Oystar North America Information

Coesia Group announced today the finalization of the acquisition of Oystar North America, following the agreement signed and announced on October 26, 2012. With immediate effect Oystar North America is renamed R.A Jones & Co. R.A Jones & Co.’s heritage traces back to two pioneers in US packaging machinery, R.A Jones & Co. founded in 1905 in Covington, Kentucky and KartridgPak/Packaging Technologies, founded in 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. R.A Jones & Co. has revenues of over USD 200 million (approx. Euro 160 million), two US based sites in Davenport, Iowa and Covington, Kentucky, over 550 employees and more than 70 patents worldwide. R.A Jones & Co. is the leading North American player in Food and Consumer Goods packaging machinery, through its seven brands: Jones (pouch filling and cartoning), KartridgPak (Chub Packaging), Autoprod and Holmatic (Cup filling and sealing), Aerofill (Aerosol machinery), Dawson (bottle filling) and Map Systems (patented solutions for improving product shelf life). Barry Shoulders will continue as the CEO of the newly acquired company, which has grown to become one of the largest suppliers of packaging machinery and services in the United States, Canada and Mexico.