M&A Deal Summary

MPE Partners Acquires Inkcups

On January 11, 2022, private equity firm MPE Partners acquired machinery company Inkcups

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MPE Partners’ 5th transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is MPE Partners’ 75th transaction in the United States.
  • This is MPE Partners’ 9th transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-01-11
Target Inkcups
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) MPE Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization
Advisor(s) Capstone Partners (Financial)
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC (Legal)

Target

Inkcups

Danvers, Massachusetts, United States
Inkcups is a specialty printing industry, offering direct-to-shape (“DTS”) digital printers, pad and tagless printing equipment, parts, service, and consumable supplies to a diverse customer base across the branded consumer products, e-commerce retail, and promotional products market segments. Inkcups was founded in 2001 and is based in Danvers, Massachusetts.

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Buyer

MPE Partners

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1968
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

MPE Partners is a Midwest based investment firm principally focused private equity investments throughout North America. MPE has a preference for buyouts and recapitalizations of lower middle-market, family and entrepreneur owned businesses. The Firm looks for stand-alone companies operating in the 'high-value' manufacturing or business services sectors. MPE seeks businesses with at least $5 million of EBITDA and valued up to $250 million. MPE Partners is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 78 of 84
Sector (Machinery) 5 of 5
Type (Recapitalization) 22 of 23
State (Massachusetts) 9 of 9
Country (United States) 75 of 81
Year (2022) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-01-06 Plastic Components

Germantown, Wisconsin, United States

Plastic Components is a manufacturer of engineered and high precision injection molded components for mission critical applications in the plumbing, small engine, automotive, filtration, consumer products, controls, and other end markets. Plastic Components was founded in 1989 and is based in Germantown, Wisconsin.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-05-05 Hi-Tech Industries

Farmington, Michigan, United States

Hi-Tech Industries is a provider of a full line of professional car care product accessories and specialty aerosols to the automotive appearance industry. Hi-Tech Industries is based in Farmington, Michigan.

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