Oji Holdings Acquires Walki from One Equity Partners

STOK Acquires BEWI's Packaging Trading Business (BEWI Food)

October 30, 2024

Packaging

STOK, a portfolio company of A&M Capital Europe (AMCE), has entered into a binding agreement to acquire BEWI's trading business ("BEWI Food"), a leading distributor of food packaging in Norway and Iceland. The deal is STOK's first add-on since AMCE's April 2024 investment and is intended to create a leading packaging distributor across Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Greenland, with combined pro forma sales of ~€190m in 2024.

Akoya Capital Partners Acquires WePackItAll

March 24, 2022

Packaging

Akoya Capital Partners, alongside Trinity Investors and NewSpring Mezzanine, has acquired WePackItAll, a contract packaging, filling, fulfillment, and warehousing provider based in Duarte, California. The investment (supported by mezzanine financing) establishes WPIA as the anchor platform for Akoya's industrial packaging strategy and aims to accelerate growth and national expansion of its contract packaging capabilities.

OptiGroup Acquires Ekopack i Sydsverige AB

August 29, 2019

Industrial Services

OptiGroup, a Triton Fund II company, has acquired Ekopack i Sydsverige AB, a full-service distributor of packaging products and services operating in southern Sweden. The acquisition adds Ekopack to OptiGroup’s Industrial Solutions business area and strengthens OptiGroup’s Nordic position supplying packaging solutions to manufacturing and service companies; Ekopack reported turnover of approximately EUR 6.5 million.

TorQuest Partners Invests in Joriki Inc.

October 3, 2019

Food & Beverage

TorQuest Partners has made a platform investment in Joriki Inc., a Canadian contract manufacturer of beverages and select food products, to support the company's next phase of growth. Terms were not disclosed; Joriki operates three Canadian manufacturing facilities (Scarborough and Pickering, Ontario; Delta, British Columbia) with more than 200 employees and capabilities including hot-fill, cold-fill and aseptic PET/carton lines.

SupplyOne Acquires Wilheit Packaging

August 17, 2021

Packaging

SupplyOne, a portfolio company of Wellspring Capital Management, has acquired Wilheit Packaging, a privately held distributor of shipping, packaging and maintenance products headquartered in Gainesville, Georgia. The deal expands SupplyOne's regional footprint across the Southeast and adds distribution capabilities in corrugated, poly films and end-of-line packaging to support food processors and industrial manufacturers.

Greif Inc. Acquires 51% Stake in ColePak LLC

September 1, 2023

Packaging

Greif Inc. acquired a 51% majority ownership interest in ColePak LLC in an all-cash transaction funded through Greif's existing credit facility. The deal adds ColePak’s paper partition product line to Greif’s paper converting portfolio, is immediately accretive to margins, and provides exposure to stable food & beverage end markets; Cole family owners Jason and Ryan Cole will remain involved.