Foam Holdings Acquires Fabricated Packaging Materials

Carlisle Companies Acquires Plasti‑Fab (PFB's EPS Insulation Business)

October 18, 2024

Building Products

Carlisle Companies has completed the purchase of the expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation segment of PFB Holdco, Inc. — comprised of the Plasti‑Fab and Insulspan brands — for approximately $259.5 million in cash. The business, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta with manufacturing operations in Canada and the U.S., expands Carlisle's EPS capabilities and geographic footprint and is expected to close in Q4 2024 (transaction announced as a sale by The Riverside Company / PFB).

Alleguard Acquires Harbor Foam

August 28, 2024

Manufacturing

Foam Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a Alleguard), a Wynnchurch Capital portfolio company, acquired Harbor Foam, LLC. Harbor Foam, headquartered in Grandville, Michigan, manufactures expanded polystyrene (EPS) used across construction, packaging, recreational vehicles, and general industrial end markets.

Wynnchurch Capital Acquires Insulation Corporation of America

January 6, 2021

Manufacturing

Wynnchurch Capital has acquired Insulation Corporation of America (ICA), an Allentown, Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam products. ICA will be combined under a single platform with Wynnchurch portfolio companies Drew Foam Companies, Inc. and Huntington Foam, LLC to expand the platform’s geographic reach and product capabilities in the Northeast U.S.

Wynnchurch Capital Acquires Huntington Foam

December 28, 2020

Packaging

Wynnchurch Capital has acquired Huntington Foam, a manufacturer of engineered EPS, EPP and ARCEL foam products headquartered in Greer, South Carolina. Huntington will be combined with Wynnchurch portfolio company Drew Foam Companies to create a unified foam-platform serving appliance, cold-chain, automotive and building products end markets.

Wynnchurch Capital Acquires Drew Foam Companies

November 10, 2020

Manufacturing

Wynnchurch Capital has acquired Drew Foam Companies, a Monticello, Arkansas–based manufacturer of expanded polystyrene (EPS) products, from Branford Castle Partners. Drew operates multiple manufacturing facilities across the Southeast U.S. serving packaging, building products and OEM end markets; terms were not disclosed and Wynnchurch intends to support the company's organic and inorganic growth.

Foam Fabricators Acquires Substantially All Assets of Polyfoam Corp.

July 2, 2020

Packaging

Foam Fabricators, a Compass Diversified Holdings-backed packaging platform, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Massachusetts-based Polyfoam Corp., expanding Foam Fabricators' protective and temperature-sensitive packaging capabilities and geographic footprint. The deal adds Polyfoam's cold-chain and injection-molded plastic capabilities and enables cross-selling to national customers while Foam Fabricators also announced a partnership with Rational Packaging and commercialization of a biodegradable EPS product.