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Berlin Packaging Acquires Diablo Valley Packaging
- Client News
- November 10, 2015
Paul, Weiss client Berlin Packaging, a leading rigid packing supplier, announced the acquisition of California-based Diablo Valley Packaging. The acquisition, Berlin's sixth since 2010, is part of an initiative to double revenues and earnings by 2017. All of Diablo's managers and front-line personnel will remain with the company, creating an organization with more than 650 employees, $1 billion in annual sales, double-digit organic growth and deep expertise in supplying rigid packaging to markets including food and beverage, wine and spirits, personal care, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical, chemical and industrial, automotive care, pet care and household care.
The Paul, Weiss team included corporate partners Angelo Bonvino and Eric Goodison; antitrust counsel Didier Malaquin and Marta Kelly; tax partners David Sicular and Patrick Karsnitz; employee benefits partner Robert Fleder; real estate partner Mitchell Berg; environmental counsel William O'Brien; and intellectual property counsel Claudine Meredith-Goujon.