Consolidated Packaging Australia, a KnoxCorp subsidiary, agreed to buy Pro-Pac Packaging's Australian businesses, excluding Perfection Packaging, with completion expected by early March 2026. The New Zealand sale is expected to complete by end January 2026.
Australian investor Knoxcorp, through subsidiaries, is buying the Australian and New Zealand continuing businesses of Pro-Pac Packaging from administrator McGrathNicol, excluding the Perfection Packaging unit. Completion is expected in early March 2026 in Australia and by 30 January 2026 in New Zealand.
Australian compostable food packaging group BioPak has acquired Bygreen, a Buderim-based maker of paper straws and sustainable tableware. The deal was reported on 8 August 2025 and no value was disclosed.
US packaging provider TricorBraun acquired NSW-based UniquePak, a distributor of glass packaging for the spirits, wine, pharma and food industries, to expand its ANZ presence. The acquisition was reported on 17 May 2024.
BioPak, an Australian packaging company, announced its acquisition of Australian reusable cup company Huskee to strengthen its circular and reusable product offering.
Pact Group and Morrison & Co completed the sale of a 50 per cent stake in Pact's Crate Pooling business to Morrison, creating the 50/50 joint venture Viscount Reuse for reusable plastic packaging crates in Australia and New Zealand.
IVE Group signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of Melbourne packaging group JacPak for a total consideration of $35 million. The deal enters the short to medium run folding cartons segment and is scheduled to complete on 31 October 2023.
Sydney private-equity firm Adamantem is understood to be in talks to acquire PAC Trading, a western Sydney wholesale food packaging supplier. The report is unconfirmed and no value was given.
Finnish packaging manufacturer Huhtamaki has acquired full ownership of its Australian joint venture Huhtamaki Tailored Packaging (HTP), a food-service packaging wholesaler and distributor with several distribution centres. No value was given.
TricorBraun has completed its acquisition of PB Packaging, a leading Australian provider of plastic and glass packaging previously owned by Pro-Pac Packaging Limited. The deal was announced on June 26, 2022.
Pact Group acquired Synergy Packaging, a Tullamarine, Victoria maker of PET bottles, bottle caps and jars, as of June 4, 2022. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
TricorBraun agreed to acquire PB Packaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of ASX-listed Pro-Pac Packaging, expanding its presence in Australia. PB has 140 team members and the deal is expected to close in Q2 2022, subject to Foreign Investment Review Board approval.
UBEECO Group, a subsidiary of UFP Industries, acquired the assets of Boxpack Packaging in Melbourne, Australia, on 1 November 2021. Boxpack reported trailing 12-month sales of AUD 8.2 million to June 2021.
TricorBraun agreed to acquire Cormack Packaging, a rigid packaging supplier in Australia and New Zealand, marking its entry into Australia. The deal was announced on September 13, 2021 and expected to close later that month.
Nippon Paper Group agreed to acquire Orora's paperboard fibre-based packaging business in Australia and New Zealand for an enterprise value of A$1.72bn (US$1.15bn), entering integrated corrugated paperboard manufacturing in Oceania.
WestRock announced its acquisition of Hanna Group Pty Ltd (Hannapak), an Australian folding carton provider serving beverage, food, confectionery and healthcare markets, to expand its consumer packaging business in the region. The announcement is dated 5 August 2020 and no deal value was disclosed.
Visy agreed to buy O-I ANZ, the largest glass bottle and container maker in Australia and New Zealand, for US$652 million ($932 million), with completion expected by the end of July 2020. O-I will use the proceeds to reduce its debt.
Nippon Paper Industries completed its $1.72 billion acquisition of the Orora Fibre Businesses, which were combined with Australian Paper to form Opal, Australasia's newest fibre packaging and paper company. The launch was announced on 1 May 2020.
Bonson Group has bought Queensland-based food packaging company Wong Lee Pty Ltd, its largest distributor in Australia, effective 1 August 2019. Desmond Chaw was appointed General Manager – Operations.
SIG Combibloc agreed to acquire Visy Cartons Pty Ltd from Pratt Consolidated Holdings' VisyPak unit for AU$70 million, subject to customary conditions. Visy Cartons produces SIG aseptic cartons under licence in Australia and New Zealand.
Duni acquired 75% of BioPak Pty Ltd, a supplier of sustainable disposable food service packaging in Australia and New Zealand, for approximately SEK 410 million. A further 20% stake is subject to put and call options after five years.
ASX-listed Pro-Pac Packaging Group agreed to buy Victoria-based flexible packaging maker Perfection Packaging for $49.8 million, funded by a capital raising. The factory in Dandenong South employs 100 people.
Integrated Packaging Group agreed a merger with Pro-Pac Packaging in a share sale deal valued at $177.5 million, creating a flexible packaging leader across Australia and New Zealand. Shareholder vote is expected end of October with tentative completion November 6, 2017.
Sydney-based Pro-Pac Packaging agreed a share sale to merge with Integrated Packaging Group in a A$177.5 million deal, creating a flexible and industrial packaging business, with completion proposed for 6 November after a shareholder vote.
WestRock announced the acquisition of Hanna Group Pty Ltd (Hannapak), a folding carton provider in North Richmond, New South Wales, for AUD 75 million in cash. The business converts about 30,000 tons of paperboard a year.