Italian packaging manufacturer Pozzoli and US-based Multi Packaging Solutions have entered into a strategic partnership to cross license, co-develop, and market their respective products and technologies for the music, home video, and games markets.

The combination of Pozzoli and Multi Packaging Solutions offers customers unique capabilities to create and source CD, DVD and special packaging simultaneously in North America and Europe.

Both companies also offer a comprehensive range of eco-friendly packaging solutions with minimal environmental impact, including Ekoline and BioD which offer plastic-free alternatives to the styrene tray.

Commenting on the partnership, Marc Shore, CEO of Multi Packaging Solutions, stated “The relationship with Pozzoli is a great fit for Multi Packaging Solutions and our customers. It accelerates product and technology development for both companies and streamlines manufacturing and logistics for customers with international releases.”

Adds Aldo Pozzoli, President and Founder of Pozzoli. “We share with MPS a common philosophy of customer focus, agility, and superior execution on all levels. The combined strengths of our two companies offer unmatched resources and capabilities for current and future customers in the music, video and games markets.”

MPS’s key accounts include Electronic Arts, EMI, Microsoft, Paramount Home Entertainment, Sony BMG, Sony DADC, Take Two Interactive, Time Warner, Universal Home Entertainment and Universal Music. As for Pozzoli, amongst many innovative developments. The company patented the revolutionary Twin DVD Tray, which holds two discs.

Story filed 01.06.08