TemperPack Acquires KTM Industries, Inc.

Cold Chain Technologies Acquires Packaging Technology Group (PTG)

March 21, 2022

Manufacturing

Cold Chain Technologies (a portfolio company of Aurora Capital Partners) has acquired Packaging Technology Group (PTG), a Fall River, Massachusetts-based provider of sustainable, curbside-recyclable thermal packaging for the life sciences industry. The add-on strengthens CCT's sustainable thermal packaging portfolio and expands its capabilities and product offering for biopharmaceutical customers; terms were not disclosed.

Engineered Foam Packaging (EFP) Acquires NatureKool, Inc.

December 19, 2022

Manufacturing

Engineered Foam Packaging (EFP), a unit of EFP, LLC., has acquired NatureKool, Inc., a North Carolina-based maker of natural-fiber insulated shippers. The deal expands EFP's Temperature Solutions Group product set with compostable, curbside-recyclable natural-fiber thermal packaging and strengthens its cold-chain and sustainable packaging capabilities for pharmaceutical and food customers.

Aurora Capital Partners Acquires Cold Chain Technologies

July 24, 2019

Packaging

Aurora Capital Partners has acquired Cold Chain Technologies (CCT), a Franklin, Massachusetts-based provider of single-use and reusable passive thermal packaging solutions serving the life sciences supply chain. The private equity firm intends to partner with CCT's management to accelerate global expansion, develop new products and grow the company's reusable solutions offering; terms were not disclosed.

Ranpak Holdings Corp Acquires Recycold Cool Solutions BV

December 8, 2021

Packaging

Ranpak Holdings Corp (Ranpak) has acquired Recycold Cool Solutions BV, a Netherlands-based manufacturer of sustainable, plant-based gel cool packs. The acquisition expands Ranpak's cold chain product portfolio by integrating Recycold's cool packs into Ranpak's paper-based thermal protection solutions to provide a single-source, more sustainable cold chain offering.

IPACKCHEM Group Acquires Majority Stake in TPG Plastics LLC

October 5, 2022

Packaging

IPACKCHEM Group acquired a majority stake in TPG Plastics LLC to bring its Advanced In‑Mold Fluorination (Advanced IMF) barrier packaging technology to North America and serve the crop protection market. The deal gives IPACKCHEM a manufacturing foothold in Murray, Kentucky and includes near‑term investments to expand capacity and support growth into additional life‑enhancing chemical segments.

Foam Fabricators Acquires Substantially All Assets of Polyfoam Corp.

July 2, 2020

Packaging

Foam Fabricators, a Compass Diversified Holdings-backed packaging platform, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Massachusetts-based Polyfoam Corp., expanding Foam Fabricators' protective and temperature-sensitive packaging capabilities and geographic footprint. The deal adds Polyfoam's cold-chain and injection-molded plastic capabilities and enables cross-selling to national customers while Foam Fabricators also announced a partnership with Rational Packaging and commercialization of a biodegradable EPS product.