Caplugs Expands European Manufacturing and Service Presence

Caplugs (Buffalo, N.Y.), a division of Protective Industries Inc., has acquired San Marino’s Polykap srlas, which supplies more than 9000 standard caps, plugs and protective components for customers throughout Europe. Polykap runs five production lines in its San Marino facility, maintaining more than 18 million warehoused parts. Caplugs operates 10 global manufacturing and distribution facilities, producing nearly 5.5 billion parts annually. On the company’s website it says it runs more than 200 injection molding machines ranging from 7 to 1000 tons of clamp force.

In a release, Caplugs said the acquisition will give the company’s current customers in Italy, Germany, France, Belgium and throughout western Europe greater access to Polykap’s full portfolio, as well as faster delivery and local service and support for orders from the Caplugs product lineup.

A Caplugs spokesperson told Plastics Technology that the company has many current customers in Europe, and it has been working to grow its overall footprint, specifically manufacturing and warehousing capacity on the continent to better serve the market. “The acquisition of Polykap allows us to offer even more service, support and stocking options,” the spokesperson said,  “while furthering our manufacturing capabilities in the region.”

The operations in San Marino join Caplugs’ existing European facilities in Belgium and the Netherlands, which operate as Caplugs Europe B.V.