What Amerplast does

Amerplast Ltd. is a Finland-based plastic film packaging manufacturer headquartered in Tampere, founded in 1952 and operating with 251-500 employees. The company is recognized as a key player in the global frozen food packaging market, alongside major incumbents including Amcor PLC, Sealed Air Corporation, Berry Plastics, Sonoco Products Company, and WestRock Company. Its product portfolio targets three primary vertical segments: frozen food packaging (the core market), feed and agricultural packaging, and fresh/minimally processed food packaging where it supplies micro-perforated films designed for shelf-life extension.

The company's underlying technology centers on plastic film conversion, with specialized capability in micro-perforated films that support modified atmosphere and respiration-controlled packaging for fresh produce. This engineering-led differentiation into value-added specialty films positions Amerplast beyond pure commodity flexible packaging. The company maintains an operating history spanning more than 70 years and has received institutional investment, most recently from H.I.G. Capital in January 2026, with prior participation from Souter Investments in 2014.

Amerplast operates as a privately held industrial B2B packaging converter. Its go-to-market is vertical-segment oriented, selling directly into food manufacturers, feed producers, and agricultural customers across its target markets. Pricing models and customer-level revenue concentration are not publicly disclosed, but the multi-segment approach suggests a distributed customer base across frozen food, feed, and fresh food categories. The company owns no parent and is described in the source material as an independent operating entity.

Name

Amerplast

Legal name

Amerplast Ltd.

Website

https://amerplast.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Amerplast is a Finland-based plastic film packaging manufacturer serving frozen food, feed/agricultural, and fresh food industries with packaging solutions, including micro-perforated films for shelf-life extension, as a privately held company founded in 1952.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampere

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Amerplast Ltd. manufactures and supplies plastic film packaging solutions, primarily for the frozen food, fresh/minimally processed food, and feed/agricultural industries. The company produces packaging materials that support shelf-life extension, convenience, and sustainability requirements for food manufacturers and agricultural producers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Frozen Food Packaging Plastic film packaging solutions designed for frozen food products, serving companies in the frozen food sector requiring packaging materials.
• Feed/Agricultural Packaging Packaging solutions serving the feed and agricultural sector, addressing packaging needs driven by pet adoption growth and agricultural sector requirements.
• Fresh/Minimally Processed Food Packaging Micro-perforated packaging films for food manufacturers producing fresh, minimally processed foods, designed to extend shelf-life.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Amcor: Global packaging giant with a large flexible packaging and film portfolio serving food, healthcare, and consumer goods. Listed alongside Amerplast as a key player in frozen food packaging and represents the dominant incumbent Amerplast competes against for major CPG accounts.
• Berry Global Group: Large diversified plastic packaging manufacturer with significant flexible films, bags, and pouches capacity serving food and consumer markets. Comparable to Amerplast in core film/film-converting capability but at much greater scale and geographic reach.
• Sonoco Products Company: Global packaging manufacturer serving food, beverage, and consumer goods with a mix of rigid and flexible packaging. Explicitly listed alongside Amerplast in the frozen food packaging competitive set.
• Sealed Air Corporation: Major food packaging company with strong positions in protective and food packaging films, including the Cryovac brand. Directly named in Amerplast's competitive set for frozen food packaging, with overlapping film-based product offerings.

Direct peers

• Uflex Limited: India-headquartered flexible packaging company producing films, laminates, and pouches for food and consumer applications. Directly listed as a key peer in frozen food packaging and offers a similar flexible film product portfolio to Amerplast.
• Constantia Flexibles: Austria-headquartered flexible packaging manufacturer focused on films and laminates for food, pet food, and consumer goods. Comparable to Amerplast in product type (flexible films), target end markets (food/feed), and European geographic footprint.
• Huhtamäki: Finnish global flexible and rigid packaging supplier with a strong presence in food and consumer goods packaging. Closest comparable peer given shared Finnish/Nordic origin and overlapping food and fresh-food packaging product lines.
• Coveris Holdings: European flexible packaging manufacturer producing films, laminates, and pouches for food, pet food, and industrial customers. Direct competitor to Amerplast in food-grade flexible film and converting across Europe.
• Ampac Holdings: Flexible packaging company producing specialty films, pouches, and laminates for food and consumer products. Explicitly named in Amerplast's competitive set for frozen food packaging with overlapping product formats.

Emerging players

• Walki Group: Finnish specialty packaging company producing sustainable and protective packaging materials including multilayer films and laminates. Comparable to Amerplast in Nordic origin, film/laminate product focus, and emphasis on sustainable packaging solutions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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