M&A Deal Summary

Pixelle Specialty Solutions Acquires Appvion - Specialty Papers Business

On February 15, 2021, Pixelle Specialty Solutions acquired forest products company Appvion - Specialty Papers Business from Appvion

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Pixelle Specialty Solutions’ 2nd transaction in the Forest Products sector.
  • This is Pixelle Specialty Solutions’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Pixelle Specialty Solutions’ 1st transaction in Wisconsin.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-02-15
Target Appvion - Specialty Papers Business
Sector Forest Products
Buyer(s) Pixelle Specialty Solutions
Sellers(s) Appvion
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Appvion - Specialty Papers Business

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Appvion Specialty Papers Business includes carbonless rolls and security papers. Carbonless gives you clean, legible images that are guaranteed to remain intense throughout the life of the document. Even down to the last ply. We offer a broad range of papers optimized for different types of multipart forms and printing setups which has helped us become the number one carbonless paper in the world. Security Papers The best protection against fraud is to prevent it from ever happening – by creating documents that deter the schemes that fraud criminals use.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Pixelle Specialty Solutions

Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, United States
Category Company
Founded 2018
Sector Forest Products
Revenue 783M USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION

Pixelle Specialty Solutions is a provider of specialty papers and engineered materials, offering innovation, world-class service and over a century and a half of technical expertise. Pixelle Specialty Solutions was founded in 2018 and is based in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Forest Products) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 3
State (Wisconsin) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2021) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-11-12 Verso - Androscoggin & Stevens Point Mills

Miamisburg, Ohio, United States

Verso Corp.'s Androscoggin & Stevens Point Mills produces approximately 425,000 tons of paper per year and currently produces flexible packaging papers, release liner base, specialty labels, kraft papers, and liner board.

Buy $400M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-31 Rollsource

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Rollsource is a provider of specialty paper services that includes the book of business primarily serving the forms printer market.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Appvion

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Category Company
Founded 1907
Sector Forest Products
Employees1,600
DESCRIPTION

Appvion, Inc. is a producer of thermal, carbonless, security, inkjet, digital specialty, and colored papers.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Forest Products) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 4
State (Wisconsin) 3 of 4
Country (United States) 3 of 4
Year (2021) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-14 Appvion - Point of Sale Paper Business

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

Appvion's Point of Sale (POS) Paper Business provides a wide variety of fiber-based products.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-06 Appvion - Thermal Coating Business

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

Appvion's Thermal Coating Business provides thermal coatings for label and film solutions. Appvion's Thermal Coating Business is based in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Sell -
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