Our Plastics and Specialty Chemicals Group has completed transactions involving manufacturers, processors, and distributors of plastics specialty chemical products.

Plastics Processors
The Group has represented the full range of plastics processors:

Blow molders Film and sheet Injection molders

Pipe, profile and tube extruders Rotational molders Thermoformers

Plastics End Markets
We have advised companies that manufacture a wide variety of plastic products and components for numerous end markets including:

Agriculture Automotive Building products & supplies Consumer products & packaging Food & beverage packaging

Healthcare products & packaging Industrial products & packaging Specialty chemical packaging Technology Telecommunications

Specialty Chemicals Processors
The Group has represented manufacturers, processors, and distributors of a wide variety of specialty chemical products such as: adhesives, sealants, cleaning preparations (including hand and glass cleaners and degreasing solvents), deodorizers, rust removers, high performance resins (including polyester and coating resins), foams, surfactants, fragrance additives, and specialty paints.

Sample Transactions

• The sale of Infiltrator Systems, Inc., one of the world's leading designers and manufacturers of plastic chamber systems for on-site septic leachfields and stormwater management, to Graham Partners, a Philadelphia-based private equity firm.



• The $102.6 million recapitalization of Pretium Packaging LLC, a St. Louis-based manufacturer of blow molded plastic bottles. Dymas Capital Management, the lead senior lender, with Congress Financial Corporation, provided $66.0 million of senior term and revolving debt facilities, including a $25 million revolving credit line and $41.0 million in term debt facilities. American International Group, Inc. subsidiaries provided $26.0 million of subordinated debt, and other investors contributed an additional $10.6 million in subordinated securities.



• The sale of Dynisco, LLC, a portfolio company of Madison Capital Partners and a manufacturer of branded test, measurement, and process-control devices for the plastics industry, to Audax Group.



• The sale by The Riverside Company of its portfolio company NPC, Inc., a manufacturer of flexible rubber pipe to manhole connectors, to American Capital Strategies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACAS).



• The sale by Madison Capital Partners of its portfolio company, Synventive Molding, Inc., a manufacturer of hot runner systems for the plastics injection molding industry to Advent International, a private equity firm.



• The sale by The Jordan Company of their portfolio company, Permatex, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of premium branded specialty chemical products for the automotive and industrial maintenance and repair markets, to Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW), a manufacturer of highly engineered products including fasteners and components, specialty systems, equipment and a variety of consumable products.



• The private placement of debt for PW Eagle, a leading extruder of PVC pipe products, for the waterworks, irrigation, construction, and electrical markets, with Fleet Capital and Churchill Capital.



• The sale of ARR-MAZ Products, L.P., a subsidiary of Process Chemicals LLC a portfolio company of C3 Holdings, and producer of process chemicals and additives for the fertilizer and asphalt industries to Wind Point Partners.



• The sale by PhiBro Animal Health Corp. of its Mineral Resource Technologies division, a manager and marketer of ASTM specification quality fly ash for civil construction, to CEMEX, the second largest distributor of cement and ready mix producers in the United States.