Berry Plastic Group, a Fortune 500 global manufacturer and marketer of plastic packaging products, acquired AVINTIV, one of the world’s leading developers, producers, and marketers of specialty materials, from Blackstone Group for $2.4bn. Joel Hackney, AVINTIV’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “AVINTIV has made tremendous progress advancing our mission to create a safer, cleaner, and healthier world. Joining Berry creates an ideal platform to expand into new adjacencies, strengthen our current capabilities, and bring new innovations to our customers. Our employees’ hard work and dedication has enabled us to deliver consistent growth and margin expansion and will continue to play a critical role in the success of Berry.”