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%.

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.

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.

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.

Italian packaging company Carton Pack, backed by A&M Capital Europe, completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Italian flexible plastic packaging producer Andolfi&C. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rubix S.p.A. has completed the merger by incorporation of Barlotti S.r.l., a Sala Bolognese plastics processing company with over 40 employees and annual revenue above EUR 10 million, which Rubix had acquired in March 2020.

Ferrarelle Società Benefit has agreed to transfer ownership of its Presenzano site in Caserta, Italy to the Aloxe Group, with a 10-year R-PET supply contract also agreed. Closing is planned for 7 November 2022.

Magic Pack (Gruppo Happy) obtained a 13 million euro seven-year loan from Finlombarda and Cassa di Risparmio di Bolzano to fund investments including new production capacity and recycling lines for expanded polystyrene food containers. The plant is in Gadesco Pieve Delmona, Italy.

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.

Italian infrastructure fund manager F2i Sgr agreed to acquire a 70% majority stake in ReLife, a Genoa-based recycler of paper and plastic packaging, with the founders keeping 30%. ReLife has about 580 employees and 35 plants in northern and central Italy, with expected 2021 revenue of about EUR 250 million.

Italian plastic packaging maker PuntoPack acquired MAV Srl, a wide-mouth packaging company serving cosmetics and food. The combined group is expected to have over EUR 25 million turnover. No deal value was disclosed.

Schur Flexibles acquired Termoplast S.r.L., a producer of 100% recyclable MDO-PE films based at Gambassi Terme near Florence, Italy, to expand its presence in the Italian market.

Libra Srl and Nibe Srl, both existing shareholders of Emmegi Detergents, acquired 100% of Imp spa, a contract manufacturer in Altavilla Vicentina with over EUR 30 million revenue and 110 employees. Industrial real estate assets are to be transferred later.

Schur Flexibles Group acquired Sidac SpA, a flexible packaging manufacturer based in Forlì near Bologna, to expand its presence in the Italian market. Sidac has about EUR 34 million in annual revenue and 120 employees; the deal value was not stated.

Seri Industrial Group signed an agreement with Unilever to form a jointly owned business, Seri Plastic, which will buy and convert Unilever's Pozzilli plant to recycle plastic waste.

An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital has acquired a majority holding in AMB, an Italian maker of food packaging films, as announced on February 5, 2021.

Berlin Packaging has acquired Italian plastic packaging company Pentapackaging, based in Bergamo. It is the ninth Berlin Packaging acquisition in Europe since 2016.

PiovanGroup has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of Doteco SpA, a Modena-based maker of dosing technologies for plastic films. Doteco reported 2019 consolidated turnover of EUR 19.7 million.

Mauser Packaging Solutions, through its joint venture NCG-Maider, acquired Italian reconditioning firm EuroVeneta Fusti (EVF), expanding its IBC and plastic packaging services in Italy, as announced September 10, 2020.

Lumson, a cosmetic packaging maker, agreed to acquire packaging company Pibiplast from private equity firm Ambienta for €350 million. The deal creates a large European packaging group.

Rubix Group acquired 100% of Barlotti S.r.l., a Bologna-based company active since 1981 in thermoplastic processing and technology for food, pharmaceutical, bottling and packaging industries. SCOA advised the Barlotti family, and founder Bruno Barlotti remains as Managing Director.

Barlotti Srl, a 30-year-old industrial distributor in Sala Bolognese near Bologna, joined the Rubix Group through its Minetti Spa brand in March 2020. The announcement is dated March 24, 2020.

German group Continental completed the takeover of Merlett Tecnoplastic, a Daverio, Italy plastics manufacturer with about 510 employees, which becomes part of its ContiTech division. The handover ceremony was held in Varese on 9 November 2019.

Solvay will increase production capacity of its Tecnoflon FKM peroxide curable fluoroelastomer by nearly a third at its Spinetta Marengo plant in Italy, with the extra capacity due by May 2021. The expansion serves demand from automotive, oil and gas, and semiconductor industries.

Orienta Partners, an investor in Italian SMEs, acquired 100% of Virosac, a leading Italian producer of waste and food storage bags based in Pederobba, from private equity fund Alto Capital III and DVR Capital. Virosac had 2018 revenue of 39.7 million euros.

Induplast SpA, a Bolgare-based maker of cosmetic packaging, acquired Vexel Srl, combining injection and blow molding capabilities and product catalogs. Vexel's founders keep a minority stake and their operational roles.

US company Tekni-Plex acquired Lameplast, an Italian maker of plastic pharmaceutical packaging, from private equity firm Aksìa Group for an undisclosed amount. Lameplast employs 130 people at Rovereto sul Secchia and joins Tekni-Plex's film business.

Belgian private equity firm Cobepa bought a majority stake in Enoplastic, which makes capsules and caps for bottles in the Varese province of Italy, from the Macchi and Moglia families. Michele Moglia and Samo Kalin will continue to manage the company.

GRUBER Logistics agreed a 4PL logistics contract with Italian PET preform maker Garda Plast, covering raw material receipt, line supply and delivery to customers. The announcement was published on 8 May 2019.

Italian transport firm Gruber Logistics took over the transport and logistics activities of Garda Plast, a PET preform and bottle producer, under a Fourth Party Logistics (4PL) contract. The article is dated 25 April 2019.

Spanish search fund Ariol Capital acquired 100% of Italian plastic and metal packaging distributor Pentapackaging in summer 2018, a deal now disclosed. It is financed with own resources and bank debt, and is part of its portfolio company Repli's growth plan.

US engineering products maker TriMas agreed to acquire Plastic Srl, an Italian manufacturer of caps and closures, for an undisclosed sum. Plastic Srl will become a wholly owned division of TriMas' Rieke business on completion in the first half of 2019.

Oxy Capital agreed to take an 80% stake and operational control of Italian flexible plastic packaging maker Gruppo Manuli Stretch, with Credito Fondiario providing a 12 million euro super-senior loan. The group will be renamed Gruppo M Stretch.

Private equity funds managed by L Catterton and Ambienta sgr will take control of Pibiplast, a cosmetics and personal care plastic packaging maker based in Correggio, Italy. The Bosi family will retain a minority stake. The deal value was not disclosed.

Progressio Investimenti II Fund acquired a 70% stake in Garda Plast, an Italian producer of PET preforms, from the Tonoli family, which retains 30%.

Plastic packaging company ALPLA is set to acquire Propack, an Italian producer of HDPE and PET bottles, to strengthen production capacity in north-east Italy; completion expected in July.

Jcoplastic SpA of Battipaglia was awarded a public tender by SETA spa for supply of polyethylene waste containers of 120 to 1100 litres with RFID tags, valued at EUR 304,445 on 27 February 2017.

Hera subsidiary Herambiente signed a binding agreement to acquire the Aliplast Group from Aligroup S.r.l., with an enterprise value of roughly EUR 100 million, paid in stages through June 2022.