Who Says Books Aren’t Pretty? – February 2015 M&A Activity
Paper
Private Equity firm Lindsay Goldberg created and funded Crown Paper Group as a holding company to acquire Port Townsend Holdings Company. The transaction included the Port Townsend Paper mill in Port Townsend, Washington, the Crown Packaging and Boxmaster plants in Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as two Canadian distribution centers. The Port Townsend mill produces Kraft and containerboard grades used in the company’s packaging plants.
The roll-up in the printing papers distribution segment continues. In its eighth acquisition of a regional paper merchant since 2010, Central National-Gottesman acquired Spicers Canada. Formerly owned by an Australian company, Spicers has 15 distribution and sheeting facilities throughout Canada.
Flexible Packaging
Popular Ink, a flexible packaging printer in McKinney, Texas was acquired by Dallas-based private equity firm Highlander Partners. The two founders are retaining a portion of equity in the company and will be working with the new owners to grow the company; presumably able to take a “second bite of the apple” when the company reaches the next stage in its development.
| 2015 February - Mergers and Acquisitions in the Printing, Packaging, Paper & Related Industries | |||||||||||||
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| Apex Machine | No Data | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Desco Equipment Corp. | No Data | Twinsburg, OH | 2/20/15 | No Data | Acquisition | Printing equipment | Link | |||
| Crown Paper Group | No Data | Atlanta, GA | Townsend Holdings Co | No Data | Vancouver, BC | 2/18/15 | No Data | Acquisition | Paper mill & packaging mfg. | Link | |||
| Harman Press | No Data | N. Hollywood, CA | A&I Photographic & Digital | No Data | Burbank, CA | 2/18/15 | No Data | Acquisition | Fine-art photobooks & prints | Link | |||
| Signature Card | No Data | Richardson, TX | Performance Card Solutions (Div. Performance Companies) |
No Data | Dallas, TX | 2/16/15 | No Data | Acquisition | Plastic card printing | Link | |||
| Quad/Graphics | $4,860 | Sussex, WI | Marin's International | No Data | Paris, France | 2/12/15 | No Data | Acquisition | Retail display | Link | |||
| Ironmark | $22.0 | Annapolis Junction, MD |
United Book Press | $13.0 | Woodlawn, MD | 2/12/15 | No Data | Acquisition | Book manufacturing | Link | |||
| KM Media Group | No Data | Clifton, NJ | One Source Solutions | No Data | Newark, NJ | 2/11/15 | No Data | Acquisition (Epicomm) |
Printing & copying | Link | |||
| Circle Graphics | No Data | Longmont, CO | Art Division of CafePress | No Data | Raleigh, NC | 2/11/15 | No Data | Acquisition | Grand & wide format printing | Link | |||
| Central National-Gottesman | No Data | Purchase, NY | Spicers Canada | No Data | Vaughan, ON | 2/10/15 | No Data | Acquisition | Paper distribution | Link | |||
| Allied Group | No Data | Cranston, RI | DES Printing | No Data | Provident, RI | 2/10/15 | No Data | Acquisition (New Direction) |
Commercial printing | Link | |||
| Highlander Partners | No Data | Dallas, TX | Popular Ink | No Data | McKinney, TX | 2/5/15 | No Data | Acquisition (New Direction) |
Flexible packaging | Link | |||
| RR Donnelley | $11,600 | Chicago, IL | Courier Corp | $227.5 | N. Chelmsford, MA | 2/5/15 | $300.0 | Acquisition | Book printing & content mngt. | Link | |||
| Staples | $22,710 | Framingham, MA | Office Depot | $16,100 | Boca Raton, FL | 2/4/15 | $6,300 | Merger (Barclays) |
Office supplies, printing | Link | |||
| Valid USA (Sub. Valid, Brazil) |
R$ 1,175 | Lisle, IL | Card Cells | No Data | St. Paul, MN | 2/2/15 | No Data | Acquisition | Secure ID & payment cards | Link | |||
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