Anduro Manufacturing, a maker of flexible packaging, has a new owner.
Five Star Holding LLC of Houston purchased the flexible packaging marker in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, describing the company maker of "laminated woven sacks for pet food, animal nutrition and other consumer products in the United States and Latin America."
"Anduro's strategic location in Latin America, investments in capacity, and dedicated team of people strengthen our commitment to be unmatched in reliability and quality, ensuring we consistently deliver the best sustainable packaging solutions," said Five Star CEO Alex Huis in 't Veld in a statement.
Marc Datelle has been CEO of Anduro and takes on a new role with Five Star.
"The combination will strengthen Anduro's capabilities, support expansion in new markets, and accelerate the ability to offer sustainability focused packaging that uses post-consumer resins, compostable films, and closed-loop programs," he said in a statement. He joins Five Star team as executive vice president of new business development.
Five Star describes itself as a "a group of companies that manufacture and design a broad range of flexible packaging, printed films, and sustainability programs focused on pet care, food & beverage, and consumer & industrial markets."
Five Star Holding companies also include Polytex, StarPak, Superbag and FreshPak.
"Our operations are centrally located in Houston, Texas with additional manufacturing locations in Latin America, all vertically integrated from extrusion and recycling through printing and converting," the company said.
Anduro, in 2023 finished construction of a new 155,000-square-foot manufacturing plant, with 80 percent of the facility's electrical needs coming from solar panels covering the roof. The new location in Honduras is three times the size of Anduro's previous plant, according to the company's website. The company also has a sales and support office in Atlanta.