M&A Deal Summary

Blue Wolf Capital Partners Acquires Pearl Technologies

On January 1, 2011, private equity firm Blue Wolf Capital Partners acquired machinery company Pearl Technologies

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Blue Wolf Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Blue Wolf Capital Partners’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Blue Wolf Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in New York.
Investment Fate
  • Pearl Technologies was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2012.
  • Pearl Technologies merged with another company in 2018.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-01-01
Target Pearl Technologies
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Blue Wolf Capital Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

Pearl Technologies

Savannah, New York, United States
Pearl Technologies, Inc. is a manufacturer of consumable parts for converting and extrusion capital equipment. The company is known for custom-made attachments, which are sold to various end-users in the medical and food packaging industries. Pearl Technologies was formed in 1985 and is based in Savannah, New York.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Blue Wolf Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 2.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Blue Wolf Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm that targets control investments in middle-market North American companies. Blue Wolf looks to commit at least $25 million of equity capital in businesses with minimum revenues of $50 million. Blue Wolf is a generalist firm with broad interest in service and applied engineering companies, capital equipment manufacturers, general manufacturing, financial services, paper products, and broadcast media. Blue Wolf will also consider distressed situation investments. The Firm does not invest in start-ups. Blue Wolf Capital Partners was formed in 2005 and is located in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 34
Sector (Machinery) 1 of 1
Type (Recapitalization) 1 of 3
State (New York) 2 of 4
Country (United States) 3 of 31
Year (2011) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-11-25 Healthcare Laundry Systems

Wheeling, Illinois, United States

Healthcare Laundry Systems provides laundry services to hospitals and clinics in the greater Chicago area. HLS is the largest and highest volume provider of healthcare laundry services in North America.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-05 Gloucester Engineering Co

Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States

Gloucester Engineering Co., Inc. (GEC) is a manufacturer of equipment for the plastics extrusion and converting industry. The company offers a range of innovative system and component solutions, for both new lines and retrofits, that provide customers a competitive edge in applications that include bag making, foam, and sheet extrusion, blown and cast film extrusion, and extrusion coating. GEC was formed in 1961 and is based in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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