M&A Deal Summary

Duraco Acquires Filmquest

On March 2, 2021, Duraco acquired plastics company Filmquest

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Duraco’s 1st transaction in the Plastics sector.
  • This is Duraco’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Duraco’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-03-02
Target Filmquest
Sector Plastics
Buyer(s) Duraco
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Filmquest

Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States
Filmquest is a converter and supplier of polyester (“PET”) and specialty films. Filmquests coats, converts, and metallizes all grades of PET film for use in the high-growth flexible packaging market under the trademarked Questar and Soft Touch product lines. Filmquest is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.

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Buyer

Duraco

Forest Park, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1947
Sector Manufacturing
Employees400
DESCRIPTION

Duraco is a B2B manufacturer of specialty tapes, which are sold into highly attractive end markets including Point-of-Purchase displays, appliances, transit packaging, construction, signage, and HVAC. Duraco’s application-specific tapes are strong alternatives to mechanical fasteners and traditional glues offering longevity, strength, efficiencies in customer’s assembly operations and breadth of substrates. Duraco’s customer service team will continue to offer their expertise to customers determining which products are ideal for their applications. With a highly diversified customer base, Duraco maintains loyal relationships for over 40 years and is continuously growing with over 6,800 customers in 2018. Duraco was founded in 1947 and is based in Forest Park, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 5
Sector (Plastics) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 5
State (Illinois) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 5
Year (2021) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-03 Infinity Tapes

Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States

Infinity Tapes LLC is a manufacturer of double-coated tapes, silicon-coated liners, and tamper-evident products in the transit packaging and industrial end markets. Infinity Tapes was established in 1990 and is based in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-02 3 Sigma

Troy, Ohio, United States

3 Sigma is a manufacturer of adhesive-coated materials to converters and manufacturers around the world. 3 Sigma utilizes its deep application experience and expertise in the chemistry of adhesive technology to serve the automotive, food, consumer products, medical and marketing industries. 3 Sigma was established in 1980 and is based in Troy, Ohio.

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