M&A Deal Summary

Multi-Color Acquires Gern & Cie SA

On September 24, 2013, Multi-Color acquired packaging company Gern & Cie SA

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Multi-Color’s 4th transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is Multi-Color’s 1st transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-09-24
Target Gern & Cie SA
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) Multi-Color
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Gern & Cie SA

Bevaix, Switzerland
Gern & Cie SA is the premier wine label producer in Switzerland, located in the French speaking wine region of Neuchatel with the same customer expectations and technologies as our existing French operations.

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Buyer

Multi-Color

Batavia, Ohio, United States

Category Company
Founded 1916
Sector Packaging
Employees3,550
Revenue 1.3B USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION

Multi-Color is a provider of label solutions supporting a number of brands including leading producers of home and personal care, wine and spirit, food and beverage and specialty consumer products. MCC serves international brand owners in North, Central and South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and China with a comprehensive range of the latest label technologies in Pressure Sensitive, Cut and Stack, In-Mold, Shrink Sleeve and Heat Transfer. Multi-Color was founded in 1916 and is based in Batavia, Ohio.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 18
Sector: Packaging M&A 4 of 15
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 13
Country: Switzerland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-24 John Watson & Co.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

John Watson & Co. Ltd. is a privately owned label converter located in Glasgow, Scotland. Company produces labels for major distillers of Scotch whisky and other spirits and will complement the global network.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-03 Graphic Packaging Holding Co. - Di-na-cal Label Business

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Graphic Packaging Holding Co. - Di-na-cal Label Business operates manufacturing facilities in Cincinnati, Ohio and Greensboro, North Carolina and provides decorative label solutions primarily in the heat transfer label markets for Home & Personal Care and Food & Beverage through long-standing relationships with blue chip national and multi-national customers.

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