Business Management - M&A

It sounds like hyperbole, but it isn’t: 2015 was the best year of the century for mergers and acquisitions among printing and packaging companies.

ACTEGA WIT and ACTEGA Kelstar, manufacturers of inks, coatings and adhesives for the packaging and printing markets, have announced the formal merger of the two legal entities to form ACTEGA North America.

Flint Group has confirmed the acquisition of Xeikon, a digital solutions provider to the packaging and commercial printing markets.

Sun Chemical has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets and liabilities of Ontario, Canada-based Colmar Inks. The acquisition is expected to boost Sun Chemical's market position as a leading supplier of lithographic, flexographic and gravure inks and coatings in the region.

Cenveo Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cenveo Corp., and certain of its other subsidiaries have entered into a definitive agreement to sell the company’s packaging business to a division of WestRock.

DuPont and Dow have agreed to a merger that will combine the two chemical giants. The impact to the packaging industry is still to be determined, but the combined company plans to separate into three independent entities.

Bemis Co., announced that it has acquired the rigid plastic packaging operations of Emplal Participações S.A. Emplal is a privately-owned Brazilian manufacturer of plastic packaging for food and consumer applications.

Last week, many of us served a big and elaborate Thanksgiving dinner to family and friends. If the feast went well, it was because we used a special ingredient that made everything taste good even though it didn’t appear in any of the recipes.

Rondo AG, part of Körber Business Area Pharma Systems, has reached an agreement to merge its U.S. subsidiary Rondo-Pak with Contemporary Graphics and Bindery.

Flint Group has announced its acquisition of Xeikon, a digital solutions provider to the packaging and commercial printing markets. Wim Maes, CEO of Xeikon, will lead the newly created Flint Group Digital Printing Solutions Division.