Graphic Packaging Completes Acquisitions of Contego Packaging Holdings, Ltd., A&R Carton Holding B.V.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisitions of Contego Packaging Holdings, Ltd., a leading food and consumer products packaging company based in the UK, and A&R Carton Holding B.V., which is A&R’s European beer and beverage packaging business.

The combination of Graphic Packaging’s European packaging business with these two acquisitions will create one of Europe’s largest folding carton businesses. The two acquisitions will provide state-of-the-art web and sheetfed converting assets, creating a manufacturing platform in Europe similar to Graphic Packaging’s U.S. operations.