GUILLIN Group Acquires Gruyaert and VdeV in Belgium

The GUILLIN Group, one of Europe’s leaders in food packaging solutions and related materials, announced that its French subsidiary Alterecopack has acquired two Belgian companies: Gruyaert Verpakkingen Srl and Verpakkingen V de V SA.

Gruyaert Verpakkingen is one of Belgium’s leading manufacturers of customized cardboard pastry boxes. Verpakkingen V de V distributes Gruyaert packaging on the Belgian market, as well as a range of complementary products. In 2024, these two companies generated combined revenue of EUR19 million and employed around 40 people.

With this acquisition, the GUILLIN Group is continuing its strategy of expanding its product offering, enabling it to meet all its customers’ needs and further strengthening its recognized expertise in the food packaging solutions market.

Gruyaert and VdeV are family businesses, driven by a love of their products and a commitment to a job well done. We are impressed by their expertise, their rigour and their remarkable manufacturing processes. This acquisition strengthens the expertise of our WEFOLD paper/cardboard sites and our presence in the printed and customized cardboard packaging segment. Strengthened by our shared values and our common goal of putting customer satisfaction at the heart of our decisions, we will strive to continue the wonderful entrepreneurial adventure of Gruyaert and VdeV with passion and ambition.

Sophie Guillin, CEO of GUILLIN Group

“All our teams are involved in this exciting project, which marks the beginning of a new chapter for our companies. We are joining a dynamic family-owned group with values that are identical to ours. We share with GUILLIN Group the goal of offering our customers high quality, customizable products manufactured un Europe, with impeccable logistics. We are convinced of the relevance of this partnership, which brings together recognized expertise on the market to serve our customers,” said Frank Van de Vloet, representative of the sellers.

About GUILLIN Group
A French family-owned group founded in 1972, the GIULLIN Group is one of Europe’s leader in food packaging solutions. The GIULLIN Group is the preferred partner of its customers in the catering, agri-food, fruit and vegetable, and institutional catering sectors. With a commercial presence in more that 70 countries, the Group is constantly innovating to offer its customers impeccable service and the widest range on the market, with more than 25,000 product references available from stock.

The circular economy, eco-design and the use of recycled and recyclable raw materials in the packaging it puts on the market are among the Group’s longstanding concerns and are a daily priority for its 3,500 employees. Encouraging team spirit, excellence, respect, openness to progress and performance, GUILLIN Group, listed on Euronext Growth, achieved consolidated net sales of EUR869.7 million in 2024.

For further information, contact@groupeguillin.fr