Ampacet Corporation, a leader in the global production of color and additive masterbatch, has announced that it acquired Oceania Plastics, headquartered in Carrum Downs, Melbourne. Oceania is a distributor of plastic raw materials and has been the Ampacet distributor in Australia since 2012.

“We are delighted to continue our expansion in Australia and New Zealand and this compliments and further strengthens the recent acquisition of Allied Color & Additives in 2014” says Ampacet President and CEO Yves Carette.

Oceania Plastics operates sales and warehousing facilities in both Australia and New Zealand. “We have been established in Australia for over 15 years, and have a strong position supplying materials particularly to the flexible packaging market” says Andrew Marsh, Oceania Managing Director. “We are delighted to be joining Ampacet, and look forward to being part of the Ampacet team – growing our position in Australia and New Zealand”.

For more information, please contact Ms. Eileen Ferguson,
Ampacet Sales Corporation, 660 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591;
Tel: 914.631.6600; Email: eileen.ferguson@ampacet.com