Rohrer buys retail packaging maker Transparent Container

In a move that adds six manufacturing locations to its operations, packaging supplier Rohrer Corp. has acquired retail packaging manufacturer Transparent Container for an undisclosed amount.

Headquartered in Addison, Ill., Transparent Container designs and manufactures blister and club packaging, clamshells, and printed plastic and paperboard folding cartons.

“This acquisition provides [us] with additional thermoforming capacity, expanded product range, and the largest combination run program for printed and thermoformed visual packaging products in the world, all under Rohrer’s ezCombo program,” Rohrer said in a statement.

Rohrer is headquartered in Wadsworth, Ohio; the company was founded in 1973.

Transparent Container’s chairman Dan Greiwe and president Scott Greiwe will be staying with the company as advisory board members

With this acquisition, the combined Rohrer and Transparent Container organization will be made up of more than 1,000 employees, with 11 manufacturing facilities across North America.