Global flexible packaging firm ProAmpac has confirmed a multi-year, multi-million-Euro contract with C&D Foods, the pet food division of ABP Food Group.
ProAmpac’s CEO Greg Tucker has hailed the development as ‘a significant sourcing arrangement and more’.
The contract announced in mid-May establishes ProAmpac’s facility in County Donegal, Ireland, as the strategic supplier of flexible pet food packaging for C&D, one of the largest private label pet food manufacturers in Europe.
ProAmpac Donegal has a 24-year history of delivering innovative and sustainable cellulose-based packaging products for fresh prepared and ready-to-eat food-to-go.
“This is an opportunity for our firms to collaborate in developing leading-edge packaging innovations in Ireland and across Europe. But it is also a partnership that will facilitate expansion of production and employment at ProAmpac Ireland and reposition our facility there as a global hub for sustainable packaging innovation for both pet food, as well as ready-to-eat meals,” said John McDermott, operations director at ProAmpac Donegal.
C&D Foods managing director Colm Dore said: “ProAmpac is innovative and forward looking in its approach and the development of sustainable packaging is fully aligned with C&D’s strategic objectives. We look forward to working with them for many years to come.”
From left to right: John McDermott, operations director, ProAmpac; Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food and The Marine; and Colm Dore, Managing Director, C&D Foods
