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]
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founder | Brendan Lindsay |
| Fate | Acquired by Newell Brands |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Plastic food containers |
| Parent | Newell Brands |
| Website | sistemaplastics.com |
Overview
Brendan Lindsay founded Sistema Plastics from his home in Cambridge, New Zealand in 1987. The company name Sistema comes from the Italian word for systems.[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]
Awards
In 2018, Sistema was named Plastics Training Company of the Year by the New Zealand Plastics Industry.[6] In 2019, Sistema won the Technology Innovator award in the Epicor Customer Excellence Global Awards programme, for its use of automated processes.[7]