RPC is one of those companies, like Bunzl to which it has been compared, that seems capable of finding endless value-creating acquisitions and cost savings. Its name stands for Rigid Plastic Containers and it tends to do large deals, unlike Bunzl, completing four in the past two years.
It is moving away from the sort of packaging required by supermarkets and into more specialist areas, with the proviso that purchases are big users of polymers and offer a return on capital of at least 8 per cent. Management have been making noises about another big deal recently and two duly arrived yesterday.
RPC is buying ESE World, which makes plastic waste containers such as wheelie bins for councils and waste management companies, at two centres