Outside picture of the Nagyigmand Hungary plant
JOINING THE PLASTICOS FAMILY Plasticast Hungary has recently joined the Plasticos Castella family, and the strategic acquisition looks set to boost the fortunes of the company and deliver an enhanced service to its growing customer base across Europe. Emma-Jane Batey spoke to plant manager Ms Teresa Castella and project manager Gabor Vendegh to find out more.
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one of the leading plastic injection moulding companies in Spain producing thin-wall plastic parts for the European food and beverage industry, family-owned Plasticos Castella is now run by the second generation of the Castella family. Following the careful analysis of potential partners in key locations in Europe, the company acquired the well-established injection moulding company Nypro Hungary, based in Nagyigmand just 60 kilometres west of the capital Budapest.
Ms Teresa Castella, the daughter of the founder, told Industry Europe how and why Nypro Hungary was chosen: “We were interested in Nypro Hungary as we had been carefully looking for local operations in Hungary, but ones which were fresh, innovative and had already built up a strong reputation for quality. We saw there was considerable room for growth, and we found that the personnel and the production values of the company perfectly matched our own.”
Bigger and better Nypro Hungary was acquired at the end of 2010, and the company is now called Plasticast Hungary, with all the employees being retained. Plasticast Hungary has been formed as a new joint venture company, which is 80 per cent owned by Plasticos Castella with the remaining 20 per cent still owned by Nypro. Project manager Gabor Vendegh was keen to point out that being a part of the Plasticast Castella family has already
