Refresco buying AZPACK

Will expand footprint in North America

Nov 14th, 2019

Refresco, the world’s largest independent bottler of beverages for retailers and A-brands with production sites in Europe and North America, has entered into an agreement to purchase AZPACK and its 240,000-sq-ft, fully automated canning and bottling facility in Tempe, AZ. Headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Refresco currently owns 27 locations in North America. No details on the acquisition have been released.

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