Following the announcement in Glass Machinery Plants & Accessories, issue No. 2-96 that the Italian group BRC (Bormioli Rocco Casa) was interested in VMC (Verreries Mecaniques Champenoises), it has no…
Following the announcement in Glass Machinery Plants & Accessories, issue No. 2-96 that the Italian group BRC (Bormioli Rocco Casa) was interested in VMC (Verreries Mecaniques Champenoises), it has now been announced that BRC plans to acquire an 85% share in the French packaging unit. The 95% owned subsidiary of the French group Danone with 1,400 employees and an annual turnover of FFr 1 billion, is specialized in the manufacture of bottles for the agri-foods industry. With this acquisition, BRC (table glass) is expected to have annual sales of US$ 220 million, thus becoming number two in the sector behind the French Cristalleries D“Arques.