SITA acquires Doopa and Doopatrans from VPK

Archiv – Paper trading company SITA Paper Recycling, a division of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, has acquired the shares of Doopa NV and Doopatrans NV on 1 August. Doopa NV and Doopatrans NV are subsidiaries of the Belgian VPK Packaging Group.
Doopa NV is a specialist company collecting and processing paper from inter-municipal companies, firms and private individuals.Belgium | Paper trading company SITA Paper Recycling, a division of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, has acquired the shares of Doopa NV and Doopatrans NV on 1 August. Doopa NV and Doopatrans NV are subsidiaries of the Belgian VPK Packaging Group.
Doopa NV is a specialist company collecting and processing paper from inter-municipal companies, firms and private individuals. Doopa NV has branches across Belgium: in Roeselare, Erembodegem and Dendermonde. Doopatrans NV has an extensive truck fleet and covers a large number of industrial and private clients with some 500 waste containers.
Mathieu Berthoud, COO SITA Northern Europe, explains: ’SITA currently processes and markets some 1.5 million tonnes of waste paper from 17 specialised sites in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany, making it one of the leading players in this market. This acquisition strengthens SITA’s market-leading position in Belgium. With a well-balanced geographical distribution of collection and processing capacity, SITA will be able to offer its clients even better flexibility and service.’
Martin van Tuyl, Managing Director of SITA Paper Recycling and Trading (SPRT) Northern Europe adds: ’The acquisition fits perfectly within our growth strategy. We are convinced that the takeover of DOOPA and DOOPATRANS will make an important contribution to achieving our ambitious growth plans.’
Pierre Macharis, CEO of VPK Packaging Group, comments on the transaction: ‘€˜This is a genuine win-win situation. Up to now collecting and processing waste paper has been a niche activity for the VPK Group. In the future the VPK Packaging Group wants to concentrate on the production of a broader range of protective packaging based on recovered paper, and to offer this to clients throughout Europe. We are extremely pleased that we have been able to accommodate Doopa within a very solid group with a strong focus on the recovery of paper, offering new opportunities to the team that Doopa has developed so successfully.’€™