M&A Deal Summary

CM Acquisitions and Advantage Capital Partners Acquire Color Communications

On October 1, 2016, private equity firm CM Acquisitions and growth capital firm Advantage Capital Partners acquired chemicals company Color Communications

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CM Acquisitions’ 2nd and Advantage Capital Partners’ 5th transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is CM Acquisitions’ 5th and Advantage Capital Partners’ 194th transaction in the United States.
  • This is CM Acquisitions’ 2nd and Advantage Capital Partners’ 11th transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-10-01
Target Color Communications
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) CM Acquisitions
Advantage Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Livingstone Partners (Financial)
Goldstein & McClintock (Legal)

Target

Color Communications

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Color Communications is a designer and producer of accurate color merchandising tools. The company manufactures color systems, color cards, fan decks, decorator kits, and color samples for the suppliers of decorative paint, stain, and coatings. CC also provides color books, samples, and standards for the automotive OEM and refinish markets. Color Communications was founded in 1972 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

CM Acquisitions

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

CM Acquisitions LLC is a Chicago private equity firm focused on mid-sized businesses generating $20 to $250 million in revenues. CM will consider a variety of transaction situations, including non-core divestitures, private company sales, distressed businesses, as well as take privates. Sectors of interest include engineered plastics, capital goods manufacturers, outsourced industrial services, metalworking/metal fabrication, packaging, specialty chemicals, and electrical components. CM looks to be an active investor in working with portfolio companies.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 6
Sector (Chemicals) 2 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 6 of 6
State (Illinois) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 5 of 5
Year (2016) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-12 Plasma Coatings

Waterbury, Connecticut, United States

Plasma Coatings, Inc. provides custom coatings to the converting, paper, and rubber industries. Plasma’s service enhances the surface properties of production equipment (e.g. drums, rollers, guide plates, vats) where controlling resistance and abuse will provide better performance. Plasma also provides an on-site coating of extremely large rolls/equipment at customers’ locations in the US and licenses its coating formulas internationally. Plasma Coatings was founded in 1969 and is based in Waterbury, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-02-21 American Roller

Union Grove, Wisconsin, United States

American Roller Co. is a servicer and manufacturer of industrial rollers and specialty coatings. American Roller offers rubber, urethane, ceramic, hard coat, bowed, heat transfer and other specialty rollers or coatings used in the metals, converting, pulp and paper, textile, steel, graphic arts, business machines, and other industrial markets. American Roller Co. was founded in 1938 and is based in Union Grove, Wisconsin.

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Buyer

Advantage Capital Partners

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 2.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advantage Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on providing growth capital to a variety of companies. The Firm's geographic coverage includes Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Texas, Wisconsin and Washington DC. Advantage looks to initially commit $0.5 to $2 million per investment and can provide mezzanine debt in addition to equity capital. Areas of interest include communications, information technology, life science, and energy. Advantage Capital was formed in 1992 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 195 of 271
Sector (Chemicals) 5 of 5
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 35 of 42
State (Illinois) 11 of 14
Country (United States) 194 of 269
Year (2016) 11 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-30 Glori Energy

Houston, Texas, United States

Glori Energy is an energy technology and oil production company, provides services to third party exploration and production companies in North America and Brazil. It operates through Oil and Gas, and AERO Services segments. The AERO Services segment offers biotechnology solutions of enhanced oil recovery through a two-step process, including analysis phase, reservoir screening process that obtains field samples and evaluates potential of AERO system; and field deployment phase that deploys skid mounted injection equipment. Glori Energy was founded in 2005 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-01 MD Medical

Flowood, Mississippi, United States

MD Medical provides medical equipment and care suppliers. It provides hospices, home health agencies, long-term care facilities, and nursing homes with Medicare Part B durable medical equipment such as wound care dressings, ostomy supplies, tracheostomy supplies and catheter supplies. MD Medical was founded in 1997 and is based in Flowood, Mississippi.

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