{"id":9847,"date":"2025-10-17T12:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=9847"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:26:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:26:01","slug":"proampac-acquires-bag-converting-operations-of-international-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=9847","title":{"rendered":"ProAmpac Acquires Bag Converting Operations of International Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proampac.com\/en-us\/\" id=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ProAmpac<\/a>, a global leader in flexible packaging and material science, has acquired the bag converting operations of International Paper (\u201cIP\u201d), a global leader in sustainable packaging. The acquisition expands ProAmpac\u2019s converting capabilities, further advancing the company\u2019s <em>Fiberization of Packaging\u00ae<\/em> strategy and enhancing its ability to deliver customized bag solutions for the grocery, convenience store, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.packagingstrategies.com\/keywords\/8607-qsr-packaging\" id=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">quick-service restaurant<\/a> markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGlobal demand for reliable, recyclable paper packaging continues to grow rapidly amid evolving consumer expectations and market trends redefining recyclability,\u201d stated Greg Tucker, ProAmpac founder, vice chairman, and chief executive officer. \u201cProAmpac\u2019s acquisition of IP\u2019s bag operation supports our <em>Fiberization of Packaging<\/em> initiatives, helping us better serve customers by extending our expertise in material science to the US west coast with additional capabilities and redundancies,\u201d continued Tucker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIP\u2019s bag business is strong, being built on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.packagingstrategies.com\/topics\/3782-sustainable-flexible-packaging\" id=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sustainability<\/a> and reliability, with a winning team. It\u2019s well-positioned for future growth and innovation in the kraft paper bag market,\u201d said Allison Magness, IP\u2019s group vice president, specialty business. \u201cUnder ProAmpac\u2019s leadership, I am confident the business is set up for long-term success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Located in California, Oregon, and Texas, IP\u2019s bag operations are recognized for innovation in kraft paper bag manufacturing. Specializing in customizable and premium kraft bags for grocery, convenience store, and quick-service restaurant markets, the operations produce a range of products, including handled shopping bags, self-opening sacks, and smaller format options. With multiple U.S. manufacturing sites, this acquisition expands ProAmpac\u2019s production capacity and redundancy, strengthening its ability to support both new and existing customers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.packagingstrategies.com\/articles\/106040-proampac-acquires-bag-converting-operations-of-international-paper\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ProAmpac, a global leader in flexible packaging and material science, has acquired the bag converting operations of International Paper (\u201cIP\u201d), a global leader in sustainable packaging. The acquisition expands ProAmpac\u2019s converting capabilities, further advancing the company\u2019s Fiberization of Packaging\u00ae strategy and enhancing its ability to deliver customized bag solutions for the grocery, convenience store, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[2375,90,585,1691,54],"class_list":["post-9847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-packaging-news","tag-bags","tag-mergers-acquisitions-ma","tag-proampac","tag-qsr-packaging","tag-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}