{"id":105862,"date":"2025-08-18T11:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=105862"},"modified":"2025-08-16T10:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T08:23:39","slug":"inteplast-group-acquires-con-pearl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/inteplast-group-uebernimmt-con-pearl\/","title":{"rendered":"Inteplast Group takes over con-pearl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The US-based Inteplast Group has acquired the German packaging specialist con-pearl from Munich-based investor Blue Cap AG. The acquisition strengthens Inteplast's business in the field of sustainable packaging and integrates con-pearl into the World-Pak Division.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>con-pearl is a European pioneer in the development of twin-wall polypropylene sheets. The company was acquired by Blue Cap in 2019 after previously trading under the name Friedola Tech. Today, con-pearl operates sites in Geismar, Leinefelde-Worbis and Greenville in the US state of South Carolina. Around 275 employees work there on products such as foldable reusable containers, pallet boxes and moisture-resistant boards.<\/p>\n<h3>Focus on sustainable packaging solutions<\/h3>\n<p>Inteplast President John Young emphasised that con-pearl's approach to sustainable packaging development complements the company's own initiatives in the area of the circular economy. Andy Chen, Head of the Sustainable Packaging &amp; Printing Solutions business unit, also emphasised con-pearl's innovative strength.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-1953065504\"><div id=\"packa-3046558720\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>con-pearl Managing Director Stefan Hoedt explained that the takeover by Inteplast will drive the company's technological development forward. Blue Cap CEO Henning von Kottwitz spoke of a successful transaction for all sides and wished con-pearl further growth under the new owner.<\/p>\n<p>The Inteplast Group already includes sister companies in North America such as Coroplast, Profile, CoolSeal USA, Matra Plast and others. With con-pearl, the Group is expanding its portfolio with an established company for durable packaging solutions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/inteplast-group-uebernimmt-perga\/\">Just a few weeks ago, Inteplast took over the German company Perga.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source:<\/em> Inteplast<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just a few weeks ago, the Group acquired the German company Perga.","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":105865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Inteplast \u00fcbernimmt con-pearl von Blue Cap und st\u00e4rkt sein Gesch\u00e4ft mit nachhaltigen Verpackungen in Deutschland und den USA.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Inteplast","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[43,60889,59698,32,59821,44,60744],"class_list":{"0":"post-105862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aus-den-unternehmen-news","8":"tag-aus-den-unternehmen","9":"tag-inteplast","10":"tag-mehrweg","11":"tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe","12":"tag-paletten","13":"tag-transportverpackung","14":"tag-usa","15":"cs-entry","16":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/300"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}