Packaging Acquisitions in Massachusetts

Veritiv Operating Company has acquired Pack4, LLC, a Boston-area distributor and fabricator of custom protective packaging products. The acquisition expands Veritiv's presence in New England and adds custom protective packaging capabilities to better serve healthcare, electronics, and food & beverage customers.

Precision Concepts International LLC, a North Carolina–based rigid packaging manufacturer, has acquired Meredith-Springfield Associates, Inc., a Ludlow, Massachusetts blow-molding specialist that designs and produces PET and HDPE bottles and containers. The deal expands Precision Concepts' Northeast footprint and blow-molding capabilities while keeping Meredith's leadership team in place.

Resource Label Group (a portfolio company of Ares Management Corporation) has acquired the label business of Screenprint/Dow from founder/owner Walter Dow. The deal brings Screenprint/Dow’s label capabilities into RLG’s coast-to-coast platform to preserve the business legacy and expand capabilities and capacity for label customers.

Digital Color Concepts (DCC) has acquired TigerPress, a folding carton and commercial print manufacturer based in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The add-on expands DCC's manufacturing capacity and Northeast footprint following a growth investment from Sherburne Partners; the deal closed November 20, 2024. Terms were not disclosed.

GenNx360 Capital Partners’ portfolio company, B2B Industrial Packaging, acquired Springfield Corrugated Box of Agawam, Massachusetts. The deal is an add-on to B2B’s platform to expand East Coast capacity, distribution and product selection for its national packaging network.

Vidya Brands Group, a family-owned packaging platform based in Newington, Connecticut, has acquired Seaboard Folding Box Company, a Westminster, Massachusetts-based folding carton manufacturer, from Peninsula Capital Partners. Terms were not disclosed; Seaboard's president Michael (Mike) Mazur will remain in his role as the company pursues a growth and transformation plan.

Resource Label Group, a Franklin, Tennessee-based label and packaging platform (portfolio company of Ares Management), has acquired Everett, Massachusetts-based QSX Labels. The add-on purchase expands Resource Label Group’s regional footprint in New England and adds QSX’s flexographic, digital and specialty durable-label capabilities to its network.

Dallas Plastics, a portfolio company of Sole Source Capital, has acquired Hi-De Liners, a manufacturer of high-density and linear low-density polyethylene bags and film headquartered in Orange, Massachusetts. The acquisition expands Dallas Plastics' HDPE product offering and continues Sole Source Capital's buy-and-build strategy in flexible packaging; terms were not disclosed.

Oliver Inc., a portfolio company of Pfingsten, acquired Boutwell, Owens & Co., a manufacturer of folding carton and blister card packaging, in a transaction that closed March 31, 2021. The add-on expands Oliver’s manufacturing capacity and reach into personal care, healthcare, food & beverage and consumer product end markets while Boutwell will continue operating from its Fitchburg, Massachusetts facility.

Resource Label Group, a PE-backed label manufacturer, has acquired New England Label of Andover, Massachusetts to expand its Northeast footprint. Resource Label is a portfolio company of First Atlantic Capital and TPG Growth; the deal is an add-on acquisition that broadens the platform's flexographic, digital and screen printing capabilities across food, beverage, medical/pharmaceutical and personal care end markets.

Funds advised by SK Capital Partners have acquired a majority interest in Lacerta Group, a Mansfield, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of thermoformed PET packaging solutions. The investment will support Lacerta's continued growth and scaling of its in-house manufacturing capabilities while founders Ali and Mory Lotfi retain a significant ownership stake.

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.

GELPAC, a portfolio company of NAMAKOR, has acquired WBC Extrusion Products, Inc., a Haverhill, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of single-use blown polymer films for food, industrial, automotive, medical and commercial packaging. The deal, supported/financed by NAMAKOR and institutional investors including CDPQ and le Fonds Manufacturier Québécois, expands GELPAC's North American manufacturing footprint and integrates WBC's R&D and production capabilities with GELPAC's existing plants.

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.

Berry Global Group, Inc. completed the acquisition of Laddawn, Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer of blown polyethylene bags and films with a proprietary e-commerce sales platform. Laddawn reported over $145 million of net sales for the 12 months ended July 31, 2018 and approximately 380 employees across five U.S. manufacturing sites; Berry said the deal will expand its Engineered Materials portfolio and leverage Laddawn's web and mobile capabilities to better serve small and medium customers.