Dec. 18: The most recent updates to this tracker include:

• Massachusetts-based Seaman Paper acquired Julius Glatz, a specialty papers company based in Germany. The Glatz brand and its 240 employees will remain, bolstering Seaman’s existing 40-person presence in Germany. Seaman said this “adds to its global expertise and technological capabilities in the production and converting of specialty paper packaging solutions replacing single-use plastics across the globe.”
• Veritiv acquired Arjay, a distributor of packaging solutions and equipment in New York. Arjay has served customers in the region for 45 years. “Arjay Company brings to Veritiv a significant and well-established customer base in Long Island, NY – an area previously challenging to serve from our Northeast locations,” said Veritiv CEO Sal Abbate in a statement, noting Veritiv will welcome Arjay’s employees.

While some parts of the packaging industry are already highly consolidated and recent economic challenges have created headwinds, deals are happening. Packaging Dive aims to track as many as possible throughout 2024 to help you stay up to date.

Although the packaging industry is global, this list focuses on deals involving companies that are either based in the U.S. or have a notable U.S. presence. We list the acquirers in alphabetical order 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.

Do you have suggestions on how to update the scope or layout of this tool? Do you know of new deals we should include, or are you hearing about a tip you want us to investigate? Get in touch at [email protected].