The most recent updates to this tracker include:

• Pennsylvania-based SupplyOne is growing in New England with the acquisition of Connecticut-based Specialty Packaging, which offers protective packaging, equipment and other services. Specialty offers SteamRight, a product line that allows frozen food to steam within the microwavable packaging. Specialty’s founders will remain in leadership.
• Toronto-based CCL Industries plans to acquire Paris-based Sleever International, a global manufacturer of shrink sleeve technologies for CPG and healthcare customers, in a 151 million Canadian dollars cash and debt deal. CCL says the addition would give its customers a broader manufacturing network – “close to customers and with improved supply resilience,” with 11 sites including in Canada – plus expanded sustainable sleeve options and customized material solutions, high-end application and decoration technologies. CCL said Sleever’s 2025 sales totaled 213 million Canadian dollars.
• ProMach acquired fellow Ohio company Lako Tool & Manufacturing, which serves the flexible film packaging sector with sealing, cutting and punching solutions, plus associated tooling. Many of its customers are in the snack, tobacco, personal care and pet food sectors. Lako’s 59 employees will fold into ProMach’s systems and process unit.
• Imperial Dade and BradyPlus completed their business combination, which was first announced last August. “The transaction creates a leading North American distribution platform offering [JanSan], foodservice, and industrial packaging products in the United States and Canada with expanded scale, product offerings, geographic reach, and enhanced customer solutions,” per the deal closing announcement. Imperial Dade CEO Jason Tillis remains in charge of the larger company.

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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