Pezzutti Group acquired the recycled PET container technology of Socopet srl for about €4 million, taking a 75% stake in the newly formed Socopet Group based in Rivalta Scrivia, Italy. The founding Petrini brothers hold the remaining 25%.

Smurfit Westrock has inaugurated a new Bobst Mastercut 2.1 die-cutting line at its Anzio plant near Rome, a €11 million investment adding over 20 million square metres of capacity and raising hourly productivity by over 20%.

Salt Lake City-based Packsize is acquiring its competitor Panotec, an Italian maker of right-sized box production machines, expanding its installed base across more than 50 countries. The deal was reported in the June 2026 M&A roundup published 2026-07-08.

ISEM Packaging Group officially opened a new manufacturing and logistics platform in Trecate, in Italy's Novara area, integrating three former production facilities. The site covers more than 49,000 square metres.

Medline International Italy SRL was awarded a tender for heavy-duty nonwoven wrapping sheets (TNT) in the Pesaro e Urbino area, with a contract value of EUR 102,960. The award dates from 12 February 2026 and the notice was published on 10 April 2026.

Italian corrugated box maker Scatolificio Cartotecnica Schiassi ordered a third OneDrive flexo folder-gluer line from Sipack, strengthening their long-standing partnership.

Amcor invested in a new production line at its Amcor Flexibles site in Lugo di Vicenza, Italy, adding nearly 7,000 square meters for high-barrier recycle-ready films. The expansion includes a quality control lab and an automated warehouse.

2PointZero Group completed its acquisition of a 60.8% majority stake in ISEM Packaging Group, a European packaging group serving beauty, fashion, luxury and nutraceuticals, for AED 704 million (about EUR 164.7 million). Peninsula Capital and minority investors retain 39.2%.

Italian can-end maker Easytech Packaging, headquartered in Fisciano, invested in four high-speed rotary liners capable of 1,200 lids per minute to enter the pet food packaging market. Henkel supplied its food-grade sealant for the can end production.

Cartonpack S.p.A., part of Carton Pack Group, has acquired a majority stake in Andolfi&C, an Italian extrusion and conversion company for mono-material polyethylene flexible packaging. The deal adds flexible film extrusion capability, announced 12 December 2025.

Sibeg, the Coca-Cola bottler in Sicily, selected Sidel to supply a complete aseptic PET production line with an 18,000 bph capacity at its Catania site. The line uses Sidel's Aseptic Combi Predis, EvoFilm Stretch and PalKombi machines.

Cartonpack S.p.A. acquired a majority stake in Andolfi & C, an Italian extrusion and conversion company for flexible packaging, established in 1961. The deal was announced on October 24, 2025.

Coca-Cola bottler Sibeg partnered with Sidel to install a new 18,000 bph complete aseptic PET line at its Catania, Sicily site, bringing aseptic production in-house.

Marchesini Group will officially open its new €10 million 'Neri' plant at Barberino di Mugello (Florence) on October 18, 2025, covering 4,300 square meters and expanding its La Lora industrial area to 11,500 square meters.

Abu Dhabi-based Multiply Group announced it will acquire a majority stake of 60.8% in Italian packaging group ISEM, subject to regulatory approvals, with Peninsula Capital and minority investors retaining 39.2%.

Gruppo Decorluxe, controlled by Ethica Global Investments, completed the acquisition of 100% of ISSCO srl, a Lombardy company doing metallization and UV sputtering on plastic packaging for cosmetics. The founder and CEO Nicola Trasatti stays on and reinvests in the parent company.

Capardoni introduced a mono-material PP dropper, a tamper-proof flip-top cap, a new glass bottle called Chico, and the Ruby Stick mono-material PP stick. The products are aimed at cosmetics and skincare packaging.

Japan's Toppan completed the acquisition of an 80% stake in Irplast SpA, a polypropylene film and label producer based in Empoli, Italy, through its Indian subsidiary Toppan Specialty Films, with the remaining 20% kept by management.

Belgium-based VPK Group is acquiring Open Imballaggi, a family-owned corrugated packaging producer in Calcinate near Bergamo, Italy. The target runs one sheet plant with capacity of 40 million m² of corrugated packaging.

Mondi's newly converted paper machine in Duino, Italy started up successfully in April 2025. Once fully operational it will produce 420,000 tonnes per year of recycled containerboard.

TOPPAN Speciality Films agreed to acquire 80% of the shares of Irplast S.p.A., an Italian maker of BOPP packaging films, labels and print tapes, with completion planned for April to June 2025.

Ulma Packaging of Memmingen, Germany, has acquired a 40% stake in Italian packaging machinery firm Rama S.r.l., which specialises in automatic machines and end-of-line systems. The companies have cooperated for 15 years.

Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR acquired a majority stake in Italian paper-based packaging maker Scatolificio del Garda, via its Agri&Food fund, to support international and product expansion. Completion is expected by April 2025, subject to regulatory approvals.

Italian food packaging maker Carton Pack, controlled by UK private equity firm A&M Capital Europe, has taken majority control of Fimat, a Boffalora sopra Ticino (Milan) company specialised in printing and carton packaging production technologies. The report was published on 18 December 2024.

Italian plastic packaging company Capardoni completed its merger with Capsol at the end of 2024, creating a group with more than EUR 50 million turnover and three production sites in Lombardy. The merger was reported in July 2025.

Italian packaging maker Scotton SpA has recently installed a new 1.8m Quantum corrugator at its Borso del Grappa, Treviso plant to improve board quality and output.

kdc/one agreed to acquire Laffon S.r.l., an Italian make-up packaging manufacturer founded in 1982, with an automated plant north of Milan. The deal strengthens kdc/one's packaging capabilities in Europe.

The Punto Pack Group, controlled by Roberto Nisica's holding Nice Do, acquired the majority of Printingpack S.r.l., a Barberino Tavarnelle printing and paper converting firm serving pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries. No value was disclosed.

Isem Packaging Group completed the industrial integration of Bartoli Packaging Srl, a Tuscan maker of rigid luxury boxes for fashion brands, through its subsidiary Industrial Pack Srl. The article does not state a deal value.

Isem Packaging Group, backed by Peninsula Capital, finalized the industrial integration of Tuscan luxury rigid box maker Bartoli Packaging through subsidiary Industrial Pack. The closing took place in June 2024 and was announced on July 15, 2024.

Fanti Packaging of Bologna acquired a 60% stake in Ocm Imballaggi of Gruaro, Italy, which makes jars for Illycaffè. The founding D'Agnolo family keeps 30%, and Illycaffè raised its stake to 2%. All 220 employees were retained.

Saccheria F.lli Franceschetti won the second lot of a Poste Italiane tender to supply waterproof sacks for MPKS parcels. The 24-month framework agreement is worth about EUR 0.5 million.

Mondi held a groundbreaking in Duino, Italy, on 23 May 2024 for a €200 million investment converting an existing paper machine into a recycled containerboard machine with about 420,000 tonnes annual capacity. Start-up is expected in 2025.

Imbal Carton spent about EUR 9.3 million on investments in 2023, of which EUR 5 million went to a new production line for large boxes. The company targets a 50% increase in transformed square metres by 2030.

Bergamo-based Grifal will inaugurate in September 2024 an expansion of its Cologno al Serio site, with four new production lines and a total investment of EUR 15 million, doubling Italian Cartù capacity.

Saica Group reached an agreement with the Bertoldo family to become the major shareholder of LIC Packaging, a corrugated board producer in the Brescia province of Lombardy, Italy. The Bertoldo family will remain in management. The announcement is dated May 14, 2024.

SACMI Group announced the sale of its Beverage Business Unit, a maker of beverage filling, stretch-blowing and labeling systems, to Omnia Technologies; the deal is expected to close by the end of summer 2024.

Italian packaging maker Imbal Carton added another production line in April 2024 at its Drizzona site, aiming to broaden its product range. The company says it is backed by its German partner Progoup.

Plastchim-T now owns 100% of the shares of Manucor, a biaxially oriented polypropylene manufacturer with a production and logistics centre in Sessa Aurunca, Italy, as of 30 April 2024.

Progroup laid the foundation stone for a new corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Cessalto near Venice, Italy, which will create around 60 jobs and is expected to start production by mid-2025 to supply partner Ondulkart.

Verallia has agreed to acquire Vidrala's Italian glass container business, with its single site in Corsico near Milan, for €230 million enterprise value, financed by external debt; completion is expected in Q2 or Q3 2024.

Imbal Carton plans a 20,000 square meter corrugated cardboard plant in Piadena Drizzona, Cremona, in collaboration with German multinational Progrup, with a EUR 15 million investment including machinery. Construction is planned to start next year, with turnkey delivery expected by 2026 and 50 initial jobs.

VPK Group entered a joint venture with IEMME srl, an Italian corrugated cardboard company in Gambolò near Milan. The move is VPK's second growth step in Italy after its October 2023 Zetacarton stake.

VPK Group announced a joint venture with IEMME srl, a corrugated cardboard producer based in Gambolò near Milan, to expand its paper-based packaging business in Italy. IEMME's plant produced 70 million m² of cardboard in 2023.

Axium Packaging completed the acquisition of Silte Srl, a family-owned plastic bottle and jar producer in Budrio near Bologna, Italy. Silte has a turnover of EUR 7.5 million and 25 employees.

Vetropack inaugurated its new high-tech glass container plant in Boffalora sopra Ticino, Milan province, after an investment of over CHF 400 million. The site is expected to raise production by 70%.

Valgroup announced the acquisition of Garda Plast Group, formed from Garda Plast and IFAP, which produces PET and rPET preforms. The deal, led by Progressio SGR, strengthens Valgroup's presence in Italy.

VPK Group signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Zetacarton, an Italian corrugated cardboard manufacturer near Como that makes fanfold and big-box packaging. The company had 110 employees and about EUR 75 million revenue in 2022. The financial terms were not disclosed.

Saica Pack signed a notarial deed with the mayor of Santa Maria Hoè to invest €33 million expanding its paper and cardboard packaging plant, with works starting within days and more jobs expected.

Relife Group acquired Scatolificio Deles Spa and its subsidiary Ondulati Menegazzi in October 2023, expanding its corrugated board business in Italy. The deals are expected to lift Relife Paper Packaging capacity to almost 315 million m² of corrugated products next year.