Nelipak Completes Purchase of Merrill’s Packaging
Nelipak® Corporation, a global provider of healthcare packaging solutions, has completed the acquisition of Merrill’s Packaging.
Merrill’s Packaging specializes in custom thermoformed packaging solutions for medical device, pharmaceutical, life science, and other applications. It also offers complementary products and services such as die-cut pouch/mounting cards and value-added design, development, and tooling services.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Merrill’s operating footprint includes production sites in Burlingame, California, and Alajuela, Costa Rica. It was founded in 1961. It entered the Costa Rica market in 2010 and opened a larger Costa Rica site in 2024.
“Nelipak will benefit from Merrill’s dedicated and talented team, custom thermoforming capabilities, strong customer relationships, and well-located production sites in California and Costa Rica,” says Pat Chambliss, Nelipak CEO.
Nelipak® provides healthcare packaging solutions that include rigid and flexible sterile-barrier packaging for medical devices, diagnostics, pharmaceutical drug delivery, and other applications.
It has more than 1,600 employees and operates at 14 sites globally, including eight sites in the Americas (U.S., Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico), five sites in Europe, and one site in Asia.
