Brookfield Business Partners L.P. (NYSE: BBU; TSX: BBU.UN), together with institutional partners, has completed the acquisition of a 75% controlling interest in the Schoeller Allibert Group B.V. from an indirect subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) for €205 million.
The founding Schoeller family will continue to hold the remaining 25% interest.
Schoeller Allibert is one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of returnable plastic packaging systems. Schoeller Allibert has a product portfolio of over 1,000 types of returnable plastic crates and containers used by a diversified, global customer base across essential industry sectors, including agriculture, beverage, food processing and retail, industrial and automotive manufacturing and container pooling and rental companies.
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BROOKFIELD BUSINESS PARTNERS COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF CONTROLLING INTEREST IN SCHOELLER ALLIBERT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOELLER GROUP
Schoeller Allibert is one of Europe’s key players in the growing returnable packaging sector
BROOKFIELD, NEWS, May 15, 2018 — Brookfield Business Partners L.P. (NYSE:BBU) (TSX:BBU.UN) (“Brookfield Business Partners”), together with institutional partners (collectively “Brookfield”), announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of a controlling interest in the Schoeller Allibert Group B.V., one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of returnable plastic packaging systems.
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