MOSCOW (MRC) -- Private equity company Wynnchurch Capital has acquired Drew Foam Companies for an undisclosed sum, the US based company said in a statement.
Monticello, Arkansas-based Drew Foam makes custom fabricated and moulded expanded polystyrene (EPS) products for the packaging, building products and OEM/consumer end markets. It offers both fabricated block and shape moulding capabilities across four manufacturing facilities in the Southeast US.
Drew is “well positioned” to benefit from growing product categories, particularly in geofoam for construction applications and insulated shipping containers for cold chain applications in markets such as food and healthcare, Wynnchurch said.
Wynnchurch bought Drew from private equity firm Branford Castle Partners.
As MRC informed earlier, Nova Chemicals (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) has agreed to sell its expandable styrenics business to a subsidiary of Alpek (Monterrey, Mexico) for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter, it says. The sale encompasses Nova’s expandable polystyrene (EPS) and Arcel-brand resin product lines, with manufacturing facilities in Monaca, Pennsylvania, and Painesville, Ohio, as well as commercial operations in Asia, it says. The plant at Monaca has an EPS production capacity of 123,000 metric tons/year, with 36,000 metric tons/year of capacity for Arcel, as well as an R&D pilot plant. The facility at Painesville has an EPS capacity of 45,000 metric tons/year, according to Alpek subsidiary Styropek, which is acquiring Nova’s business.
As per ICIS-MRC Price Report, prices of Chinese and Russian EPS were in the range of UAH42,000-45,000/tonne CPT Kiev, including VAT, in the domestic market this week. Demand for material was moderate. Some traders were still selling quantities of Chinese material that were purchased in the previous months at lower import prices. Prices of the future quantities were under an upward pressure from higher import prices.
Branford owned Drew since 2018, when it bought the company from Gladstone Investment Corp, along with members of management and an unnamed co-investor, according to information on Drew’s website.
Founded in 1965, Drew is a leading manufacturer of custom EPS block and shape molding products in the Southeast U.S. The Company offers a diverse product offering, high level of customer service and a differentiated just-in-time delivery model. The Company is headquartered in Monticello, Arkansas, and operates manufacturing facilities in Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia.
Wynnchurch Capital, L.P., headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, with offices in California and Canada, was founded in 1999, and is a leading middle-market private equity investment firm. Wynnchurch’s strategy is to partner with middle market companies in the United States and Canada that possess the potential for substantial growth and profit improvement.
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