Tracked deals
9
9 tracked deals across 2021-2025.
Packaging Buyers & Acquisitions in North Carolina
Buyer mix
Mixed buyer set
7 strategic · 5 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2021
4 tracked deals announced in 2021.
Buyer Snapshot
Top Buyers
Illustrative buyers pulled from tracked transactions on this page. This table is capped and intentionally non-exhaustive.
| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) | 1 | Private investment firm focused on building robust, susta... | PE |
| Fedrigoni Group | 1 | Global producer of specialty papers, premium labels and s... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Granite Creek Capital Partners | 1 | Chicago-based private investment firm providing capital a... | PE |
| H.I.G. Capital | 1 | Global alternative investment firm providing equity and d... | PE |
| ICONS Beauty Group | 1 | Beauty and health packaging and contract manufacturing gr... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Patriot Capital | 1 | Multi-strategy middle-market investment firm that provide... | PE |
| Placon | 1 | North American thermoformer and manufacturer of sustainab... | Strategic |
| Resource Label Group | 1 | Manufacturer of pressure sensitive labels, shrink sleeves... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Salem One | 1 | Provider of print-based corporate communication solutions... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Salem One management (Phil Kelley, Jr. and Scott Mahoney) | 1 | Existing Salem One management team participating as rollo... | Mixed |
Acquisition Volume in Packaging in North Carolina by Year
Last 5 years
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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November 17, 2025
- Buyer
- Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R)
- Target
- Sealed Air Corporation
- Industry
- Packaging
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Sealed Air Corporation entered into a definitive all-cash agreement to be acquired by funds affiliated with Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) at an enterprise value of $10.3 billion. After receiving required regulatory approvals, the acquisition was completed in April 2026, and Sealed Air became privately held with its shares ceasing to trade on the NYSE.
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- Buyer
- Salem One, Granite Creek Capital Partners, Patriot Capital, Salem One management (rollover investors led by Phil Kelley, Jr. and Scott Mahoney)
- Target
- iTek Graphics
- Industry
- Packaging
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Addon
Salem One, a Granite Creek Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired iTek Graphics, a printing and graphics company based in Concord, North Carolina. The transaction was funded by Granite Creek’s FlexCap III fund with a co-investment from Patriot Capital and will operate iTek as a stand-alone division of Salem One, expanding Salem One’s printing, packaging and corporate communications capabilities in the Southeast.
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September 7, 2023
- Buyer
- ShawKwei & Partners, ICONS Beauty Group
- Target
- CTL Packaging USA, Inc.
- Seller
- Kaizaharra Corporación Empresarial (KCE)
- Industry
- Packaging
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Addon
ShawKwei & Partners has acquired 100% of CTL Packaging USA, Inc. from Kaizaharra Corporación Empresarial (KCE) and will merge CTL into its portfolio company ICONS Beauty Group. The acquisition adds a U.S.-based plastic tube manufacturing capability (Charlotte, North Carolina) to ICONS' global beauty and health packaging platform to provide onshore production and broaden decorative and luxury finishing capabilities.
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October 18, 2022
- Buyer
- Resource Label Group
- Target
- MedLit Solutions
- Seller
- CORE Industrial Partners
- Industry
- Packaging
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Addon
Resource Label Group has acquired MedLit Solutions, a pharmaceutical packaging, labeling and printing provider with facilities in North Carolina and New Jersey. The deal is an add-on to Resource Label's platform (a portfolio company of Ares Management) and was a sale by CORE Industrial Partners, which built the MedLit platform through prior tuck-ins and investments.
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- Buyer
- The Occasions Group (Taylor Corporation)
- Target
- Accu Copy of Greenville, Inc. (doing business as AccuLink / AccuFlex)
- Seller
- Tom O'Brien (founder and owner)
- Industry
- Packaging
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Buyout
The Occasions Group, a Taylor Corporation company, has agreed to acquire the assets of Accu Copy of Greenville, Inc., which operates under the AccuLink and AccuFlex brands. The deal expands Taylor's commercial print, direct mail, e-commerce fulfillment and flexible packaging capabilities — adding sustainable, bio-based flexible packaging and dye-sublimation personalization capacity in Greenville, North Carolina.
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- Buyer
- Placon
- Target
- Former Sonoco packaging operation (Wilson, North Carolina thermoforming facility)
- Seller
- Sonoco
- Industry
- Packaging
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
Placon acquired substantially all operating equipment of a former Sonoco thermoforming packaging operation in Wilson, North Carolina and will hire more than 80 employees at the 112,000 sq. ft. site. The move immediately expands Placon's production capacity and Southeast footprint to serve growing demand from retail, food and medical customers.
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- Buyer
- H.I.G. Capital
- Target
- Jackson Paper Manufacturing and Sustainable Corrugated
- Industry
- Packaging
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Buyout
H.I.G. Capital has completed the acquisition of Jackson Paper Manufacturing and Sustainable Corrugated (JPM). JPM, headquartered in Sylva, North Carolina, is a vertically integrated manufacturer of 100% recycled corrugated packaging operating four facilities and employing more than 200 people; H.I.G. will partner with management to accelerate the company's growth and expand its sustainable packaging capabilities.
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- Buyer
- Westfall Technik, Inc.
- Target
- Carolina Precision Plastics, LLC (d/b/a CPP Global)
- Industry
- Packaging
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Westfall Technik, a global holding company for plastics manufacturing, has acquired Carolina Precision Plastics, LLC (d/b/a CPP Global), adding CPP's three plants in Mocksville and Asheboro, North Carolina and Kaiping, China to its footprint. CPP operates roughly 100 injection molding machines across ~335,000 sq ft of manufacturing space and brings capabilities in high-volume automated assembly, decorating, and sustainable PET jar molding; terms were not disclosed.
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June 29, 2021
- Buyer
- Fedrigoni Group
- Target
- Acucote Inc.
- Industry
- Packaging
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Fedrigoni Group has acquired Acucote Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer and distributor of pressure-sensitive self-adhesive materials, for an undisclosed amount. Crewe Capital acted as exclusive financial advisor to Acucote; the acquisition strengthens Fedrigoni's U.S. presence and its global self-adhesives portfolio, creating production, distribution, and procurement synergies.
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