Company:Sistema Plastics
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founder | Sir Brendan Lindsay[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Plastic food containers |
| Parent | Newell Brands |
| Website | sistemaplastics.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]
History
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]
In November 2024, Sistema Plastics confirmed that it would lay off about 100 workers at its Auckland factory by Christmas 2024.[6]
Awards
In 2018, Sistema was named Plastics Training Company of the Year by the New Zealand Plastics Industry.[7] In 2019, Sistema won the Technology Innovator award in the Epicor Customer Excellence Global Awards programme, for its use of automated processes.[8]
References
- ↑ Whitney, Alyse (31 January 2018). "These Life-Proof Containers Have Kept My Microwave Clean for 3 Years" (in en). https://www.bonappetit.com/story/sistema-microwave-plastic-containers.
- ↑ "Plastics manufacturer Sistema sold for $660 million" (in en-nz). 2016-12-13. https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/business/320275/plastics-manufacturer-sistema-sold-for-$660-million.
- ↑ "$600m sale of Sistema gets green light from OIO" (in en-NZ). 2017-05-01. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11848296.
- ↑ Sistema Plastics (2015-07-26), The SISTEMA® Story, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toc_vlu8lLM, retrieved 2018-04-12
- ↑ "US conglomerate Newell Brands buys NZ-owned Sistema Plastics for $660m" (in en). National Business Review. 13 December 2016. https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/us-conglomerate-newell-brands-buys-sistema-plastics-660m-ng-197798.
- ↑ Walton, Felix (11 November 2024). "Sistema to cut Auckland factory workforce by a quarter". RNZ. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/533441/sistema-to-cut-auckland-factory-workforce-by-a-quarter.
- ↑ "Plastic fantastic – Sistema wins Training Company of the Year" (in en-NZ). https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/plastic-fantastic-sistema-wins-training-company-of-the-year/.
- ↑ doug (2019-07-02). "Sistema Plastics awarded Epicor Technology Innovator of the Year" (in en-NZ). https://nzmanufacturer.co.nz/2019/07/sistema-plastics-awarded-epicor-technology-innovator-of-the-year/.
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