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Keystone Capital Acquires Atlas Die

On January 1, 2003, private equity firm Keystone Capital acquired manufacturer Atlas Die

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Keystone Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Keystone Capital’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Keystone Capital’s 1st transaction in Indiana.
Investment Fate
  • Atlas Die was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2017.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2003-01-01
Target Atlas Die
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) Keystone Capital
Deal Type Special Situations/Distressed
Advisor(s) Davis Capital (Financial)

Target

Atlas Die

Elkhart, Indiana, United States
Atlas Die is a manufacturer of custom-designed steel rule dies and chemically etched rotary dies and related tooling sold into the folding carton, label, business form, and crafts industries. The company went on to revolutionize steel rule diemaking with the development and introduction of laser technology into the die making process and later developed unique flexible rotary die making capabilities. Atlas Die was founded in 1952 and is based in Elkhart, Indiana.

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Buyer

Keystone Capital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 1.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Keystone Capital is a private equity firm focused on acquiring family businesses, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and special situations. Keystone prefers lower middle-market, US-based businesses with EBITDA of $5 to $20 million. Target sectors include specialty manufacturing, business services/outsourcing, food processing and ingredients, publishing, instrumentation, optical components, and healthcare products/services. Keystone will not invest in start-ups, turnarounds, commodities, defense/government contractors, retail stores, or restaurants. Keystone Capital was formed in 1994 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 40
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 2 of 3
Type: Special Situations/Distressed M&A Deals 1 of 3
State: Indiana M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 5 of 39
Year: 2003 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-01-01 Keystone Bakery Holdings

Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

Keystone Bakery Holdings, LLC supplier of sweet baked goods to the in-store bakery, foodservice, and convenience store channels.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-07-06 Vista International Packaging

Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States

Vista International Packaging LLC is a provider of artificial casings and film packaging products to a variety of specialty and broad-line food customers in the meat processing industry.

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