Crown Holdings completes Mivisa acquisition

PHILADELPHIA, US – FOLLOWING the approval by the European Commission earlier this month, Crown Holdings, Inc. has completed its acquisition of Mivisa Envases, SAU, a Spanish manufacturer of two- and three-piece food cans and ends, from certain investment funds managed by affiliates of The Blackstone Group L.P., N+1 Mercapital and management.

Mivisa, based in Murcia, Spain, is the largest food can producer in both the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco. It serves the vegetable, fruit, fish and meat segments, and operates 10 manufacturing facilities, including six in Spain and one in Morocco.

Crown, a leading maker of consumer packaging based in the United States, offers a range of metal packaging for food, beverage, household and personal care and industrial products and metal vacuum closures and caps.