Packaging

Graphic Packaging Holding Company Completes Acquisitions of Contego Packaging Holdings, Ltd. and A&R Carton Holding B.V.

Thursday 03. January 2013 - Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), a leading provider of packaging solutions to food, beverage and other consumer products companies, today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisitions of Contego Packaging Holdings, Ltd., a leading food and consumer products packaging company based in the United Kingdom, and A&R Carton Holding B.V., which is A&R's European beer and beverage packaging business.

The combination of Graphic Packaging’s European packaging business with these two acquisitions will create one of Europe’s largest folding carton businesses. The two acquisitions will provide state of the art web and sheet-fed converting assets creating a manufacturing platform in Europe similar to Graphic Packaging’s U.S. operations.