M&A Deal Summary

Chroma Color Acquires Plastics Color

On February 3, 2020, Chroma Color acquired chemicals company Plastics Color from PMC Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Chroma Color’s 3rd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Chroma Color’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Chroma Color’s 2nd transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-02-03
Target Plastics Color
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Chroma Color
Sellers(s) PMC Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Plastics Color

Calumet City, Illinois, United States
Plastics Color is a global provider of custom polymer solutions, compounds, colorants, and additive masterbatches. Plastics Color has consistently delivered innovations in color concentrates, functional additives, and custom polymer masterbatch. Plastics Color was founded in 1964 and is based in Calumet City, Illinois.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Chroma Color

McHenry, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Sector Chemicals
DESCRIPTION

Chroma Color is a supplier of color concentrates and additives for the plastics market. The company was formed through the combination of three businesses: Carolina Color, Breen Color Concentrates and Chroma. Chroma Color is based in McHenry, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Chemicals) 3 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 3
State (Illinois) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 3 of 4
Year (2020) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-09 Chroma

McHenry, Illinois, United States

Chroma Corp. is a specialty color and additive concentrate business. Chroma Corporation’s private ownership allows our expert polymer and color engineers to be independent and unbiased as they select from over 50 engineering resins and hundreds of pigments, additives and modifying additives to tailor a thermoplastic compound designed to meet your specific end-use requirements.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-06-22 Epolin

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Epolin provides ready-to-mold compounded pellets in a range of thermoplastic and thermoset polymeric materials including polycarbonate, acrylic, polyamide, cellulose propionate, polystyrene, PCV, COC, and polyurethane for use in injection molding, film extrusion, liquid casting, laminating, pressure-sensitive adhesives, and solvent-borne coating applications. Epolin is based in Newark, New Jersey.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

PMC Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

PMC Capital Partners is a private investment firm backed by a multinational conglomerate that principally targets North American control investment opportunities in the TMT, consumer, healthcare, business services, and industrial sectors. The Firm will consider corporate carve-outs, recapitalizing balance sheets, acquiring founder-owned companies, and bolt-on opportunities. For platform acquisitions, PMC seeks profitable (>$2 million of EBITDA) businesses with at least $20 million of revenue and valued up to $100 million. PMC Capital Partners is based in Los Angeles, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Chemicals) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 3
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2020) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-02-02 Ransom & Randolph

Maumee, Ohio, United States

Ransom & Randolph Co. is a mission-critical manufacturer and supplier of specialty consumables to the global investment casting industry, serving aerospace, defense, industrial gas turbine, automotive, commercial, jewelry, dental, and art casting markets. Ransom & Randolph Co. is based in Maumee, Ohio.

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