Indutrade acquires packaging specialist in Belgium

Indutrade has acquired all of the shares in Verbeeck Packaging Group, Wilrijk, Belgium, with annual sales of EUR 5 million.

Verbeeck Packaging Group is specialised in packaging solutions for the cosmetical, pharmaceutical, food and household industry. The Group has many years of close cooperation with Indutrade’s company Aluglas in the Netherlands.

Possession will be transferred today, and the company will be part of Indutrade Benelux in Indutrade’s Special Products business area. The acquisition is expected to have a marginally positive impact on Indutrade’s earnings per share.

Stockholm, 10 December 2014

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For further information, please contact: Johnny Alvarsson, President and CEO: 46 70 589 17 95

About Indutrade
Indutrade markets and sells components, systems and services with a high-tech content within selected niches. Indutrade's business is distinguished by

- high-tech products for recurring needs
- growth through a structured and tried-and tested acquisition strategy
- a decentralised organisation characterised by an entrepreneurial spirit.

The Group is organised into five business areas: Engineering & Equipment, Flow Technology, Fluids & Mechanical Solutions, Industrial Components and Special Products. Indutrade's sales totalled SEK 8,831 million in 2013, generating operating income of SEK 990 million before depreciation of intangible assets. Indutrade is listed on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm.