August 22, 2024

Shoreline Kicks off Search in the Packaging Equipment Industry

Neptune Beach, Florida – August 22, 2024 – Shoreline Equity Partners, a purpose-driven lower middle market private equity firm, is excited to announce a new search in the Packaging Equipment Industry which provides a variety of packaging machinery, service, and consumables to commercial and industrial customers. Shoreline is primarily targeting platforms that are selling into the Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical, and Consumer Packaged Goods end-markets. Shoreline will leverage its extensive experience in the Food & Beverage and Industrial Equipment & Services spaces to drive platform value via organic growth and M&A.

Potential platforms would possess any of the following characteristics:

  • Manufacturers of “low-ticket” machinery within the Primary Packaging, Secondary Packaging, or Labeling & Coding industry segments
  • Providers of aftermarket repair services and parts for packaging equipment
  • Manufacturers of consumable packaging products such as labels, bags, poly-mailers, air cushions, trays, etc.

Should you know of any companies in the space contemplating a sale or looking for a partner to help them accelerate their growth, please give Michael Brennan a call at 904-222-6545.

About Shoreline Equity Partners

Shoreline is a lower middle market private equity firm focused on actively partnering with leading management teams. Shoreline follows a total stakeholder model, meaning success should be a “win-win” proposition for shareholders, employees, customers, vendors, and the communities within which the firm’s companies operate. Shoreline professionals believe in honesty, incentive alignment, and creating bigger, better businesses without relying on financial engineering or cost cutting to generate returns. With over $750 million of committed capital under management, Shoreline seeks to lead equity investments of up to $150 million per transaction in support of buyouts, recapitalizations, and corporate divestitures. Targeted businesses have enterprise values ranging from $50 million to $350 million and EBITDA of $5 million to $25 million. The firm strives to partner with management teams of businesses primarily within the specialized manufacturing, value-added distribution, and business and facility services sectors, among others. For more information, please visit www.shorelineequitypartners.com.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​