Essentra
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| Public | |
| Traded as | LSE: ESNT |
| Industry | Plastic products |
| Founded | 1940s |
| Headquarters | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK |
Key people |
Jeff Harris, Chairman Colin Day, CEO |
| Revenue | £865.7 million (2014)[1] |
| £108.8 million (2014)[1] | |
| £71.8 million (2014)[1] | |
| Website | www.essentra.com |
Essentra PLC is a supplier of plastic and fibre products. The company operates internationally from headquarters in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
History
The company was established in Jarrow in the 1940s as the Fibres division of Bunzl.[2] In 1955 it acquired Moss Plastics, a plastic products manufacturer,[3] in 1994 MSI Oilfield Products, a pipe protection business,[2] and in 1996 it bought Payne, a manufacturer of tear tapes.[2] In 1997 the Bunzl Fibres division bought Filtrona Corporation, a US filter technology specialist which it had demerged in 1984.[4] At this time the Filtrona name was adopted for the enlarged Bunzl Fibres business. The company bought Enitor, a Dutch extruder business, in 1998[2] and Skiffy Group, a Dutch nylon parts business in 2004.[2] The company was demerged from Bunzl in 2005.[5] It went on to buy Duraco, a US adhesive coated products business in 2007. In 2008, the company purchased Lendell Manufacturing, a foam manufacturer. The foam and fiber businesses were combined into a new division and named Filtrona Porous Technologies.[2]
On 26 June 2013, the company formally rebranded to Essentra plc.[6][7] Chief Executive, Colin Day said that the company chose the name Essentra “to capture what each of Filtrona’s businesses manufacture and supply: small but essential key components that play critical roles for our customers”.[8]
Operations
The company is organised as follows:[9]
- Protection and Finishing Products
- Porous Technologies
- Packaging & Securing Solutions
- Filter Products
References
- 1 2 3 "Preliminary Results 2014" (PDF). Essentra. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Essentra PLC - History". essentra.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ "About Essentra Components Americas". mossplastics.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ Bunzl of Britain to buy Filtrona
- ↑ "TalkTalk". talktalk.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ "Filtrona highlights diversification with name change to Essentra". Financial Times.
- ↑ "Formal Re-branding to Essentra Plc" (PDF).
- ↑ "Filtrona faces re-branding test". Financial Times.
- ↑ "Essentra PLC - Distribution". essentra.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
