M&A Deal Summary

ProAmpac Acquires Coating Excellence International

On January 1, 2016, ProAmpac acquired packaging company Coating Excellence International from Mason Wells

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ProAmpac’s 3rd transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is ProAmpac’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is ProAmpac’s 1st transaction in Wisconsin.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-01-01
Target Coating Excellence International
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) ProAmpac
Sellers(s) Mason Wells
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Financial)

Target

Coating Excellence International

Wrightstown, Wisconsin, United States
Coating Excellence International LLC is a flexible packaging and technical products company specializing in wide web extrusion coating and laminating of film, foil, paper, board and nonwovens. Companty features EB coating and laminating, wide web flexographic presses with 10-color printing with registered backside print capabilities, and offset printing up to four colors.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ProAmpac

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Category Company
Founded 2015
Sector Packaging
Employees2,400
DESCRIPTION

ProAmpac is a flexible packaging company with a comprehensive product offering. ProAmpac’s approach to sustainability – ProActive Sustainability provides innovative sustainable flexible packaging products to help our customers achieve their sustainability goals. ProAmpac was founded in 2015 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 27
Sector (Packaging) 3 of 26
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 22
State (Wisconsin) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 3 of 15
Year (2016) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-03 Prolamina

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

Prolamina Corp. is a packaging company focused on providing value-added packaging and services to the food, medical and consumer markets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-18 Vitex Packaging Group

Suffolk, Virginia, United States

Vitex Packaging Group is a manufacturer of flexible packaging for the consumer and medical-product industries. Vitex is a supplier of tea-bag envelopes and tags.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Mason Wells

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 2.4B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Mason Wells is a private equity firm focused on middle-market buyout opportunities in the Midwest US. Mason Wells looks to invest in businesses operating in engineered products and services, outsourced business services, and specialty packaging. Target companies typically generate revenue of $25 to $300 million and EBITDA of at least $5 million. The Firm prefers businesses with high barriers to entry, limited customer concentration, and strong market positions. Mason Wells was originally formed 1982 as a subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation and became an independent firm in 1998. Mason Wells is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 40
Sector (Packaging) 4 of 7
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 18 of 24
State (Wisconsin) 17 of 21
Country (United States) 24 of 38
Year (2016) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-05 AWT Labels & Packaging

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

AWT Labels & Packaging is a narrow and wide-web converter of labels and flexible packaging for a diverse set of end markets including healthcare, food and beverage, personal care, household, specialty, and industrial/OEM. AWT Labels & Packaging was founded in 1991 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-02 MGS

Germantown, Wisconsin, United States

MGS is a provider of vertically integrated optimized manufacturing solutions for high precision plastic products with services including engineering and design-for-manufacture; mold making; sampling and development; injection molding; value-added contract manufacturing operations; multishot technologies; scalable automation and application-specific turnkey manufacturing systems serving healthcare, electronics, automotive, and consumer end markets. MGS was founded in 1982 and is based in Germantown, Wisconsin.

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