Total packaging industry M&A deals in Q4 2020 worth $2.45bn were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 56.1% over the previous quarter and a drop of 23% when compared with the last four-quarter average, which stood at $3.18bn.
Comparing deals value in different regions of the globe, North America held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $1.45bn. At the country level, the US topped the list in terms of deal value at $1.43bn.
In terms of volumes, North America emerged as the top region for packaging industry M&A deals globally, followed by Europe and then Asia-Pacific.
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By GlobalDataThe top country in terms of M&A deals activity in Q4 2020 was the US with 29 deals, followed by Canada with seven and Italy with seven.
In 2020, as of the end of Q4 2020, packaging M&A deals worth $10.66bn were announced globally, marking a decrease of 35.2% year on year.
Packaging industry M&A deals in Q4 2020: Top deals
The top five packaging industry M&A deals accounted for 91.6% of the overall value during Q4 2020.
The combined value of the top five packaging M&A deals stood at $2.25bn, against the overall value of $2.45bn recorded for the month.
The top five packaging industry deals of Q4 2020 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Roth CH Acquisition I’s $1.2bn acquisition of PureCycle Technologies
2) The $565.8m acquisition of SIG Combibloc ObeikanLtd by SIG Combibloc Group
3) UFP Industries’ $232m acquisition of PalletOne
4) The $127.26m acquisition of Bangkok Visypak, BG Packaging and Kabinburi Glass Industry by BG Container Glass Public
5) Prairie Industries’ acquisition of Sonoco Poland Packaging Services for $120m.
Verdict deals analysis methodology
This analysis considers only announced and completed deals from the GlobalData financial deals database and excludes all terminated and rumoured deals. Country and industry are defined according to the headquarters and dominant industry of the target firm. The term ‘acquisition’ refers to both completed deals and those in the bidding stage.
GlobalData tracks real-time data concerning all merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world from thousands of company websites and other reliable sources.
More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported deals are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s deals database.
