The Kennedy Group Acquires Color Label, Inc.

Inovar Packaging Acquires The Kennedy Group

August 1, 2024

Packaging

Inovar Packaging Group, LLC has acquired The Kennedy Group, LLC, a label and packaging provider with facilities in Willoughby, Ohio and Levittown, Pennsylvania. The add-on expands Inovar’s production footprint and capabilities (pressure-sensitive, roll-fed and RFID labels) across the Midwest and Northeast while retaining The Kennedy Group’s leadership team.

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.

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.

CD&R Acquires Multi-Color Corporation and Fort Dearborn to Create Global Label Solutions Leader

November 1, 2021

Packaging

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) agreed to acquire Multi-Color Corporation (MCC) from Platinum Equity and Fort Dearborn Company from Advent International and combine the two businesses into a single global label solutions platform. The combined company will serve consumer packaged goods customers across Food & Beverage, Home & Personal Care, Wine & Spirits and other specialty end markets, creating roughly $3 billion in annual revenue and expanded global scale.

Todd McCullough Acquires Prime Label KC

January 31, 2022

Packaging

Prime Label KC, a Belton, Missouri-based manufacturer of custom pressure-sensitive labels, was sold to private investor Todd McCullough in a transaction that closed January 31, 2022. Generational Equity advised the seller (led by Keith Howard), and McCullough becomes owner and president as the company continues serving pharma/healthcare, food & beverage, retail/packaging and industrial customers across the U.S.

Fortis Solutions Group Acquires Label Tech Inc.

April 4, 2022

Packaging

Fortis Solutions Group LLC, a portfolio company of funds managed by Harvest Partners, has acquired Label Tech Inc., an ISO-certified flexographic and digital manufacturer of pressure-sensitive and non-pressure-sensitive labels and flexible packaging based in Somersworth, New Hampshire. The acquisition expands Fortis's geographic footprint and product capabilities across consumer products, food & beverage, and health & beauty end markets.