Mazzone advises Pamarco on the divestiture of its Palmyra operations to Precision Roll Solutions, a portfolio company of Guardian Capital Partners

Mazzone & Associates (“Mazzone”) is pleased to announce that it acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Pamarco Global Graphics, Inc. (“Pamarco” or the “Company”), a leading provider of proven technology solutions for the global packaging, industrial coatings, commercial printing, and original equipment manufacturing industries, on Pamarco’s divestiture of certain mechanical engraving and gravure print assets previously located in Palmyra, NJ to Precision Roll Solutions (“PRS”), a portfolio company of Guardian Capital Partners.

Pamarco’s presence in Palmyra was established through its acquisition of Armotek Industries, Inc. in 1996. Since, Pamarco Palmyra has established a strong reputation as a producer of rolls used by customers in the engraving, gravure, and embossing industries, demonstrated by the Company’s long-tenured blue-chip customer relationships spanning a wide array of pharmaceutical, consumer staples, and other industrial end-market applications.

Allan Li, CEO of Pamarco, noted, “Firstly, Pamarco is proud of the operations and the brand that our employees have built in Palmyra over the past 25 plus years. Ultimately, the divestiture of the niche assets held in Palmyra will allow Pamarco to focus on its core competencies in the laser engraved anilox and engineered technology categories, which aligns with Pamarco’s long-term growth strategy. The Mazzone team proved again to be essential in working through the intricacies of a transaction that involved a complex transition period and a variety of unique nuances.”

John Burgess, Pamarco’s President, commented, “The sale of these assets to PRS is a strategic move made in conjunction with the recent acquisition of TLS in Germany to allow Pamarco to focus and strengthen its worldwide anilox business. We appreciate the Mazzone team’s dedication to executing both of these transactions in an efficient and effective manner.”

Dustin Dawson, Vice President at Mazzone, added, “We are pleased to announce another strategic transaction with the Pamarco team, particularly as this deal falls right on the heels of the October acquisition of TLS. Pamarco is rapidly positioning itself as the global leader in the laser engraved anilox technologies category, and this divestiture is one more step towards that ultimate goal.”

Managing Director Maury Bell and Vice President Dustin Dawson were lead team members on the transaction.

About Pamarco

Founded in 1946, Pamarco is a leading provider of proven technology solutions for the global printing, packaging, and converting industries. Pamarco designs, manufactures, and distributes a broad portfolio of aftermarket products that includes anilox and gravure rollers, carbon fiber chambered doctor blades, and precision equipment and accessories for print systems. Pamarco services a variety of growing markets, including global packaging, industrial coatings, commercial printing and OEMs in North America, Europe, and other global regions using its leading brand names and multiple channels to market. Pamarco’s established premium brands, including E-Flo and ThermaFlo anilox rolls, Absolute doctor blades, and Sentinel ink management systems, represent the industry standard in quality, efficiency, and precision. For more information, please visit www.pamarco.com.

About PRS

PRS is a full-service provider of highly-engineered precision roll solutions and related process componentry utilized within a variety of manufacturing environments. The Company’s components are used to coat, cut, convey, press, heat, cool, emboss, and engrave various substrates which supports the production of thousands of end-use products spanning a wide array of consumer products, life sciences, and other industrial end-market applications. For more information, please visit www.precisionrollsolutions.com.

About Guardian Capital Partners

Guardian Capital Partners is an operationally focused private equity firm based in suburban Philadelphia. Guardian makes control investments in lower middle market consumer, niche manufacturing, and specialty business services companies. Guardian partners with management teams to provide equity capital to fuel the growth of privately held businesses. Guardian believes the private equity experience and complementary skill sets of the Guardian team provide a unique combination of operating and finance capabilities resulting in certainty of execution and meaningful long-term value creation for its portfolio companies. For more information, please visit www.guardiancp.com.