Sistema Plastics is a New Zealand company which manufactures food storage containers. It is based in Auckland and owned by Newell Brands.[1][2][3]
History
Brendan Lindsay founded Sistema Plastics from his home in Cambridge, New Zealand in 1987. The company name Sistema comes from the Italian word for system.[4] The company is focused on BPA-free plastic kitchen storage containers under the brand names KLIP IT and Klipo.
Newell Brands bought the company in 2017 for NZ$660 million (US$470 million).[5]
In November 2024, Sistema Plastics confirmed that it would lay off about 100 workers at its Auckland factory by Christmas 2024.[6]
Awards
In 2018, Sistema was named Plastics Training Company of the Year by the New Zealand Plastics Industry.[7] In 2019, Sistema won the Technology Innovator award in the Epicor Customer Excellence Global Awards programme, for its use of automated processes.[8]
External links
References
- Alyse Whitney. These Life-Proof Containers Have Kept My Microwave Clean for 3 Years Bon Appetit, 31 January 2018, retrieved 2018-04-01^
- Plastics manufacturer Sistema sold for $660 million Radio New Zealand, 2016-12-13, retrieved 2018-04-01^
- $600m sale of Sistema gets green light from OIO The New Zealand Herald, 2017-05-01, retrieved 2018-04-01^
- Sistema Plastics. The SISTEMA® Story 2015-07-26, retrieved 2018-04-12^
- US conglomerate Newell Brands buys NZ-owned Sistema Plastics for $660m National Business Review, 13 December 2016, retrieved 2021-05-23^
- Felix Walton. Sistema to cut Auckland factory workforce by a quarter RNZ, 11 November 2024, retrieved 12 November 2024^
- Plastic fantastic – Sistema wins Training Company of the Year Competenz, retrieved 2021-05-23^
- doug. Sistema Plastics awarded Epicor Technology Innovator of the Year NZ Manufacturer, 2019-07-02, retrieved 2021-05-23^