{"id":1423,"date":"2023-10-24T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progressiosgr.it\/progressio-sgr-completa-la-cessione-di-garda-plast\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:39:56","slug":"progressio-sgr-completes-the-sale-of-garda-plast-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.progressiosgr.it\/en\/news\/progressio-sgr-completes-the-sale-of-garda-plast-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressio SGR completes the sale of Garda Plast Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Milan, October 24th, 2023 – Progressio SGR, on behalf of its fund Progressio Investimenti II (\u201cProgressio\u201c), has sold its stake in the Garda Plast Group (\u201cGP Group\u201c) to Valgroup, an international operator with over 45 years of experience in the polymer industry. Today, Valgroup is one of the major producers, processors and recyclers of polymers with operations in Brazil, Spain, Italy, the United States, Mexico and Uruguay. The transaction was carried out by Valgroup Italia (\u201cValgroup\u201c).<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n

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GP Group was established through the aggregation \u2013 led by Progressio \u2013 between Garda Plast S.p.A., headquartered in Polpenazze del Garda (BS), and IFAP S.p.A., headquartered in Palmanova (UD). Both the sellers of Garda Plast (Amos and Luca Tonoli) and the sellers of IFAP (Pietro and Marco Bruseschi) reinvested in the project, alongside Progressio, as minority shareholders.<\/p>\n

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Over Progressio\u2019s holding period years, under the leadership of the CEO Massimo Cutolo, GP Group has achieved significant milestones, generating revenues of over Euro 90 million in 2022. The integration between the two companies has enabled GP Group to expand the offering consolidating its positioning in the Italian plastic packaging sector.<\/p>\n

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Progressio\u2019s deal team include Filippo Gaggini, Alessandro Petraccia, Mauro Ballabio, Giovanni Pesce and Beatrice Capretti.<\/p>\n

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Alessandro Petraccia, Senior Partner at Progressio<\/strong>, stated: \u201cWe are proud to have supported Massimo and the management team in this journey. The group has achieved a virtuous growth path, entering new markets, developing new value-added business lines, investing in technology, digitalization and sustainability. Special thanks go to Pietro Bruseschi, Marco Bruseschi, Amos Tonoli and Luca Tonoli who have been great partners in this journey granting a crucial contribution from the business point of view.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Massimo Cutolo, President and CEO of Garda Plast<\/strong>, said: \u201cDuring these years of partnership with Progressio, the management team has achieved significant milestones. We dare say that today GP Group represents an excellence in the industry and we are convinced that other ambitious goals will be reached in the near future.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Luigi Geronimi, Founder of Valgroup<\/strong>, stated: \u201cWith the acquisition of Garda Plast Group, we consolidate our position in the Italian market, creating a hub of innovation and excellence in the PET and rPET preform sector for the beverage, detergent and dairy industries.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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GP Group shareholders were assisted by UBS (Tommaso Poletto and Edoardo Bianchi) and Equita (Maximiliano Turelli, Alex Barbi and Andrea Ruberti) as financial advisors, and by Carnelutti Law Firm (Carlo Pappalettera and Filippo Grillo) for legal aspects and contracts negotiation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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