Zeus acquires Limerick firm as rise in home deliveries increases demand for packaging

Growth in the home delivery sector is seeing demand for packaging increase by more than 20%

The addition of the company's 45 staff will bring Zeus’s personnel in Ireland to 221.

Industrial and transit packaging specialists Limerick Packaging have been acquired by Irish firm Zeus in its second significant acquisition this year as it expands in the corrugated packaging sector.

Providing corrugated packaging to the health and food sectors, Limerick Packaging was founded in 2002 by Connie Ryan and Mike Boland. The company has an annual turnover of €17.4m.