{"id":24968,"date":"2019-07-24T14:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=24968"},"modified":"2019-07-24T13:13:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T11:13:19","slug":"sidel-manufacturer-of-pet-blow-moulds-buys-comep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/sidel-hersteller-von-pet-blasformen-kauft-comep\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidel buys COMEP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 18 July, Sidel announced the acquisition of Cognac Moules Emballages Plastqiues (COMEP), a French designer and manufacturer of PET blow moulds, further strengthening the Group in the manufacture of blow moulds and tooling.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201eWe are confident that the complementary expertise of Sidel and COMEP will enable us to <strong>new potential for business success<\/strong> and offers our customers an optimal choice of partners who can turn their requirements into reality.\u201c<br \/>\n<strong>Pavel Shevchuk<\/strong>, Executive Vice President Services at Sidel Group<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>COMEP was founded in 1998 with a focus on the design and manufacture of blow moulds for PET bottles. Based in Salles d'Angles, France, and with over <strong>20 years of experience<\/strong> in this industry, COMEP today produces <strong>Over 4,000 blow moulds per year<\/strong> for its customers all over the world. With around 60 employees, the company was a pioneer in the field of low blow moulding technologies.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Expansion for a continuous focus on packaging quality<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\u201eWith this strategy, we are continuing the process we started in October 2018. At that time, we acquired Sidel with the acquisition of <strong>PET process engineering<\/strong> which today offers brand strategy and design consultancy, packaging design as well as plant conversion and blow moulding for the beverage industry.<\/p>\n<p>By acquiring COMEP, we are expanding our expertise even further and extending our range of blow moulds and tools to offer our customers complete packaging solutions. Packaging is indeed a <strong>Main distinguishing feature<\/strong> for our customers.<\/p>\n<p>It also adds<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>COMEP perfect the <strong>Strong expertise<\/strong> in the production of blow moulds from Sidel.\u201c<br \/>\n<strong>Pavel Shevchuk<\/strong>, Executive Vice President Services at Sidel Group<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24986\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24986 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/vcsPRAsset_3534731_642350_1d8b87a7-2996-4859-af86-c855d57929a8_0-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/vcsPRAsset_3534731_642350_1d8b87a7-2996-4859-af86-c855d57929a8_0-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/vcsPRAsset_3534731_642350_1d8b87a7-2996-4859-af86-c855d57929a8_0-scaled-600x537.jpg 600w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/vcsPRAsset_3534731_642350_1d8b87a7-2996-4859-af86-c855d57929a8_0-768x687.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/vcsPRAsset_3534731_642350_1d8b87a7-2996-4859-af86-c855d57929a8_0-1024x916.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/vcsPRAsset_3534731_642350_1d8b87a7-2996-4859-af86-c855d57929a8_0-1320x1181.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/vcsPRAsset_3534731_642350_1d8b87a7-2996-4859-af86-c855d57929a8_0-scaled.jpg 1677w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image: Sidel Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Merger with expertise<\/h2>\n<p>COMEP and Sidel will continue to concentrate on their current focus areas and build a strong, <strong>Customised marketing strategy<\/strong> to utilise their respective capabilities.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-1820158591\"><div id=\"packa-1903061698\"><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>At the same time, they will become companies that bottle their products in PET, <strong>Comprehensive packaging services<\/strong> offer.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201eWe are confident that the expertise of our two companies will help the <strong>Growing demand<\/strong> The company will satisfy the demand for complete packaging solutions in this industry.<br \/>\nWe are once again part of a <strong>world's leading company<\/strong> in the packaging design and manufacturing industry.\u201c<br \/>\n<strong>Christophe Amarant<\/strong>, CEO of COMEP<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Different approaches to great success<\/h2>\n<p>COMEP stands for a separate market channel for blow moulds and tools. This means that COMEP and Sidel <strong>Different commercial approaches<\/strong> while exchanging best practices and, whenever possible, sharing their experiences. <strong>Benefit from efficiency advantages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201eThe acquisition of COMEP is an exciting opportunity for Sidel as we continue to grow and expand our <strong>Further improve customer offering<\/strong>.\"<br \/>\n<strong>Pavel Shevchuk<\/strong>, Executive Vice President Services at Sidel Group<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Source: Sidel Group<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On 18 July, Sidel announced the acquisition of Cognac Moules Emballages Plastqiues (COMEP), a French designer and manufacturer of PET blow moulds.","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":24987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","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":[114,22],"tags":[43,48,54,38,36,32,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-24968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aus-den-unternehmen-news","8":"category-packmittel-und-packstoffe","9":"tag-aus-den-unternehmen","10":"tag-getraenke","11":"tag-kunststoff-und-verbunde","12":"tag-lebensmittel","13":"tag-markt","14":"tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe","15":"tag-verpackungstechnik","16":"cs-entry","17":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24968","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}