The most recent updates to this tracker include:
- Pregis acquired MP Global Packaging, a division of MP Global Products, to scale its paper-based cold chain business. MP operates two manufacturing facilities in New Albany, Indiana, and Norfolk, Nebraska, employing around 110 people. MP’s Reid Borgman is joining Pregis as vice president and general manager of cold chain.
- Minnesota-based Applied Adhesives is growing in Europe with the acquisition of Van Asperen Kleefstoffen, a Netherlands-based adhesive solutions provider serving customers in packaging, labeling and paper converting. Applied previously acquired U.K.-based Interlock Adhesives in January.
- Jones Healthcare Group, an Ontario-based healthcare packaging and medication dispensing solutions company, said it acquired “an operating thermoforming facility and related business assets” in Brampton, Ontario, to add in-house production of custom-formed packaging components.
Following a string of megadeals in 2024 and 2025, analysts anticipate consolidation in 2026 could be driven by smaller players. Packaging Dive aims to track as many deals as possible to help you stay up to date.
Although the packaging industry is global, this list focuses on deals involving companies that are either based, or have a notable presence, in the U.S. or Canada. We list the acquirers by their parent company or common operating name, which may differ from the specific legal entities involved in the acquisitions. The list can be sorted by category by clicking on each column title in the table below. You can also scroll down to see archived lists from 2023, 2024 and 2025.
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