Leading technology company Bosch has announced its intention to acquire Ampack Ammann, a Bavaria-based manufacturer of filling and packaging machines for liquid and paste-like foodstuffs, for an undisclosed sum.
Equipment developed and produced by Ampack Ammann includes cup and bottle filling machines as well as dosing systems and peripheral machinery.
The equipment is mainly used to fill and pack highly sensitive food such as dairy products, baby food, and hospital food, but also dosable products such as cereals.
Since 2005, the company has also conducted its own research in the field of aseptics and run a microbiology test laboratory.
Friedbert Klefenz, president of the Bosch Packaging Technology division, believes the move will enable the Bosch division to extend its technological leadership in the packaging of liquid and paste-like food products.
“Ampack Ammann is a technological leader in the area of low-germ and aseptic processing of pre-formed cups and bottles,” he says.
“With the acquisition of Ampack Ammann we will be able to complement our existing product portfolio in this segment.”
Apart from manufacturing its own machines and equipment, Ampack Ammann offers an “extensive range” of after-sales services, includin the maintenance and overhaul of used machinery and the supply of spare parts.
Ampack Ammann also acts as general contractor for complete filling and packing lines. Its customers include European dairies as well as producers of food and of nutritional products for hospitals and infants.
Rainer Ammann, the executive director and son of the company founder Siegfried Ammann, regards the planned takeover by Bosch as an important milestone in the company’s development: “Bosch Packaging Technology’s global sales and service network will put us in an even better position to market our filling and packaging machines internationally,” he says.
Based in Waiblingen, Germany, the Bosch Packaging Technology division is one of the leading suppliers of process and packaging technology. In over 15 countries worldwide, it develops and produces complete solutions for the pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, and confectionery industries.
Bosch to acquire Ampack Ammann, Koenigsbrunn, Bavaria
