Mason Wells announced today that it has closed on the acquisition of the rigid medical packaging business of Sealed Air Corporation. The business will be owned by Nelipak® Corporation (“Nelipak”) and operate under the name of Nelipak®Healthcare Packaging. Nelipak is a newly formed company owned by Mason Wells, management and other co-investors.
Headquartered in Cranston, RI, the company is a leader in the design, development and manufacturing of custom designed aseptic thermoformed packaging for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. The predecessor business to Nelipak was founded in 1953, and currently operates from four production facilities, one in North America – located in Cranston, RI.; two in Europe – located in Venray, the Netherlands and Galway, Ireland; and one in Latin America – located in San Jose, Costa Rica.