Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2025

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill

A summary of the changes in goodwill for the three-month period ended March 30, 2025 is as follows:


	Consumer Packaging		Industrial Paper Packaging		All Other		Total
Goodwill at December 31, 2024	$	1,807,971	$	486,636	$	231,050	$	2,525,657



Measurement period adjustments	595		—		—		595
Foreign currency translation	58,441		7,543		(3,033)		62,951
Goodwill at March 30, 2025	$	1,867,007	$	494,179	$	228,017	$	2,589,203

Goodwill activity reflected under the caption “Measurement period adjustments” relates to the prior year acquisition of Eviosys. See Note 4 for additional information.

The Company assesses goodwill for impairment annually during the third quarter, or from time to time when warranted by the facts and circumstances surrounding individual reporting units or the Company as a whole. The Company completed its most recent annual goodwill impairment testing during the third quarter of 2024 and analyzed certain qualitative and quantitative factors in determining whether a goodwill impairment existed. The Company’s assessments reflected a number of significant management assumptions and estimates including the Company’s forecast of sales growth, gross profit margins, and discount rates. Changes in these assumptions could materially impact the Company’s conclusions. Based on its assessments, the Company concluded that there was no impairment of goodwill for any of its reporting units.

Although no reporting units failed the annual impairment test, in management’s opinion, the goodwill balance of the Metal Packaging - US reporting unit is at risk of impairment in the near term if the reporting unit’s operations do not perform in line with management’s expectations, or if there is a negative change in the long-term financial outlook for the reporting unit or in other factors such as the discount rate. The total goodwill associated with the Metal Packaging - US reporting unit was $384,315 at March 30, 2025.

During the time subsequent to the annual evaluation, and at March 30, 2025, the Company considered whether any events and/or changes in circumstances had resulted in the likelihood that the goodwill of any of its reporting units may have been impaired. It is management’s opinion that no such events and/or changes in circumstances have occurred.

Other Intangible Assets

A summary of other intangible assets as of March 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 is as follows:


	March 30, 2025		December 31, 2024
Other Intangible Assets, gross:
Patents	$	29,154	$	28,941
Customer lists	2,753,526		2,679,372
Trade names	39,253		38,623
Proprietary technology	229,475		226,936
Other	7,790		2,339
Total Other Intangible Assets, gross	$	3,059,198	$	2,976,211

Accumulated Amortization:
Patents	$	(16,566)	$	(15,955)
Customer lists	(370,648)		(332,680)
Trade names	(14,236)		(13,239)
Proprietary technology	(32,080)		(26,203)
Other	(1,707)		(1,436)
Total Accumulated Amortization	(435,237)		(389,513)
Other Intangible Assets, net	$	2,623,961	$	2,586,698

During the first quarter of 2025, the Company recorded measurement period adjustments related to the December 4, 2024 acquisition of Eviosys that reduced the previously reported fair value of customer lists by $5,253. The effect on amortization expense in the prior period was immaterial. See Note 4 for additional information.

Other intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over their respective useful lives when management has determined that the straight-line method approximates the pattern of consumption of the respective intangible assets or in relation to the asset’s specific pattern of consumption if management has determined that the straight-line method does not provide a fair approximation of the consumption of benefits. These lives generally range from three to forty years. The Company has no intangible assets with indefinite lives.

Aggregate amortization expense was $41,961 and $17,894 for the three-month periods ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, respectively. Amortization expense on other intangible assets is expected to total approximately $169,900 in 2025, $168,300 in 2026, $167,600 in 2027, $167,400 in 2028 and $165,100 in 2029.