Deufol and Meilink Agree Joint Venture and Strategic Cooperation

Hofheim:
Deufol SE and Meilink-Group, both market leaders for industrial packaging in their respective home markets Germany and the Netherlands, have agreed to form a joint venture specialized in innovative packaging solutions as well as commencing a strategic alliance.

Combined, the respective strengths result in a unique range of products and services for their collective customer portfolio. The diversity of both companies especially with regards to the regional presence, their differing product portfolio, as well as customer base and know-how provide a significant advantage to both companies aligned.

Specifically, Deufol’s unique IT and software solutions providing customers state of the art Supply Chain Monitoring Systems combined with standardized crate engineering and special crate production for heavyweight goods packing are now combined with Meilink’s vast know-how in clean-room packaging technologies, alternative corrugated and high-tech packaging solutions as well as project freight forwarding and handling.

The exclusive agreement allows both companies to align their strategy going forward with the main goal to keep increasing the added value for their customers. Their focus will lie upon the combined development and use of each other’s IT systems and innovative packaging solu-tions. Additionally, both companies will leverage the enhanced global market position in order to further develop their international network with uniform business processes and services. As the result Deufol and Meilink will be able to offer an even wider range of product portfolio to their customers on an international basis.

About the Meilink Group

Meilink Group is a family owned company and market leader in the Benelux region for export pack-aging, high-tech packaging, heavy duty corrugated packaging and project forwarding. Headoffice in Borculo and with six other locations in the Netherlands. With 350 people (300FTE) in 2012 a turnover of 55 million was achieved.

About the Deufol Group

Deufol Group is a global premium- provider of packaging services and associated services. Its perfor-mance range includes Export & Industrial Packaging, Automated Packaging, Data Packaging, Pro-motional & Display Packaging and services supplementary to the packaging process. The listed corporation with registered office in Hofheim (Wallau) near Frankfurt am Main has a total of 77 branches in ten countries and employs more than 4,000 people worldwide.
In 2012, the group generated sales of 333 million Euros.

Susanne Schock
Marketing & Communications
Corporate Manager

Deufol SE
Johannes-Gutenberg-Straße 3-5
D-65719 Hofheim (Wallau)
Phone: +49 6122 50-1234
Mobile: +49 160 90597176
Fax: +49 6122 50-1171

susanne.schock@deufol.com
www.deufol.com

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