{"id":11505,"date":"2026-02-04T04:29:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=11505"},"modified":"2026-02-04T04:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:29:06","slug":"firmapak-expands-into-canada-with-easy-plastic-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=11505","title":{"rendered":"FirmaPak expands into Canada with Easy Plastic acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"article-image__container\">\n                                    <picture><source media=\"(min-width: 990px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.packaging-gateway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/02\/easy-shutterstock_2019425741-770x433.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 430px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.packaging-gateway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/02\/easy-shutterstock_2019425741-940x528.jpg\"\/>\n                                    <\/picture><figcaption class=\"c-featured-image__description\">The deal is also expected to broaden FirmaPak\u2019s offerings in personal care and pharmaceutical packaging. Credit: Chay_Tee \/ Shutterstock.com.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"drop-cap\">FirmaPak has purchased Easy Plastic Containers Corporation, a Canadian blow moulder producing plastic bottles, for an undisclosed sum.<\/p>\n<p>Easy Plastic serves a range of sectors such as automotive, health and beauty, food and beverage, industrial and pharmaceutical.<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-premium-insights mobile-useragent-scalar\">\n<section class=\"gms-b2b-marketing\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packaging-gateway.com\/wp-content\/themes\/goodlife-wp-B2B\/assets\/images\/GMS-logo.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<h4> Discover B2B Marketing That Performs <\/h4>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCombine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaldatamarketingsolutions.com\/\" class=\"gms-find-out-more\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFind out more <span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"13\" height=\"9\" viewbox=\"0 0 13 9\" fill=\"none\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.685 4.5548L1.25586 4.5548L11.685 4.5548Z\" fill=\"white\"\/><path d=\"M11.685 4.5548L1.25586 4.5548\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-width=\"1.03145\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M7.85693 0.918855L11.9827 4.5731L7.85693 8.33789\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-width=\"1.03145\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>Established in 1979, it operates two sites near Toronto, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Originally founded by George Seretis and Chris Grigoriadis, the company\u2019s current management includes Nick Seretis, Andy Seretis, Geena Grigoriadis, and Nick Vayenas.<\/p>\n<p>Easy Plastics president Nick Seretis said: \u201cBeing a part of FirmaPak provides additional resources, capabilities, and flexibility to support our growth, while preserving the responsiveness and relationships our customers value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seretis will continue to head Easy Plastics, which will now operate as Easy Plastics, a FirmaPak Company.<\/p>\n<p>With this move, FirmaPak adds Canadian manufacturing to its US operations, which already include facilities in Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and California.<\/p>\n<p>The deal is also expected to broaden FirmaPak\u2019s offerings in personal care and pharmaceutical packaging.<\/p>\n<p>FirmaPak\u2019s portfolio also includes Container Services and Apex Plastics, both of which now operate under the FirmaPak brand.<\/p>\n<p>PMCF Investment Banking was the financial advisor to Easy Plastics for the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>FirmaPak CEO Rob Goldberg said: \u201cFirmaPak continues to grow both organically and through strategic acquisitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdding Easy Plastics to the FirmaPak family enhances our ability to serve customers through additional locations and expanded packaging offerings. Easy Plastics has also earned a strong reputation for high-quality packaging and outstanding customer service. We are thrilled that Easy Plastics chose to partner with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June 2025, FirmaPak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.packaging-gateway.com\/news\/firmapak-expands-global-footprint\/\" target=\"_blank\">acquired Lighthouse Packaging<\/a>\u00a0in California.<\/p>\n<p>Lighthouse Packaging was founded in 2015 by Ernie Hernandez and supplies both stock and bespoke\u202fpackaging products.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Newsletter banner start --><\/p>\n<p><!-- <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\"> --><\/p>\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<section class=\"gdm-newsletter-banner__container\">\n<div class=\"grid-x gdm-newsletter-banner__wrapper-container gdm-newsletter-banner__wrapper-container--article\">\n<div class=\"cell large-9 gdm-newsletter-banner-info__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gdm-newsletter-banner-logo__container\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packaging-gateway.com\/wp-content\/themes\/goodlife-wp-B2B\/assets\/images\/newsletter-new.svg\" alt=\"Email newsletter icon\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"gdm-newsletter-banner__heading wp-noreslt\">Sign up for our daily news round-up!<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"gdm-newsletter-banner__sub-heading\">Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Newsletter banner end --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-footer\">\n                                <!-- article-actions start --><\/p>\n<p><!-- .gdm-article-actions -->                                <!-- article-actions end --><br \/>\n                            <\/footer>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.packaging-gateway.com\/news\/firmapak-easy-plastic-acquisition\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deal is also expected to broaden FirmaPak\u2019s offerings in personal care and pharmaceutical packaging. Credit: Chay_Tee \/ Shutterstock.com. FirmaPak has purchased Easy Plastic Containers Corporation, a Canadian blow moulder producing plastic bottles, for an undisclosed sum. Easy Plastic serves a range of sectors such as automotive, health and beauty, food and beverage, industrial and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[1636],"class_list":["post-11505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-packaging-news","tag-packaging-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}