Packaging company Crown Holdings to buy Signode in $3.91 billion deal
(Reuters) - Consumer packaging company Crown Holdings Inc (CCK.N) said on Tuesday it would buy Signode Industrial Group Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd, which specializes in transit packaging, from Carlyle Group LP (CG.O) in a deal valued at $3.91 billion (£3.92 billion).
Crown Holding said the acquisition, expected to close during the first quarter of 2018, is expected to will significantly increase its free cash flow.
(Reporting by Arunima Banerjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)