We are a leading global provider of a broad range of innovative packaging,
dispensing and sealing solutions, primarily for the beauty, personal care, home
care, prescription drug, consumer health care, injectables, food and beverage
markets. Our creative packaging solutions enhance the convenience, safety and
security of consumers around the globe and allow our customers to differentiate
their products in the market.
Our business was started in the late 1940’s, manufacturing and selling
aerosol valves in the United States, and has grown primarily through the acquisition
of relatively small companies and internal expansion. We were incorporated in
Delaware in 1992. In this report, we may refer to AptarGroup, Inc. and its subsidiaries
as “AptarGroup”, “Aptar” or the “Company”.
We have manufacturing facilities located throughout the world including North
America, Europe, Asia and South America. We have approximately 5,000 customers
with no single customer or group of affiliated customers accounting for greater
than 6% of our 2016 net sales.
Consumers’ preference for convenience and product differentiation through
packaging design are important to our customers and they have converted many
of their packages from non-dispensing formats to dispensing systems that offer
enhanced shelf appeal, convenience, cleanliness and accuracy of dosage.
While we offer a wide variety of dispensing and sealing solutions, our primary
products are dispensing pumps, closures, aerosol valves and elastomeric primary
packaging components.
Dispensing pumps are finger-actuated dispensing systems that dispense a spray
or lotion from non-pressurized containers. The style of pump used depends largely
on the nature of the product being dispensed, from small, fine mist pumps used
with perfume and pharmaceutical products to lotion pumps for more viscous formulas.
Closures are primarily dispensing closures but to a lesser degree can include
non-dispensing closures. Dispensing closures are plastic caps which allow a
product to be dispensed without removing the cap.
Aerosol valves dispense product from pressurized containers. The majority of
the aerosol valves that we sell are continuous spray valves, with the balance
being metered dose valves.
We also manufacture and sell elastomeric primary packaging components. These
components are used in the injectables market. Products include stoppers for
infusion, antibiotic, lyophilization and diagnostic vials. Our elastomeric components
also include pre-filled syringe components, such as plungers, needle shields,
tip caps and cartridges, as well as dropper bulbs and syringe plungers.
On February 29, 2016, the Company completed its acquisition of MegaPlast GmbH
and its subsidiaries along with Megaplast France S.a.r.l. and Mega Pumps L.P.
(“Mega Airless”). Mega Airless is a leading provider of innovative
all-plastic airless dispensing systems for the beauty, personal care and pharmaceutical
markets.
AptarGroup’s organizational structure consists of three market-focused
business segments which are Beauty + Home, Pharma and Food + Beverage. This
is a strategic structure which allows us to be more closely aligned with our
customers and the markets in which they operate. We primarily sell our products
through our own sales force to the largest beauty, personal care, pharmaceutical,
home care, food and beverage marketers in the world. To a limited extent, we
use independent representatives and distributors to reach smaller customers
and export markets.
Operations that sell dispensing systems and sealing solutions primarily to
the beauty, personal care and home care markets form the Beauty + Home segment.
Operations that sell dispensing systems and sealing solutions to the prescription
drug, consumer health care and injectables markets form the Pharma segment.
Operations that sell dispensing systems and sealing solutions to the food and
beverage markets form the Food + Beverage segment.
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