Excelis Packaging Automation (LFM Capital) Acquires Kraken Automation

Excelis Packaging Automation Acquires Marks Machinery

January 30, 2025

Manufacturing

Excelis Packaging Automation, a portfolio company of LFM Capital, has acquired Marks Machinery, a Suwanee, Georgia manufacturer of replacement parts for beverage filling equipment. Financial terms were not disclosed; the add-on expands Excelis' parts and service capabilities and broadens its footprint into Central and South America.

LFM Capital Acquires SureKap Inc.

December 29, 2021

Manufacturing

LFM Capital, a Nashville-based private equity firm, has acquired SureKap Inc., a Winder, Georgia manufacturer of automated packaging machinery. The transaction creates a new portfolio company for LFM and is intended to support SureKap's growth by expanding capacity, capabilities, and aftermarket service offerings across food & beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetics end markets.

SureKap (LFM Capital) Acquires AB Technology

October 1, 2024

Manufacturing

SureKap LLC, a portfolio company of LFM Capital, has acquired AB Technology, Inc. in an all-cash transaction to expand its automated packaging equipment offering. AB Technology, based in Torrance, California, is a 30-year automation engineering leader in high-speed labeling and padding systems focused on the food packaging market.

SureKap (LFM Capital Portfolio) Acquires Technical Beverage Services

July 23, 2024

Manufacturing

LFM Capital portfolio company SureKap LLC has acquired Technical Beverage Services, a Telford, Tennessee-based manufacturer of replacement parts for high-speed fillers, cappers and box makers. The add-on strengthens SureKap's parts and service offering across the food & beverage and packaging markets and aims to create a one-stop automated packaging solution; financial terms were not disclosed.

FCA Packaging Acquires Viking Packing Specialist

April 9, 2025

Packaging

FCA, LLC (FCA Packaging), a Wynnchurch Capital portfolio company, has acquired Viking Packing Specialist, a Tulsa-based manufacturer and distributor of custom wood crates, metal containers, corrugated and dangerous-goods packaging. The add-on expands FCA's dangerous-goods packaging capabilities and strengthens its presence in the Tulsa, Austin and Dallas markets.

FirmaPak Acquires Lighthouse Packaging

June 12, 2025

Packaging

FirmaPak, a PE-backed blow-molded packaging platform, has acquired Lighthouse Packaging, a Corona, California-based blow molder and decorator. The deal expands FirmaPak’s West Coast manufacturing footprint and adds in-house screen printing/decoration capabilities while retaining Lighthouse’s employees and leadership.