Thailand's leading packaging company SCGP has acquired Starprint, a premium packaging provider in Vietnam, as part of the company's strategic expansion and growth, SCG's chief executive officer, Wichan Jitpukdee, said on Tuesday.

With a yearly production capacity of 95,000 tonnes, Thailand is now the second-largest producer of bioplastics in the world after the United States, which produces 150,000 tonnes.