Top materials mergers and acquisitions in October 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition in the materials sector in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 3 deals in the materials sector in October 2026, 2 of them with a disclosed value, worth $1.4bn in total. The largest was Atlantic Ridge Capital and Grafine Partners's $900m deal for Paragon Films, ahead of Fangda Special Steel Technology and Jiangxi Fangda Steel Group Enterprise Investment at $520m.
Top materials mergers and acquisitions in October 2026
- 113 OctAtlantic Ridge Capital and Grafine Partners → Paragon FilmsRhône sells Paragon Films to Atlantic Ridge and Grafine for about $900mMaterials / Packaging filmsAgreed$900m
- 216 OctFangda Special Steel Technology → Jiangxi Fangda Steel Group Enterprise InvestmentFangda Special Steel sets RMB3.5bn terms to absorb sister vanadium-steel groupMaterials / Steel and vanadiumAgreed$520m
- 315 OctLone Star Funds / Atlas Holdings (reported bidders) → International Paper EMEA Packaging Business (DS Smith)International Paper in talks with bidders for DS Smith-based EMEA packaging armMaterials / PackagingIn talksUndisclosed