# WestRock to acquire Plymouth Packaging's assets

WestRock has entered into agreements to acquire substantially all of the assets of Plymouth Packaging, a corrugated packaging company known for its Box on Demand systems. The deal also includes Plymouth's equity stake in Panotec and its US and Canada distribution rights.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-11-02
- Where: Battle Creek, Michigan; Fort Worth, Texas; Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: Box on Demand systems, corrugated fanfold, corrugated boxes
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [WestRock](https://endata.com/companies/791.md) (acquirer)
- [Plymouth Packaging](https://endata.com/companies/2318.md) (target)
- [Panotec](https://endata.com/companies/2319.md) (partner)
- [Panotec](https://endata.com/companies/2319.md) (target)

## Sources

- [packagingworldinsights.com](https://www.packagingworldinsights.com/financials/westrock-announces-agreements-to-acquire-plymouth-packaging/), 2017-11-02: "WestRock Company, a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, today announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire substantially all of the assets of Plymouth Packaging, Inc."
- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/12/12/1252992/0/en/westrock-announces-agreements-to-acquire-plymouth-packaging.html), 2017-12-12: "WestRock today announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire substantially all of the assets of Plymouth Packaging, Inc."
- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/12/12/1252992/0/en/WestRock-Announces-Agreements-to-Acquire-Plymouth-Packaging.html), 2017-12-12: "WestRock today announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire substantially all of the assets of Plymouth Packaging, Inc."
- [pulpapernews.com](https://www.pulpapernews.com/20190803/9084/westrock-acquire-plymouth-packaging), 2017-12-13: "WestRock Company has entered into agreements to acquire substantially all of the assets of Plymouth Packaging, Inc."
- [dairyreporter.com](https://www.dairyreporter.com/Article/2017/12/13/WestRock-taps-into-Box-on-Demand-growth-with-Plymouth-Packaging-acquisition/), 2017-12-14: "WestRock has entered into an agreement to acquire Plymouth Packaging, a corrugated packaging company."

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