North America’s packaging industry saw a rise of 59.4% in overall deal activity during Q4 2020, when compared to the four-quarter average, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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A total of 51 deals worth $1.46bn were announced for the region during Q4 2020, against the last four-quarter average of 32 deals.
Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in Q4 2020 with 38, representing a 74.5% share for the region.
In second place was private equity with 12 deals, followed by venture financing deals with one transactions, respectively capturing a 23.5% and 2% share of the overall deal activity for the quarter.
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By GlobalDataIn terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading category in North America’s packaging industry with $1.45bn, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $12.6m and $7m, respectively.
North America packaging industry deals in Q4 2020: Top deals
The top five packaging deals accounted for 99.1% of the overall value during Q4 2020.
The combined value of the top five packaging deals stood at $1.45bn, against the overall value of $1.46bn recorded for the quarter.
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 $232m acquisition of PalletOne by UFP Industries
3) DAIWA Myanmar Growth Fund L.P and Myanmar Opportunities Fund II’s $12.6m private equity deal with Commercial Plastics
4) The $7m venture financing of Ecovative Design by Andrew Abraham and Gary Hirshberg
5) Bennyrestaurant’s acquisition of AecopaQ for $0.23m.
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.
