Packaging deals grew by 3 percent in 2021, with most of the transactions being that of flexible packaging firms. Senior Reporter Frank Esposito unwraps the biggest packaging deals — and there were plenty — of 2021.
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"It was unlike anything I've ever seen," said John Hart, managing director at P&M Corporate Finance in Southfield, Mich. "The whole year was extremely active, but the fourth quarter really catapulted it to the next level. It was mayhem there at the end with so many deals closing."
For full-year 2021, PMCF tracked 485 plastics M&A deals. That's a jump of almost 75 percent vs. 2020 and the highest total recorded since the firm began tracking those deals more than 15 years ago.
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Materials firms, brands changed hands in 2021
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