plastic products founded 1940s headquarters milton keynes buckinghamshire uk key people jeff harris chairman colin day ceo revenue 1 098.1 million 2015 1 operating income 100.7 million 2015 1 net income 68.7 million 2015 1 website www.essentra.com essentra plc is a supplier of plastic and fibre products . the company operates internationally from headquarters in milton keynes buckinghamshire . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was established in jarrow in the 1940s as the fibres division of bunzl . 2 in 1955 it acquired moss plastics a plastic products manufacturer 3 in 1994 msi oilfield products a pipe protection business 2 and in 1996 it bought payne a manufacturer of tear tapes . 2 in 1997 the bunzl fibres division bought filtrona corporation a us filter technology specialist which it had demerged in 1984 . 4 at this time the filtrona name was adopted for the enlarged bunzl fibres business . the company bought enitor a dutch extruder business in 1998 2 and skiffy group a dutch nylon parts business in 2004 . 2 the company was demerged from bunzl in 2005 . 5 it went on to buy duraco a us adhesive coated products business in 2007 . in 2008 the company purchased lendell manufacturing a foam manufacturer . the foam and fiber businesses were combined into a new division and named filtrona porous technologies . 2 on 26 june 2013 the company formally rebranded to essentra plc. 6 7 chief executive colin day said that the company chose the name essentra to capture what each of filtrona s businesses manufacture and supply small but essential key components that play critical roles for our customers . 8 danny operations edit the company is organised as follows 9 protection and finishing products porous technologies packaging & securing solutions filter products references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . essentra . retrieved 3 april 2016 . a b c d e f essentra plc history . essentra.com . retrieved 28 march 2015 . about essentra components americas . mossplastics.com . retrieved 28 march 2015 . bunzl of britain to buy filtrona . 4 july 1997 . talktalk . talktalk.co.uk . retrieved 28 march 2015 . filtrona highlights diversification with name change to essentra . financial times . formal re branding to essentra plc pdf . filtrona faces re branding test . financial times . essentra plc distribution . essentra.com . retrieved 28 march 2015 . external links edit official site v t e ftse 100 ftse 250 companies of the united kingdom 3i infrastructure aa aberdeen asset management aberforth smaller companies trust acacia mining aggreko aldermore group alliance trust allied minds amec foster wheeler ao world ascential ashmore group assura atkins auto trader group aveva balfour beatty bankers investment trust barr a.g. bba aviation beazley group bellway berendsen berkeley group holdings bank of georgia bh macro big yellow 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