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5About Essentra
Essentra is an international supplier of specialist plastic, fiber, foam, and packaging products with four strategic business units including distribution, specialist technologies, health, and personal care packaging, and filter products. The company was founded in 1940 and is based in Milton Keynes, U.K.

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Latest Essentra News
Jan 18, 2023
01/18/2023 | 06:40am EST Message : environment W W W . M M . G R O U P 1 Sustainable improvement of competitiveness through important milestones in 2022 Number and severity of occupational accidents significantly reduced The strategic acquisitions of the cartonboard and paper mills MM Kwidzyn and MM Kotkamills (August 2021) and Eson Pac have significantly exceeded the expectations of the business plan Growth investments in Deeside (UK), Bydgozszc (Poland), Neupack (Austria) and Romania were successfully implemented The acquisition of Essentra Packaging (October 2022) creates a platform for growth and more resilience for MM Packaging Divestment of the Russian plants for € 134 million Strengthening of leadership team at MM Packaging MM Transformation & Outlook Overview of the most important targets and challenges in 2023 Implementation of strategic investments in MM Frohnleiten, MM Neuss, MM Kolicevo and MM Kotkamills including photovoltaic systems within the scope of the budget Preparation of a strategic investment in MM Kwidzyn Construction of a new plant within Beauty & Personal Care in Poland Sales increase in MM Board & Paper, mainly through new barrier board solutions, and in Packaging, mainly through innovative solutions Achieve the business plan for the Essentra Packaging acquisition and higher organic growth in Pharma & Healthcare Realize growth and productivity gains in Food & Specialities as a result of the implemented growth investments in 2022 Headwinds for 2023 results: Weak order situation for board and paper Loss of profit contribution from the Russia business and low profit contribution of Essentra Packaging in 2023 according to business plan Pass-throughof increasing fixed costs is difficult during recessions MM Transformation & Outlook
Essentra Acquisitions
6 Acquisitions
Essentra acquired 6 companies. Their latest acquisition was Wixroyd Group on December 01, 2022.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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12/1/2022 | Acquired | 2 | ||||
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Essentra Partners & Customers
5 Partners and customers
Essentra has 5 strategic partners and customers. Essentra recently partnered with Desert Technologies on December 12, 2021.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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12/14/2021 | Partner | Saudi Arabia | The leading Saudi solar panel manufacturer , Desert Technologies , signed a trade agreement with the American company `` Essentra '' to export Saudi-made solar panels to their projects in the United States . | 1 | |
11/12/2020 | Partner | ||||
8/16/2019 | Partner | ||||
2/4/2019 | Vendor | ||||
9/15/2017 | Partner |
Date | 12/14/2021 | 11/12/2020 | 8/16/2019 | 2/4/2019 | 9/15/2017 |
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Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Vendor | Partner |
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Country | Saudi Arabia | ||||
News Snippet | The leading Saudi solar panel manufacturer , Desert Technologies , signed a trade agreement with the American company `` Essentra '' to export Saudi-made solar panels to their projects in the United States . | ||||
Sources | 1 |
Essentra Team
16 Team Members
Essentra has 16 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Paul Forman.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Paul Forman | Coats, and Low & Bonar | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
Name | Paul Forman | ||||
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Work History | Coats, and Low & Bonar | ||||
Title | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Status | Current |
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