# Mauser Group agrees to be acquired by BWAY for $2.3 billion

Dutch packaging company Mauser Group agreed to be acquired by BWAY Corp., backed by Stone Canyon Industries, in an all-cash deal of $2.3 billion. The sale followed a planned U.S. IPO that was pulled.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-02-07
- Value: $2.30B
- Status: announced
- Products: industrial packaging
- 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) (investor)
- [BWAY Corp](https://endata.com/companies/528.md) (acquirer)
- [Mauser Group](https://endata.com/companies/529.md) (target)
- [Clayton Dubilier & Rice](https://endata.com/companies/530.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [axios.com](https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/mauser-sold-as-another-ipo-bites-the-dust-1513300332), 2017-02-07: "has agreed to be acquired by Atlanta rival BWAY Corp. for $2.3 billion."

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