Top materials mergers and acquisitions in May 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition in the materials sector in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 4 deals in the materials sector in May 2026, 1 of them with a disclosed value, worth $100m in total. The largest was Tenaris S.A.'s $100m deal for Artrom Steel Tubes S.A..
Top materials mergers and acquisitions in May 2026
- 18 MayTenaris S.A. → Artrom Steel Tubes S.A.Tenaris agrees €86m deal for Romania's Artrom Steel TubesMaterials / Seamless steel pipesAgreed$100m
- 228 MayPan Pacific Copper Co., Ltd. (JX Advanced Metals, Mitsui Kinzoku, Marubeni) → Mitsubishi Materials' copper concentrate purchasing and sales businessMitsubishi Materials folds copper buying into Pan Pacific CopperMaterials / Copper smeltingAgreedUndisclosed
- 312 MaySaica Group → Thimm GroupSaica agrees to buy German packaging maker ThimmMaterials / Corrugated packagingCompletedUndisclosed
- 412 MayMBK Partners → ALTEMIRA Holdings Co., Ltd.MBK buys Japanese can maker Altemira from ApolloMaterials / Aluminium packagingCompletedUndisclosed