Deriba Group becomes leading provider of flexible packaging

The flexible packaging manufacturers Anton Debatin GmbH and Riba GmbH have merged to form the Deriba Group.
Frank Rieker (l.) and Thomas Rose, Managing Director of the Deriba Group Frank Rieker (l.) and Thomas Rose, Managing Director of the Deriba Group
Frank Rieker (l.) and Thomas Rose are the managing directors of the newly founded Deriba Group (Image: Deriba Group).

The packaging manufacturers Anton Debatin GmbH from Bruchsal and Riba GmbH from Hamm have joined forces. Together they have founded Anton Deriba Group GmbH. The new company acts as an umbrella organisation for six highly specialised individual companies.

In the Deriba Group In addition to the two parent companies, the subsidiaries Debatin SARL from Hoenheim in France, the Hamburg-based pfc premium film company GmbH, HVB Hoch-Vakuum-Beschichtungs GmbH from Berlin and Berec GmbH from Werneuchen were integrated.

Task of the Holding company is to coordinate the business activities of the individual companies. This includes the Joint marketing of the range of products and services and the Exchange of expertise in product development. Advantages are also to be exploited through joint procurement, general process optimisation and synergies in the area of logistics and access to new customer groups with high purchasing volumes.

New key player on the European market

The company believes that the Deriba Group will create a new player on the European market. Leading supplier of flexible packaging. Together, the participating companies achieve a Sales volume of more than 100 million euros, and they employ over 400 employees and employees.

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Thomas Rose, Managing Director of Anton Debatin, sees potential in the company merger: „This will make us the Key player on the market and have the potential for national and international growth.“ Frank Rieker, Managing Director of Riba, adds: „Our companies have been working together successfully on specific projects for a long time. We can achieve much more as a group. Specifically, I am thinking, for example, of the Development of particularly environmentally friendly packaging."

Deriba Group at FachPack 2018: Hall 7, Stand 618