# Stone Canyon in talks to buy packaging maker Mauser for over $2 billion

Stone Canyon Industries, via its BWAY Corp unit, is in exclusive talks to buy industrial packaging company Mauser Group from Clayton Dubilier & Rice for more than $2 billion, though no deal is certain.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2016-12-08
- Where: United States
- Value: $2.00B
- Status: rumored
- Products: steel drums, plastic bottles, large containers
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Stone Canyon Industries](https://endata.com/companies/527.md) (acquirer)
- [BWAY Corp](https://endata.com/companies/528.md) (investor)
- [Mauser Group](https://endata.com/companies/529.md) (target)
- [Clayton Dubilier & Rice](https://endata.com/companies/530.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [smi.wsj.com](https://smi.wsj.com/scoops/buyout-firm-stone-canyon-talks-buy-packaging-co-mauser-2-billion/), 2016-12-08: "Stone Canyon Industries LLC is in exclusive talks to buy Mauser via BWAY Corp., an industrial-packaging company it owns."

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