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%.

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.

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%.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Isem Packaging Group closed the integration of Sacchettificio Toscano, a historic Italian luxury packaging maker, strengthening its position in luxury packaging.

Carton Group, owned by Waterland, signed an agreement to acquire the operating business of Europoligrafico, an Italian packaging supplier with about EUR 60 million turnover and two Italian plants. Closing is expected in early autumn 2023.

CCL Industries closed its C$44 million acquisition of Pouch Partners from a company owned by Capri-Sun Group. Pouch Partners makes printed and laminated flexible film for pouches and reported C$104 million in sales last year.

Saica Group acquired a minority share in Adda Ondulati and Cartorobica, two Italian corrugated board plants in Annone di Brianza and Pietrasanta with 2022 revenue of EUR 105 million and 247 employees.

Irish packaging group Zeus Group announced the acquisition of Cima Paper S.p.A., an Italian paper and board converter with annual revenues of EUR 65 million, to strengthen its vertically integrated packaging supply chain.

Bobst Group acquired a 70% equity stake in Dücker Robotics s.r.l., an Italian maker of robots for loading and palletizing in the corrugated board sector. The deal closed on April 28, 2023, and the current management stays in place.

Alto Partners S.G.R. acquired a majority stake of about 71% in Lario Plast S.r.l., a maker of HDPE and PET bottles, through its Alto Capital V private equity fund. Proactiva Strategy M&A advised Lario Plast on the deal.

Coesia and Oji Holdings signed a definitive agreement under which Coesia will sell IPI Srl, a supplier of aseptic carton packaging based in San Sisto (Perugia), to Oji. IPI employs 170 people and had 2022 sales of about 65 million euros.

Prinzhorn Group made a strategic investment in Scatolificio La Veggia, an Italian packaging company, marking its entry into the Italian market. The article is an advisory firm's page, and the deal value and closing terms are not stated.

Stirling Square Capital Partners signed a contract with Wise Equity to acquire 100% of Tapì, an Italian maker of premium beverage closures. The deal is expected to close in early 2023. No price was disclosed.

Private equity firm Stirling Square completed its acquisition of Tapi, a beverage packaging closures group, from Wise Equity for €300m. The announcement was dated 20 December 2022 and the deal was completed in February 2023.

France's Alliance Etiquettes purchased Italian label printer Tonutti Tecniche Grafiche, extending its reach into wine and Prosecco production regions in northern Italy, its tenth acquisition since 2015.

Prinzhorn Group has made a proposal to acquire corrugated packaging plant Scatolificio La Veggia S.p.A. in Roteglia, Italy, which is undergoing restructuring under Italian law. The final takeover is expected in 2023 after court approval; financial terms were not disclosed.

Germany-based The Palm Group acquired family-owned corrugated board maker Orsini Imballaggi, with effect from September 2022. The plant southeast of Milan adds to Palm's production capacity in Italy.

Groupe Guillin acquired 90% of Ciesse Paper, an Italian maker of cardboard packaging for the fruit and vegetable market, on 2022-09-23. The founders Elisa and Lorenzo Govi keep 10% and remain in operational roles. Ciesse Paper reported 2021 revenue of EUR 28 million and is based in the Mantua area.

Chinese carton maker Greatview Aseptic Packaging signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Alternapak Production srl, an idled aseptic carton plant in San Pietro in Gu, Italy. Production is expected to restart toward the end of 2022, making it Greatview's fifth plant globally.

Mondi agreed to acquire the Duino mill near Trieste, Italy, from Burgo Group for a total consideration of €40 million. Completion is expected in the second half of 2022, subject to competition clearance.

Bain Capital Private Equity and BC Partners signed definitive documents for a joint ownership agreement over Fedrigoni, a producer of self-adhesive labels and fibre-based packaging. The agreement was announced on 26 July 2022.

Investment firm Peninsula Capital agreed to buy Italian premium packaging firm ISEM Bramucci, which makes luxury boxes and folding cartons, in a deal worth around 90 million euros ($97 million).

A&M Capital Europe acquired a majority stake in Carton Pack, an Italian and Spanish food packaging maker with about 400 employees and three production sites. Current owners will stay on in their management roles.

Turkish packaging company Perfektüp acquired 100% of the shares of Tubettificio Favia on 5 April 2022, creating an international consolidation. Perfektüp is part of the Bell Holding group.

Gruppo Happy completed the acquisition of 100% of Coopbox SPA and its subsidiary Coopbox Eastern SRO, operating in Italy and Slovakia, and French company Sirap France SAS. The group makes plastic food packaging containers.

Apollo's vehicle Rimini Bidco is closing the mandatory tender offer for Italian cardboard maker Reno De Medici, which follows a July 2021 deal to acquire about 67% stake for over EUR 365 million. The offer closes on Friday December 17, 2021.