Sistema Plastics

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Sistema Plastics
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Food
Founded1987;38 years ago (1987)
FounderSir Brendan Lindsay
Headquarters
Auckland
,
New Zealand
Products Plastic food containers
Parent Newell Brands
Website sistemaplastics.com

Sistema Plastics is a New Zealand company which manufactures food storage containers. It is based in Auckland and owned by Newell Brands. [1] [2] [3]

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History

Brendan Lindsay founded Sistema Plastics from his home in Cambridge, New Zealand in 1987. The company name Sistema comes from the Italian word for systems. [4] The company is focused on BPA-free plastic kitchen storage containers under the brand names KLIP IT and Klipo.

Newell Brands bought the company in 2017 for NZ$660 million (US$470 million). [5]

In November 2024, Sistema Plastics confirmed that it would lay off about 100 workers at its Auckland factory by Christmas 2024. [6]

Awards

In 2018, Sistema was named Plastics Training Company of the Year by the New Zealand Plastics Industry. [7] In 2019, Sistema won the Technology Innovator award in the Epicor Customer Excellence Global Awards programme, for its use of automated processes. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Whitney, Alyse (31 January 2018). "These Life-Proof Containers Have Kept My Microwave Clean for 3 Years". Bon Appetit. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Plastics manufacturer Sistema sold for $660 million". Radio New Zealand . 13 December 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "$600m sale of Sistema gets green light from OIO". The New Zealand Herald . 1 May 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Sistema Plastics (26 July 2015), The SISTEMA® Story , retrieved 12 April 2018
  5. ↑ "US conglomerate Newell Brands buys NZ-owned Sistema Plastics for $660m". National Business Review . 13 December 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Walton, Felix (11 November 2024). "Sistema to cut Auckland factory workforce by a quarter". RNZ . Archived from the original on 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Plastic fantastic – Sistema wins Training Company of the Year". Competenz. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. ↑ doug (2 July 2019). "Sistema Plastics awarded Epicor Technology Innovator of the Year". NZ Manufacturer. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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