TriMas Announces Agreement to Acquire Plastic Srl

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Nov. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TriMas (NASDAQ: TRS) announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Plastic Srl, a privately-owned manufacturer of polymeric caps and closures for home care product applications, located in Forlì, Italy. The transaction is expected to close in early 2019.

“We are excited to announce an agreement between TriMas and the Muccioli family to acquire Plastic Srl, which will enhance TriMas’ Packaging group’s single-bodied and assembled closure product offering,” said Thomas Amato, president and chief executive officer of TriMas. “Plastic Srl broadens our geographic presence, adds adjacent products and designs to our current product offering, and increases production capability through innovative manufacturing know-how.”

Plastic Srl predominantly manufactures single-bodied and assembled caps and closures, including child resistant closures, for home care product applications, such as detergent and household cleaning products. With more than 100 closure product designs, including several patented closure systems, Plastic Srl serves the home care market in Italy and other European countries. Located approximately 50 miles southeast of Bologna, Italy, Plastic Srl generates approximately €10 million ($12 million) in annual revenue. Upon closing, Plastic Srl will be a wholly-owned division of TriMas’ Rieke business.

Amato continued, “We appreciated the opportunity to work exclusively on this transaction with the Muccioli family and welcome the broader Plastic Srl team to the TriMas organization. We are pleased to add this business to Rieke, and look forward to further growing Plastic Srl’s product line.”

About TriMas
TriMas is a diversified industrial manufacturer of products for customers in the consumer products, aerospace, industrial, petrochemical, refinery and oil & gas end markets with approximately 4,000 dedicated employees in 13 countries. We provide customers with a wide range of innovative and quality product solutions through our market-leading businesses, which we report in three segments: Packaging, Aerospace and Specialty Products. The TriMas family of businesses has strong brand names in the markets served, and operates under a common set of values and strategic priorities under the TriMas Business Model. TriMas is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “TRS,” and is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. For more information, please visit www.trimascorp.com.

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CONTACT:      
Sherry Lauderback
VP, Investor Relations & Communications
(248) 631-5506
sherrylauderback@trimascorp.com

Source: TriMas Corporation