The most recent updates to this tracker include:
- Apax Funds, an affiliate of London-based private equity firm Apax Partners, agreed to acquire assets from German pharmaceutical packaging specialist Gerresheimer: the global Primary Packaging Plastics business as well as Ohio-based Centor US Holding. The companies said the businesses’ combined enterprise value is about 1.5 billion euros. The sale of Centor is expected to close by the end of financial year 2026 and the sale of PPP is expected to close in the first half of FY27.
- Greif highlighted its June 2 acquisition of Envaplast for $61.7 million, net of cash acquired. The Spain-based company manufactures small polymer containers for customers in sectors including food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, cleaning, agricultural, automotive and industrial. Executives indicate the location is attractive for expansion considering Greif previously had a limited presence in the region’s small polymer sector.
- Odyssey Investment Partners made a majority investment in California-based packaging and crating company TransPak. The company will continue to operate under the existing management team, including CEO Bert Inch, who is part of the family that owned TransPak for generations.
- ACR, previously known as AmerCareRoyal, acquired reusable bags provider RediBagUSA. ACR is backed by private equity firm Oridian Capital Partners.
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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