Secondary Buyout • Packaging

ShoreView Industries Acquires M&Q Packaging

On July 7, 2025, private equity firm ShoreView Industries acquired packaging company M&Q Packaging from Heartwood Partners

Acquisition Context
  • This is ShoreView Industries’ 5th transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is ShoreView Industries’ 45th transaction in the United States.
  • This is ShoreView Industries’ 5th transaction in Pennsylvania.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date July 7, 2025
Target M&Q Packaging
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) ShoreView Industries
Sellers(s) Heartwood Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Advisor(s) Raymond James - Investment Banking (Financial)
Finn Dixon & Herling (Legal)

Target Company

M&Q Packaging

Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, United States
M&Q Packaging is a manufacturer of high-temperature, ovenable packaging used in food service, food processing, medical, and industrial markets. Its products include proprietary Pansaver food preparation products as well as engineered meat processing packaging, cleanroom packaging, vacuum bagging films, sterilization packaging, and solvent recovery bags. M&Q Packaging is based in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

ShoreView Industries


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 1.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

ShoreView Industries is a middle-market private investment principally focused on partnering with family or entrepreneurial-owned companies. ShoreView will consider a variety of investment situations, including buyouts, leveraged recapitalizations, minority investments, and industry consolidations. Areas of interest include engineered products, distribution, industrial services, business services, and niche consumer products. ShoreView industries was established in 2002 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 46 of 47
Sector: Packaging 5 of 5
Type: Secondary Buyout 8 of 8
State: Pennsylvania 5 of 5
Country: United States 45 of 46
Year: 2025 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-07-23 Go Local

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Go Local is a provider of digital marketing services, including organic, paid, and web solutions, primarily serving clients in the self-storage, home services, multi-family, and senior living industries. Go Local specializes in helping its clients build and maintain a strong local digital presence through search engine optimization, local listing optimization (e.g. Google Maps), content creation, paid media, and website development. Go Local was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-23 M&Q Engineered Materials

United States

M&Q Engineered Materials is a designer and manufacturer of nylon blown film products that are used during commercial protein processing, commercial food preparation, and healthcare and industrial sterilization packaging.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Heartwood Partners

Norwalk, Connecticut, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1982
PE ASSETS 1.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Heartwood Partners is a private equity firm focused on partnerships with middle-market companies across the US. The Firm prefers to invest in family owned and managed companies where it can leverage strategic resources for long-term growth. Target companies are typically profitable with $5 to $30 million of EBITDA with up to $400 million in revenue. Sectors of interest include agriculture, automotive, consumer products, distribution, food, industrial services, niche manufacturing, packaging, and chemicals. Heartwood Partners was formed in 1982 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 22 of 23
Sector: Packaging 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout 10 of 11
State: Pennsylvania 3 of 3
Country: United States 22 of 23
Year: 2025 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-04-22 VITALSpace

Baldwin, Georgia, United States

VITALSpace is a provider of products for industries that require secure, damage resistant, and mission critical structures and parts. VITALSpace is based in Baldwin, Georgia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-08-13 MicroCare

New Britain, Connecticut, United States

MicroCare developes and manufactures cleaning fluids and related packaging and dispensing solutions for the electronics, fiber optics, medical and precision cleaning markets. MicroCare was founded in 1983 and is based in New Britain, Connecticut.

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