North American Specialty Laminations Acquires Diversified Manufacturing of California (Profile Wrapping)

North American Specialty Laminations (NASL) Acquires Midwest Prefinishing and Premium Prefinished Products

October 7, 2022

Building Products

North American Specialty Laminations (NASL), a platform of Building Industry Partners (BIP), acquired Midwest Prefinishing, Inc. and Premium Prefinished Products, Inc., combining the two sister prefinishing businesses into NASL's platform to expand prefinishing capabilities across doors, mouldings, stair parts and other building-product components. The deal strengthens NASL's national footprint and technical expertise in color/finishing solutions for windows, doors, cabinets, flooring and specialty millwork, while extending BIP/NASL's people-focused employee ownership approach to the acquired teams.

American Laminations (BIP) Acquires Haida Industries, Creates SourceCut West

September 29, 2021

Building Products

North American Specialty Laminations ("American Laminations"), a platform company sponsored by Building Industry Partners (BIP), has acquired Haida Industries LLC. Haida will operate as SourceCut West, establishing a Western U.S. manufacturing and distribution hub to expand the platform's ability to serve window, millwork and other building-products customers in the Western United States.

Timberlab Acquires American Laminators

May 17, 2024

Building Products

Timberlab Holdings (Timberlab) has acquired the assets of American Laminators, a glulam (glue-laminated timber) manufacturer with facilities in Drain and Swisshome, Oregon. The deal expands Timberlab’s in-house capacity for engineered glulam columns and beams, providing greater price certainty, vertical integration and the ability to offer more competitive mass-timber packages across the U.S.

SFEP-backed SV Labs Acquires Diversified Manufacturing Corporation

January 13, 2022

Manufacturing

San Francisco Equity Partners-backed portfolio company SV Labs has acquired Diversified Manufacturing Corporation (DMC), a Prescott, Wisconsin-based contract manufacturer of beauty and personal care products. The acquisition expands SV Labs' manufacturing capacity and capabilities (including cGMP and OTC production and high-speed liquid filling) and adds a major Midwest facility to serve CPG, DTC and retail customers.

Arkema Acquires Dow's Flexible Packaging Laminating Adhesives Business

December 2, 2024

Packaging

Arkema finalized the acquisition on December 2, 2024 of Dow's flexible packaging laminating adhesives business for an enterprise value of US$150 million. The business (around US$250 million in annual sales, ~280 employees, five production sites across Italy, the United States and Mexico) will be integrated into Arkema's adhesive platform (Bostik) to expand its flexible packaging product offering and capture cost and development synergies.

Westlake Chemical Acquires Boral's North American Building Products Businesses

October 1, 2021

Building Products

Westlake Chemical Corporation completed the acquisition of Boral Limited's North American building products businesses (roofing; siding, trim and shutters; decorative stone; and windows) for $2.15 billion in an all-cash transaction. The deal roughly doubles Westlake's building-products portfolio, adds approximately 4,600 employees across 29 manufacturing sites in the United States and Mexico, and broadens Westlake's product lines and geographic footprint in the North American housing and light commercial markets.