Berry Plastics buys MAC Closures Inc.

Berry Plastics Corp., an Indiana-based company that owns PackerWare Corp. in Lawrence, this week acquired MAC Closures Inc., a manufacturer of plastic caps and closures.

MAC Closures has operations in Waterloo, Quebec, and Oakville, Ontario.

Ira Boots, Berry’s chairman and chief executive officer, said that the acquisition continued Berry’s strategic plan for expanding its North American position by adding other companies to provide a wider array of products.

MAC Closures’ injection-molded plastic caps and closures are used primarily in the pharmaceutical, personal care, amenity, and household and industrial chemical industries.

For more information, visit www.berryplastics.com.