M&A

The past few years have seen strong growth by acquisition. The fundamentals of that trend are still in place going into 2026.

JohnsByrne acquired Municipal Packaging, expanding health and beauty capabilities and strengthening its West Coast presence.

Soteria Flexibles to acquire Imaflex in an all-cash deal, expanding scale and capabilities across North American flexible packaging.

The Label Makers acquired First Choice Labels, strengthening capacity, expertise, and service for self-adhesive label customers.

The acquisition expands Nelipak’s thermoformed healthcare packaging capabilities, cleanroom capacity, and global reach.

Tara TPS has acquired Chicago Offset, which will now operate as a wholly owned subsidiary.

As a new consolidation cycle sets in, it will become clear who is building stability and who is laying the groundwork for unraveling.

ProAmpac is set to acquire TCP in a $1.51 billion deal, expanding global capacity and sustainable packaging capabilities.

Sealed Air will be acquired by CD&R for $10.3 billion, with the goal of advancing its food and protective packaging strategy.

Flex-Metrics acquired BCL Training to help manufacturers turn visibility into daily execution and sustained results.

X-Rite signed a definitive Assets Purchase Agreement to acquire certain software and firmware assets of Rutherford Graphic Products.

After years of M&A frenzy, the corrugated packaging industry is seeing softening demand. This may signal the sector is realigning.