Sistema Plastics

Sistema Plastics
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFood
Founded1987; 37 years ago (1987)
FounderBrendan Lindsay
FateAcquired by Newell Brands
Headquarters
Auckland
,
New Zealand
ProductsPlastic food containers
ParentNewell Brands
Websitesistemaplastics.com

Sistema Plastics is a New Zealand company which manufactures food storage containers. It is based in Auckland and owned by Newell Brands.[1][2][3]

Overview

Brendan Lindsay founded Sistema Plastics from his home in Cambridge, New Zealand in 1987. The company name Sistema comes from the Italian word for systems.[4] The company is focused on BPA-free plastic kitchen storage containers under the brand names KLIP IT and Klipo.

Newell Brands bought the company in 2017 for NZ$660 million (US$470 million).[5]

Awards

In 2018, Sistema was named Plastics Training Company of the Year by the New Zealand Plastics Industry.[6] In 2019, Sistema won the Technology Innovator award in the Epicor Customer Excellence Global Awards programme, for its use of automated processes.[7]

References

  1. ^ Whitney, Alyse (31 January 2018). "These Life-Proof Containers Have Kept My Microwave Clean for 3 Years". Bon Appetit. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Plastics manufacturer Sistema sold for $660 million". Radio New Zealand. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. ^ "$600m sale of Sistema gets green light from OIO". NZ Herald. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  4. ^ Sistema Plastics (26 July 2015), The SISTEMA® Story, retrieved 12 April 2018
  5. ^ "US conglomerate Newell Brands buys NZ-owned Sistema Plastics for $660m". NBR. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Plastic fantastic – Sistema wins Training Company of the Year". Competenz. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  7. ^ doug (2 July 2019). "Sistema Plastics awarded Epicor Technology Innovator of the Year". NZ Manufacturer. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

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