MOSCOW (MRC) -- Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake") in partnership with management announced that it has acquired Pretium Packaging ("Pretium" or the "Company") from Genstar Capital, said the company.
Pretium, of Chesterfield, Missouri, is focused on rigid packaging for end markets such as food and specialty beverage, healthcare, sports nutrition, personal care, beauty, and household products.
Its packaging solutions are based primarily on polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high density polyethylene (HPDE), and polypropylene (PP) resin, with an array of options, including up to 100% post-consumer recycled material content.
The company has 19 manufacturing facilities in the US.
Clearlake teamed up with Pretium’s management to buy the company from Genstar Capital. Paul Kayser, Pretium’s CEO, and the existing management team will continue to lead the company.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 1,904,410 tonnes in the first eleven months of 2019, up by 6% year on year. Shipments of all PE grades increased. PE shipments increased from both domestic producers and foreign suppliers. The PP consumption in the Russian market was 1,161,830 tonnes in January-November 2019, up by 7% year on year. Deliveries of all grades of propylene polymers increased, with the homopolymer PP segment accounting for the largest increase.
Pretium Packaging is a leading North American manufacturer of customized, short-to-medium volume, rigid plastic packaging solutions. The company produces containers, bottles, and closures for the food and specialty beverage, healthcare, sports nutrition, personal care, beauty, and household products end markets. Pretium serves its customers through nineteen facilities across the U.S. and Canada, and is headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri.
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. is a leading private investment firm founded in 2006. With a sector-focused approach, the firm seeks to partner with world-class management teams by providing patient, long-term capital to dynamic businesses that can benefit from Clearlake's operational improvement approach, O.P.S.® The firm's core target sectors are industrials and energy; software and technology-enabled services; and consumer. Clearlake has managed over USD16 billion of institutional capital since inception and its senior investment principals have led or co-led over 200 investments.
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