MPE Partners Forms Food Packaging Platform with Central Coated Products and Sun America
May 1, 2025
MPE Partners announced minority/majority investments in, and the simultaneous merger of, Central Coated Products and Sun America to create a new food packaging platform serving meat, cheese, bakery and other food processors. Company founders and owner-operators Steve Porter and Russ Romocean partnered with MPE and management; Dave Furstoss was recruited as interim CEO and financing was provided by Churchill Asset Management and FS Investments.
- Buyers
- MPE Partners, Steve Porter (owner-operator), Russ Romocean (founder)
- Targets
- Central Coated Products, Sun America
- Industry
- Packaging
- Location
- Ohio, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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