our history
IPACKCHEM has 35 years of history: from Airopak, Boxmore, Chesapeake, Cerea Partners, and Sagard to SK Capital. Since its creation, IPACKCHEM has significantly developed its international footprint from Europe (France, UK, Hungary) to Russia, South Africa, Brazil, China, India and recently the US.

1987
Company was founded as Airopak, a division of Air Products

1987
Crewe, UK plant opened

1987
Saint-Etienne, France plant opened

1991
Airopak was sold and integrated to Boxmore international

2000
Chesapeake Corporation took over Boxmore International

2007
Peremarton, Hungary plant opened

2013
Cerea, a private equity firm, organized the carve-out of Chesapeake chemical packaging division

2014
Chesapeake chemical packaging division renamed IPACKCHEM Group

2014
Paulinia, Brazil plant opened

2015
IPACKCHEM acquires Quadro Plastics in South Africa. We move to brand new facility in Nov 2017 in Cosmo (Johannesburg)

2017
Sagard, a private equity firm, purchased IPACKCHEM

2017
Kirov, Russia plant opened

2020
IPACKCHEM Group acquired JRB Packaging Co. Ltd in China

2021
SK Capital, a private equity firm, purchased IPACKCHEM Group

2021
IPACKCHEM Group acquired Mullackal Polymers Private Ltd in India

2022
IPACKCHEM Group acquired TPG Plastics LLC in the USA

2023
IPACKCHEM Group aquired Tournaire Plastic SAS in Chalon-sur-Saône, France

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