Sep 18 2008
Sun Capital Partners, Inc. (“Sun Capital”), a leading private investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and investments in market-leading companies, today announced that one of its affiliates has acquired two coated-recycled board (“CRB”) mills that produce coated-recycled paperboard for folding carton packaging products.
The seller is a subsidiary of Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK). The newly-formed company, which will be doing business as PaperWorks Industries, Inc. (“PaperWorks Industries”), has mills located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wabash, Indiana that produce approximately 300,000 tons of 100% clay-coated recycled paperboard annually, making it the largest independent CRB mill group in the U.S. with nearly 11% of the U.S. coated-recycled paperboard market.
End use markets include dry and frozen foods, household goods, oral care products, and beverage products. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Scott W. Edwards, Vice President, Sun Capital Partners, Inc., commented, "We are delighted to add PaperWorks Industries to our growing portfolio of paper and packaging affiliates which include existing controlling interests in Exopack Holding, VeriPlast Solutions, and InteliCoat Technologies.
We look forward to working with the new management team and its dedicated associates in growing the business both organically and through add-on acquisitions.”
Mesirow Financial, Inc. served as exclusive financial advisor to Graphic Packaging in connection with this transaction.