Feb. 5: The most recent updates to this tracker include:

• Ball is growing in Europe. The company announced it closed its deal for a majority stake in Benepack, giving Ball production sites in Belgium and Hungary. Ball also disclosed it recently acquired a Copal plant in France.
• Henkel reached a deal for a 2.1 billion euro purchase of Stahl, which makes specialty coatings for flexible materials used in packaging and other end markets. Netherlands-based Stahl is currently majority-owned by French private equity firm Wendel. 
• Veritiv, which is now under private equity firm CD&R, acquired Pack4, a Boston-based distributor with facilities in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico. Pack4 is a fabricator of custom protective packaging products for healthcare, electronics and food and beverage customers, incorporating foam, corrugated, tapes, bags and stretch wrap.
• Chicago-based FirmaPak is expanding into Canada with the acquisition of another blow molder: Easy Plastic Containers. EPC, which has two manufacturing sites near Toronto, specializes in plastic bottles for health and beauty, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, industrial and automotive end uses. FirmaPak is under private equity firm Shore Capital Partners.
• Orbis acquired Michigan-based thermoformer Robinson Industries, whose portfolio includes custom pallets, lids and trays. Orbis gains Robinson’s two manufacturing facilities in Coleman, Michigan, located near automotive customers, as well as 100 skilled employees.

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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