Lux Global Label Company acquires assets of National Label

Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Resilience Capital Partners invests in niche-oriented manufacturing, value added distribution and business service companies with sustainable market positions and a ‘clear path’ to cash flow improvement. Headquartered in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, National Label, a 103-year-old global leader in the labeling industry, has invested heavily over the last four years to establish a global footprint of manufacturing facilities equipped with the latest production tools and products. This includes a proprietary deluxe ink-based graphic technology to provide a metallic effect, costing more than 10 million USD to develop. A uniform manufacturing layout across the company’s production facilities is also described as unique in the industry and enables it to produce a single graphic look for its customers in all of their geographic end-markets. Natiional Label had optimized its operations so as to enable it to produce in excess of 20 billion labels annually, including 15 billion at its main Lafayette Hill facility.

As a result, the new company has state-of-the-art operations and facilities around the globe including: corporate offices and its largest production facility in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania; a production facility in Humacao, Puerto Rico; and a production facility in Singapore. Further warehouses and offices are located around the world. It offers proprietary technology to fulfill the needs of a diverse customer base, including: conductive labels that transmit currents for batteries; authenticity/security features that verify genuine pharmaceutical products and expose evidence of tampering; and metallic ink-based labels that provide product aesthetics while greatly minimizing the cost and environmental impact compared to older, foil-based techniques.

As part of the transaction, Resilience Capital Partners will commit significant financial capital to the new company. In connection with the agreement, Resilience Capital Partners has partnered with LBC Credit Partners, a provider of middle-market financing, and The Kennedy Group, a supplier of labeling, packaging and identification products.

‘The financial and operating investments that Resilience Capital Partners is making will enable the new company to continue operations and meet customer needs, building upon a century of excellence in labeling,’ said Steven H. Rosen, co-CEO of Resilience Capital Partners.

A team of industry veterans has been assembled to strengthen the new company’s operations and industry stature, as Ron Cozean, the new company’s executive chairman, explained: ‘If you looked at the location of our headquarters, you would say we are an American company. However, if you looked at the location of our customers – from Europe to the Middle East to Asia – you would see that we are a global company. We have the scale, the distribution and the expertise to be a leader globally, and our job is to get there.’