Thai manufacturer of paper, cardboard and plastic packaging SCG Packaging (SCGP, Bangkok; www.scgpackaging.com) said it has completed the acquisition of UK foodservice packaging solutions provider Go-Pak (Bristol; www.go-pakuk.com) announced on 2 November 2020. This deal is expected to help SCGP expand its customer base in the grocery, retail, wholesale, restaurant and fast food sectors in the UK, Europe and North America. “We expect demand for foodservice packaging to increase globally,” said SCGP CEO Wichan Jitpukdee. Because restaurants in many places have been closed during Covid-19 lockdowns, consumers have been taking their meals home or to the office in suitable packaging.

Go-Pak, with headquarters in Bristol and a production facility in southern Vietnam, produces take-away packaging solutions made of paper, cardboard and plastics. In the 2019-2020 financial year to 30 September, the company said it achieved a sales volume of GBP 68.7m (EUR 77.2m).