Keter Group acquires Stewart Plastics

Keter Group, a global producer of resin-based household and garden consumer products, has acquired Banbury-based Stewart Plastics. 

Keter, which has a presence in over 90 countries, says that Stewart’s brand-leading range of plastics-based gardening and catering supplies brings together two complimentary product portfolios.

“As a combined company, we will have the resources and capability to provide our customers with an unmatched offer, consisting of an innovative product portfolio, a stable of enviable market leading brands, and a service promise that will be strengthened by our extended manufacturing footprint and enhanced supply chain capabilities into the garden centre channel,” said Lee Mellor, Keter’s Head of Europe. 

Stewart, which invested significantly in technology for its plastics production facilities in 2016, currently supplies its products into over 1,600 UK outlets across the UK. 

Andy Burns, Stewart’s Managing Director, said: “We are excited to become a part of the highly respected Keter organisation, it creates significant growth opportunities for Stewart. Together, we have the capability to accelerate our market leading presence in our core garden and catering categories through greater product innovation and access to resources that come from being a part of a global organisation.”

Both businesses will continue to be managed by their current leadership teams.