The Navigator Group is planning to acquire the engineering company Sapal S. A., Ecublens/Switzerland, from Bosch’s Packaging Technology division. Corresponding contracts were signed on 05.09.2017.

Sapal is part of the packaging machinery division of the Bosch Group and is a company with a long tradition and a high reputation, which is focused on diefold packaging. More than 6,000 installed plants worldwide testify to the appreciation that customers bring to the Swiss precision machines. With the takeover by the Navigator Group, some 80 employees will have a long-term perspective in the focused development of an independently operating unit.

Sapal became part of Bosch’s packaging division in 2004 through the takeover of SIG Group by Bosch. Today, Sapal is one of the technology leaders in diefolding packaging of cheese under the well-known Kustner brand, and of soup cubes and chocolate.

“As a stand-alone company, we see a good opportunity for Sapal to flexibly operate the business in this volatile niche market and to continue to develop profitably in the long-term,” explains Jakob Bleiker, Head of Business Unit Food, Bosch Packaging Technology. “In addition, since there is hardly any synergy potential with other Bosch Packaging Technology divisions, we decided to sell Sapal to the Navigator Group.”