottles and tubes (www.mall-herlan.com), extruded and laminated plastic tubes lines, as well as decorated plastic cups/containers systems (www.polytype.com), coating lines for flexible packaging and technical films/foils (www.polytype.com), newspaper/book printing machines and services (www.wifag.com) and in trading and service business for the graphics industry (www.wifac.nl). With its sales/service and manufacturing network in USA, Brazil, India, Thailand and China/Hongkong our customers are supported globally.

ISAP Packaging Spa is active in the area of the production of thermoformed cups, plates, lids and other disposable products for the food packaging and consumer markets in Europe (www.isap-packaging.com).