Sealed Air - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Sealed Air M&A Summary

Sealed Air has acquired 19 companies, including 4 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 5 assets.

Sealed Air’s largest acquisition to date was in 2011, when it acquired Diversey for $4.3B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2017, when it sold Diversey to Bain Capital Private Equity for $3.2B. Sealed Air has acquired in 8 different US states, and 11 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include packaging (48%) and chemicals (11%).

Sealed Air Business Overview

Where is Sealed Air headquartered?

Sealed Air is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

What is Sealed Air’s revenue?

Sealed Air disclosed revenue of 5,489M USD for 2023 and 5,642M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Sealed Air have?

Sealed Air has 17,000 employees.

What sector is Sealed Air in?

Sealed Air is a packaging company.

When was Sealed Air founded?

Sealed Air was founded in 1960.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity24
    • M&A Buy Activity19
    • M&A Sell Activity5
  • Total Sectors Invested 9
  • Total Countries Invested 11
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 12
  • M&A Advisors 7

Sealed Air

Sealed Air Corp.

2415 Cascade Pointe Boulevard,
Charlotte, North Carolina 28208
United States,
(980) 221-3235
www.sealedair.com

Sealed Air is a provider of food safety and security, facility hygiene and product protection. Sealed Air serves an array of end markets including food and beverage processing, food service, retail, healthcare and industrial, and commercial and consumer applications. Sealed Air was formed in 1960 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 17 - - 2 - - 19
vol $5.0B $1.2B $6.1B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 5 - - - - - 5
vol $3.3B $3.3B
  24

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Liqui-Box Corp. 2022-11-01 1.2B USD Add-on Acquisition
Richmond, Virginia · www.liquibox.com
Foxpak Flexibles Ltd. 2022-02-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Louth, Ireland · www.foxpak.com
Automated Packaging Systems, Inc. 2019-05-01 510M USD Add-on Acquisition
Streetsboro, Ohio · www.autobag.com
MGM Food and Commodities Corp. - Flexible Packaging Business 2019-02-11 - Divestiture
Mandaluyong City, Philippines
AFP, Inc. 2018-08-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Pflugerville, Texas · www.a-f-p.com
Fagerdala Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017-09-11 100M USD Add-on Acquisition
Singapore, Singapore
Deltaplam Embalagens Indústria e Comércio Ltda 2017-08-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Londrina, Brazil · www.deltaplam.com.br
Daylight Medical, Inc. - UVC Disinfection Business 2017-05-16 - Divestiture
Middleburg Heights, Ohio
Diversey, Inc. 2017-03-27 3.2B USD Divestiture
Fort Mill, South Carolina · www.diversey.com
Tampereen Teollsuussähkö Oy (TTS-Ciptec) 2016-07-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Tampere, Finland · www.tts-ciptec.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Packaging 9 (47%) 1.8B (30%) 3 (60%) 125M (4%)
Chemicals 2 (11%) 4.3B (70%) 1 (20%) 3.2B (96%)
Technology Hardware 2 (11%) - - -
Healthcare Services 1 (5%) - - -
Machinery 1 (5%) - - -
Manufacturing 1 (5%) - - -
Medical Products 1 (5%) - - -
Plastics 1 (5%) - - -
Test/Measurement Equipment 1 (5%) - - -
Consumer Products - - 1 (20%) -
Total 19 $6.1B 5 $3.3B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 9 6.0B 2 3.2B
  Ohio 2 510M - -
  South Carolina 1 4.3B 1 3.2B
  Virginia 1 1.2B - -
  Texas 1 - - -
  Oregon 1 - - -
  North Carolina 1 - - -
  Massachusetts 1 - - -
  Illinois - - 1 -
United Kingdom 1 - 1 -
Brazil 1 - - -
Canada 1 - - -
Finland 1 - - -
France 1 - - -
Ireland 1 - - -
Japan - - 1 -
Netherlands - - 1 125M
New Zealand 1 57M - -
Philippines 1 - - -
Singapore 1 100M - -
Spain 1 - - -
Domestic 9 (47%) 6.0B (97%) 2 (40%) 3.2B (96%)
Cross-border 10 (53%) 157M (3%) 3 (60%) 125M (4%)
Total 19 $6.1B 5 $3.3B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Citigroup Investment Banking
2
Goldman Sachs
2
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
1
Legal Deals
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
1
K&L Gates
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 2 $5.5B
$100M to $1B 1 $510M
< $100M 2 $157M
TOTAL $6.1B
Largest Diversey, Inc.
$4.3B (2011-06-01)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $3.2B
$100M to $1B 1 $125M
TOTAL $3.3B
Largest Diversey, Inc.
$3.2B (2017-03-27)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
11%
2 (11%)
Strategic(s)
21%
4 (21%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
80%
4 (80%)
Strategic(s)
20%
1 (20%)

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