Todd McCullough Acquires Prime Label KC

Multi-Color Corporation Acquires LUX Global Label

December 9, 2022

Packaging

Multi-Color Corporation (MCC) acquired LUX Global Label, a manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labels, shrink sleeves and security labels headquartered in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania. The acquisition, which closed December 9, 2022, adds LUX’s ~200 employees and production sites in Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico to MCC’s Home and Personal Care business to deepen capabilities in personal care and pharmaceutical end-markets.

PPC Flexible Packaging Acquires Target Labels and Packaging

May 11, 2021

Manufacturing

PPC Flexible Packaging has acquired Target Labels and Packaging, a North Salt Lake, Utah-based provider of flexographic and digitally printed labels, rollstock and pouches. The acquisition — PPC's seventh in four years — expands PPC's western U.S. footprint and adds labeling and flexible-packaging capabilities for nutraceutical, snack, confectionery and specialty consumer brands.

The Kennedy Group Acquires Color Label, Inc.

October 18, 2021

Packaging

The Kennedy Group (Willoughby, Ohio) has acquired Color Label, Inc., a St. Louis-based supplier of pressure-sensitive labels serving agricultural and consumer product industries. The deal expands The Kennedy Group’s national footprint into the St. Louis market, shifts production to its Cleveland-area facility while retaining key St. Louis personnel to ensure continuity, and was advised by Graphic Arts Advisors (GAA).

Peak Technologies Acquires Graphic Label

April 8, 2022

Logistics & Distribution

Peak Technologies, a portfolio company of Sole Source Capital, has acquired Graphic Label LLC; terms were not disclosed. Graphic Label, headquartered in Yakima, Washington, provides AIDC consumables, hardware, software and on-site services primarily to the food & beverage market — the add-on expands Peak's geographic reach into the Pacific Northwest, strengthens on-site service and label capabilities, and creates cross-selling opportunities.

AWT Labels & Packaging Acquires Label Innovation Inc.

December 5, 2022

Packaging

AWT Labels & Packaging has acquired Ottawa-based Label Innovation Inc., a custom label manufacturer and converter of specialty components, tapes and labels. Label Innovation will operate as a standalone business with its existing management team retained, and the acquisition is intended to expand AWT’s capabilities and customer reach in industrial, medical and security end markets.

Platinum Equity Acquires Multi-Color Corporation

July 1, 2019

Packaging

An affiliate of Platinum Equity has completed the acquisition of Multi-Color Corporation, taking the Cincinnati-based label and packaging solutions provider private. The deal merges Multi-Color with a subsidiary of Platinum portfolio company WS Packaging to create a combined business with roughly $2.2 billion in annual revenue, 86 plants across 26 countries and over 10,000 employees.