Target M&A Report Analysis: Private Equity Firms Love Affair With Labels

It’s a love affair — private equity firms are hot for printing companies that specialize in prime labels and flexible packaging. AEA Investors, a New York City-based private equity fund, announced that it was adding to its holding in the label printing segment with the addition of three companies to be bolted-on to its portfolio platform company Inovar Packaging Group which the fund acquired earlier this year.

The triple-play acquisition brings Murray Label & Packaging in Dallas, 21st Century Labels & Packaging in Davie, Florida and SafePrints in Miami, Fla., into the Inovar Packaging Group.