SON - Mergers and acquisitions

Agreement reached on acquisition of Sonoco's TFP business as TOPPAN Group accelerates expansion of sustainable packaging business in Americas TOKYO, Dec. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TOPPAN Holdings Inc. (TYO:7911) (TOPPAN Holdings) has entered into an agreement with Sonoco Products Company (NYSE:SON) (Sonoco), a global leader in high-value sustainable packaging, to acquire Sonoco's Thermoformed & Flexible Packaging (TFP) business for approximately $1.8 billion on a cash-free and debt-free basis and subject to customary adjustments. This acquisition is highly complementary, combining the robust sales network, customer base, and solution development capabilities of Sonoco's TFP business in North

Northstar Recycling Company, LLC ("Northstar"), a national leader in sustainability-oriented managed waste and recycling solutions, today announced the acquisition of Sonoco Sustainability Solutions ("S3"), another asset-light managed service provider of customized waste diversion programs that operated over the last 17 years as a division of global packaging leader Sonoco (NYSE:SON). Both Northstar and S3 serve multi-facility manufacturers and distributors across the food, consumer packaged goods, and industrial sectors with a centralized solution to manage and divert industrial waste streams into beneficial reuse applications. Northstar is a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners,

HARTSVILLE, S.C., April 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest global sustainable packaging companies, today announced it has acquired the remaining one-third interest in Sonoco do Brasil Participacoes, Ltda, a Brazil-based flexible packaging joint venture, from private investors. Sonoco acquired its two-third interest in the joint venture in 2015 from Graffo Paranaense de Embalagens S/A, a closely held flexible packaging operation located in Pinhais, near Curitiba, Brazil. The joint venture had sales of approximately $34 million in 2021 and is a top-tier flexible packaging supplier to several global multinational consumer packaging goods companies serving conf

HARTSVILLE, S.C., Dec. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sonoco Recycling, a unit of Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest sustainable global packaging companies, today announced it has acquired American Recycling of Western North Carolina, a privately owned recovered paper recycler located in Asheville, N.C. American Recycling of Western North Carolina is a privately owned business that processes approximately 30,000 tons of recovered fiber annually at its well-capitalized Asheville material recovery facility. The business expects to generate approximately $9 million in sales in 2021 and it is strategically located approximately 65 miles from Sonoco's Newport, TN, uncoated recycled paperboard