Theegarten-Pactec, a packaging specialist for small-sized confectionery products based in Dresden/Germany, recently acquired a stake in the Turkish company Makrev Packaging. The Istanbul-based company, founded in 1998, has since been manufacturing intermittent chocolate and jelly packaging machines as well as complete automation and feeding systems. Makrev’s machines achieve a packaging output of up to 900 pieces per minute for jelly products and hard candy and 400 pieces per minute for chocolate products.

Through the acquisition, Theegarten-Pactec aims to complement its product portfolio and become more attractive to customers in the mid-performance and price segments below the high-performance machines built in Dresden. “This step is exactly the right one for our long-term success,” says Markus Rustler, CEO of Theegarten-Pactec. “Makrev machines are solidly constructed and produced to the highest quality. They have an impeccable reputation in the industry.” Makrev, in turn, is expected to benefit from the Dresden-based packaging specialist’s worldwide sales and service network as a result of the cooperation.