Essentra Plc engages in the manufacture of plastic, fibre, foam, and packaging products. It operates through the following segments: Component Solutions, Health and Personal Care Packaging, Filteration Products, and Specialist Components. The Component Solutions segment manufactures and distributes plastic injection moulded; vinyl dip moulded, and metal items. The Health and Personal Care Packaging segment provides packaging and authentication solutions to a diversified blue-chip customer base in the health and personal care, consumer, and specialist packaging sectors. The Filteration Products segment includes filter products and porous technologies businesses. The Specialist Components segment offers Extrusion, Pipe Protection Technologies, Speciality Tapes, Tear Tape, Industrial Supply and Card Solutions. The company was founded on May 5, 2005 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.