Vetropack

Vetropack is a Swiss glass-packaging manufacturer and the corporate brand of the Vetropack Group. Its history began in 1911, when Henri Cornaz established Verrerie S.A. St-Prex in the Swiss town of St-Prex. The company describes its experience in glass packaging as spanning more than a century and says its growth has involved acquisitions, takeovers, mergers, technological progress and entry into new markets. The company makes glass packaging for food and beverages. Its history page says the St-Prex plant specialises in glass packaging in green, feuille-morte and cuvée colours, producing mainly bottles for Swiss wine, spirits and beer producers. Vetropack also presents customer examples involving glass packaging for products such as syrups, condensed milk, dairy products and other food and drink products. These examples illustrate use of its packaging, rather than being Vetropack-owned consumer product brands. Vetropack presents itself as an international business with a family ambience, and emphasises sustainability, innovation, safety, teamwork and expertise. Its homepage reports more than 2,500 glass-packaging products, 3,532 employees and 12 locations; it also reports net sales of CHF 778.9 million and a 58% share of recycled content. The supplied materials do not specify the reporting period for those figures, nor identify a headquarters, current owner or listed status. The company is presented as an active glass-packaging group.

Vetropack traces its beginnings to Verrerie S.A. St-Prex, founded by Henri Cornaz in 1911 in St-Prex, Switzerland. The company identifies that glassworks as the birthplace of the Vetropack Group. Its long-term development, according to its official history, has been shaped by acquisitions, takeovers and mergers, technological progress, and the opening of new markets. The company's early history included expansion through the takeover of other glass businesses. In 1913, Verrerie S.A. St-Prex took over a glassworks above Vevey, which had been founded in 1776; it closed the works the following year and transferred the workforce and production to St-Prex. In 1917, it acquired a majority shareholding in Glashütte Bülach Ltd., established in 1891. The official history also records the launch of a large-scale American glass-blowing facility in 1930 and the operation of an electrically fired annealing lehr ten years later, when coal was critically scarce. In 1948, Müller+Krempel Ltd. of Zurich, a business specialising in trading glass products for the pharmaceutical industry, flasks and laboratory equipment, acquired Glashütte Wauwil, established in 1933. Vetropack's history says the acquisition followed difficulties sourcing glass items from Thuringia and former Czechoslovakia after 1945. In 1959, Verrerie S.A. St-Prex acquired the trading firm Müller + Krempel Ltd., which in turn owned Glashütte Wauwil; the supplied extract begins to describe this as a market-leadership milestone but ends before providing further detail. The official history states more broadly that Vetropack's growth continued through strategic transactions, technological development and entry into new markets. The present-day company describes itself as an international glass-packaging business, with packaging for food and beverages and an emphasis on sustainability, innovation, safety, teamwork and expertise. Its customer stories show glass packaging used for products including syrups and condensed milk. The available materials do not provide further dated corporate milestones or a complete account of later ownership and expansion.

• 1959

  Verrerie S.A. St-Prex acquires Müller + Krempel

• 1948

  Glashütte Wauwil acquired by Müller+Krempel

• 1940

  Electrically fired annealing lehr enters operation

• 1930

  Large-scale glass-blowing facility begins operation

• 1917

  Majority shareholding in Glashütte Bülach

• 1914

  Vevey glassworks closed

• 1913

  Takeover of the Vevey glassworks

• 1911

  Verrerie S.A. St-Prex founded

An international glass-packaging manufacturer that highlights sustainability, innovation, safety, teamwork and expertise.

• Glass packaging for food and beverages

  Vetropack manufactures glass packaging, including bottles and jars, for food and beverage applications.

• Bottles for wine, spirits and beer

  The company's history page says the St-Prex plant mainly makes bottles for Swiss wine, spirits and beer producers.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2020.12.11

  Vetropack completes takeover of Moldovan glass businesses[5]Vetropack完成对摩尔多瓦玻璃企业的收购glass-international.com

  Vetropack received approval from the relevant antitrust authorities to complete the takeover of Glass Container Company and Glass Container Prim in Moldova.

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