The most recent updates to this tracker include:
- UFP Industries acquired Texas-based pallet manufacturer Apache Products for $27 million, giving it a foothold in the Gulf Coast region. Apache comes with $55 million in annual sales and 165 employees. UFP Industries CEO Will Schwartz said the deal tracks with UFP’s other investments this year. UFP Packaging previously acquired pallet manufacturers John Rock and Berry Pallets.
- German packaging company Ringmetall is acquiring Illinois-based bag-in-box specialist Rapak, to close Nov. 2. Rapak reportedly generates about $20 million in annual revenue and has around 50 employees.
- Wisconsin-based packaging and printing specialist Outlook Group acquired a Pewaukee, Wisconsin, facility from North Carolina-based ABX – Innovative Packaging Solutions. The facility’s capabilities include specialty label production, flexible packaging capacity and conductive film printing. Outlook is a portfolio company of Aterian Investment Partners.
- Connecticut-based Silgan Holdings is partnering with private equity firm American Industrial Partners to acquire European metal packaging specialist Trivium Packaging. Silgan Holdings would gain roughly $2.3 billion in cash proceeds and have 60% ownership in a business known as Silgan Metal Containers and Closures, which would acquire the global Trivium business. AIP, which is contributing $1 billion, would have 40% ownership in Silgan MCC. Parties expect the deal to close in mid-2027.
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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