{"id":10299,"date":"2025-11-13T03:58:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=10299"},"modified":"2025-11-13T03:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:58:28","slug":"cdr-weighs-acquisition-of-packaging-company-sealed-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=10299","title":{"rendered":"CD&R weighs acquisition of packaging company Sealed Air\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sealed Air employs 16,400 people across 105 manufacturing facilities in 117 countries and territories. Credit: Piotr Swat \/ Shutterstock.com <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

US-based private equity company Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is considering the potential acquisition of Sealed Air, the US packaging manufacturer known for bubble wrap.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

CD&R has held discussions with the North Carolina-based group to express its interest in a possible deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Deliberations are ongoing and may not result in a transaction, according to a report first published by The Wall Street Journal<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Any buyer could consider breaking up Sealed Air, which operates food and protective packaging divisions, according to reports from Bloomberg<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sealed Air is valued at $5.35bn.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company traces its origins to 1957, when engineers Alfred W Fielding and Marc Chavannes developed a laminated plastic with air bubbles that evolved into bubble wrap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today, Sealed Air manufactures Cryovac shrink bags, Instapak foam packaging, medical films, bagging machinery and food packaging equipment, employing 16,400 people across 105 manufacturing facilities in 117 countries and territories.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the third quarter of 2025, Sealed Air reported improved net earnings and earnings per share EPS) from better operating leverage and favourable resolution of historical tax matters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Adjusted earnings before taxation, interest, depreciation and amortisation and EPS rose 4% and 10% respectively, with protective volume stabilisation and transformation initiatives supporting margin expansion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Food sales were relatively flat, with strength in food service offset by weakness in industrial and retail.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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