Feb. 7: The most recent updates to this tracker include:

• Indiana-based Welch Packaging acquired Kentucky-based Soky Pack and Pallet, according to local news reports. Soky will add its fiber packaging, in addition to wood pallets and crates, to Welch's portfolio of corrugated packaging. Soky's owners reportedly will join the Welch management team.
• French cosmetics glass packaging manufacturer Verescence, which has three sites in the United States, announced it is in talks to be acquired. Investment companies Movendo Capital and Draycott plan to acquire 100% stake in the company; private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners currently is the majority shareholder.
• Ball Corp. acquired Florida Can Manufacturing for $160 million, which will expand its footprint in the Southeast. Ball purchased the aluminum can manufacturing facility in Winter Haven, Florida, for "well below replacement value,” CEO Dan Fisher said during the company's Feb. 4 earnings call.
• Berry Global closed the sale of its specialty tapes business to private equity firm Nautic Partners for $540 million, it disclosed in quarterly earnings released Feb. 4. The business, renamed Vybond, aims to grow its presence in the pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes sector.
• Houston-based Five Star Holding, the parent for a family of plastic packaging companies, has acquired Honduras-based plastic film packaging company Anduro Manufacturing. This will extend the reach of Anduro's focus on sustainability-oriented elements such as postconsumer resins and compostable films.

Analysts project M&A activity could tick up in 2025 – after a string of megadeals, there’s still plenty of runway for consolidation. 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 and 2024.

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