The History of Trioplast

Trioplast was founded by Vilhelm Larsson in 1965 in Smålandsstenar. The business concept was to manufacture packagings using the ’new’ material polyethylene, which it was felt offered good growth potential.

The company grew steadily and the annual turnover after ten years reached SEK 35 million. That same year, the first sales company outside Sweden was established.

In the middle of the 1970s, brothers Bo and Lars Larsson took over the company after their father. Bo Larsson became the sole shareholder in 1984 and the Group’s new parent company, Trioplast Industrier AB, was founded at the same time.

The Trioplast Group’s long-term strategy has been to generate growth, both organically and through acquisitions. Over the years,the Group has carried out a number of key acquisitions and the Trioplast Group is now one of the leading manufacturers in Europe of polyethylene film.

Company acquisitions and other important years
 

1965 Trioplast AB is founded by Vilhelm Larsson.

1978 Acquisition of Trioplast Landskrona AB.

1980 Trioplanex International AB is founded as a base for
          hygiene film operations.

1984 Trioplast Industrier AB is founded (the Group’s new
          parent company).

1985 Acquisition of Ekmans Jönköping AB.

1993 Acquisition of the north factory, Smålandsstenar
         (integrated into Trioplast AB).

1994 Acquisition of Bengt Lundin AB.

1995 Acquisition of Trioplanex France SAS, France.

1997 Acquisition of Trioplast Sifab AB, Sweden and
          Trioplast Nyborg A/S, Denmark.

1999 Acquisition of Trioplast SMS SAS and Trioplast
          Wittenheim SA, France.

2006 Joint venture, TrioMada Plastics International LLC,
          Saudi Arabia.

2007 Acquisition of Ekoplast Emballage AB, Mo Industri AB and
          Extruding Pac i Glimåkra AB.