Novolex Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors

Valmet Oyj is a Finland-based company that supplies technologies, automation solutions, and other services to customers in the pulp, paper, packaging, tissue, and energy industries. The company operates in two segments; Biomaterial Solutions and Services, covering pulp, energy, circularity, packaging, paper, and tissue; and Process Performance Solutions, focusing on flow control and automation technologies. The company generates maximum revenue from the Biomaterial Solutions and Services segment. At the transaction date, the organisation operated in Packaging & Containers, Paper & Forest Products and participated through the products, services, assets or investment capabilities described in the cited materials. It served B2B customers, users or counterparties through those activities. Its commercial model generated revenue through product sales and services and subscription, supported by sector expertise, operating execution and customer relationships. The business depended on its people, technology, physical assets, regulatory position or investment capital as appropriate to the sector. This profile identifies the legal or operating participant in the historical transaction and preserves that identity where a later merger, disposal, delisting or reorganisation changed the company’s name or ownership.

Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd operates in various business areas using its printing and information technologies. The company operates in the following segments: Life & Healthcare, Electronics, and Smart Communication. Its key revenue is derived from the Smart Communication segment, which includes the imaging communication business, focusing on photo printing, the Information Security business, providing business process outsourcing (BPO) and smart card services, and content & XR communication. The Life & Healthcare segment includes its mobility and industrial high-performance materials business, bulk pharmaceutical manufacturing and medical packaging, and the packaging, living spaces, and beverages businesses. Electronics focuses on functional films, display components, and others.

ShenZhen YUTO Packaging Technology Co Ltd is engaged in Research & Development, design, production and sales of paper printing and packaging products.

SIG Group AG is a systems and solutions provider for aseptic carton packaging solutions, comprising filling machines, sleeves, and closures as well as after-market services. Its geographical segments include Europe; India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA); Asia Pacific (APAC) and Americas. It generates maximum revenue from the Europe segment. The company offers packaging solutions for the beverages and food industry.

Reynolds Consumer Products Inc is a provider of household products. The firm is engaged in the production and sales of cooking products, waste and storage products, and tableware. It operates through four reportable segments namely, Reynolds Cooking and Baking, Hefty Waste and Storage, Hefty Tableware, and Presto Products. Reynolds Cooking and Baking segment produce branded and store brand aluminum foil, disposable aluminum pans, parchment paper, freezer paper, wax paper, butcher paper, plastic wrap, baking cups, oven bags and slow cooker liners.

Over its 100-year-plus history, Sonoco Products has steadily assembled a diverse portfolio of industrial and consumer packaging product offerings such as flexible and rigid plastics, reels and spools, pallets, and composite cans. The company serves a variety of consumer and industrial end markets throughout North America. Sonoco has raised its dividend each year for more than 40 years.

Diversified chemicals maker with three main segments: fluorochemicals and refrigerant gases, specialty chemicals for agrochemical and pharma customers, and packaging films and technical textiles such as tyre cord fabric. Sells to industrial customers in India and abroad. Headquartered in Gurugram.

Silgan Holdings manufactures about half of the metal food containers in North America. Its major customers include Campbell Soup, Nestle, and Del Monte. Silgan's other business segments include plastic dispensers and containers for personal and healthcare products and a closures business that manufactures metal and plastic lids and caps.

Plastic products maker with large lines in piping systems, packaging films, moulded furniture, crates and industrial components. It sells through distributors to construction, farm and industrial customers. Headquartered in Mumbai.

Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd is a Japan-based packaging container manufacturer. The company operates through six segments. The Engineering, Filling, and Logistics segment handles packaging equipment, contract filling, and cargo transport. The Functional Materials segment covers aluminum substrates, optical films, pigments, frit, and gelcoats. The Packaging Container segment produces metal, plastic, paper, and glass containers. The Real Estate segment focuses on leasing office buildings and commercial facilities. The Steel Plate segment manufactures and sells steel plates and related products. The Others segment includes automotive press dies, rigid combiners, and non-life insurance agency services. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Packaging container business segment.

Greif Inc is a producer of industrial packaging products and services with manufacturing facilities located in many countries. It offers a comprehensive line of rigid industrial packaging products, such as steel, fiber, and plastic drums, rigid intermediate bulk containers, closure systems for industrial packaging products, transit protection products, water bottles and remanufactured and reconditioned industrial containers, and services, such as container life cycle management, blending, filling, logistics, warehousing, and other packaging services. The company operates in three reportable business segments including Global Industrial Packaging, Paper Packaging and Services, and Land Management. It operates in USA, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia and Other Americas.

Indorama Ventures PCL is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of Polyethylene Terephthalate, Purified Terephthalic Acid, Paraxylene, recycling, Purified Isophthalic Acid, Naphthalene Dicarboxylate, PET preforms and packaging, Integrated EG, Integrated purified EO, PO/MTBE, Integrated Surfactants comprising EOA, LAB and others, Fibers including Polyester, Rayon, Nylon, Polypropylene, composites and worsted wool fibers products. The company operates in three reportable segments Combined PET, Integrated Oxides and Derivatives and Fibers. The maximum revenue is derived from the Combined PET segment.

Vidrala SA manufactures and sells a variety of glass products. The firm operates plants that create and mould glass into bottles and jars based on specific customer needs. The company's customers manufacture beer, juices, spirits, wines, oils, vinegar, and preserved food. Vidrala also offers logistical services for packaged food products within the United Kingdom. The company organizes itself into three segments based on geography: the U.K. and Ireland, Italy, the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe. It makes the majority of its revenue from the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of the Europe segment.

SCG Packaging PCL is an integrated packaging solutions provider. Its business is divided into three segments; Integrated Packaging Business, Fibrous Business, and Recycling Business. Maximum revenue for the company is derived from its Integrated Packaging Business segment, which comprises fiber, paper, consumer, and performance packaging products such as containerboard, sack kraft, plasterboard liner, coated duplex board, flexible packaging products, and others. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from its business in Thailand and the rest from Vietnam, Indonesia, China, and other regions.

Loscam is a Sydney-headquartered provider of returnable packaging pooling solutions operating in 12 Asia-Pacific countries including China, Australia, and Singapore. Established in 1942, China Merchants Loscam delivers pallets, crates, and trays for supply chains in manufacturing, retail, and food sectors. It maintains a fleet of over 20 million units and emphasizes sustainable practices through reusable assets, holding leading positions in Southeast Asia logistics networks.

TBM is a Tokyo-based manufacturer of LIMEX paper and plastic alternatives derived from limestone, reducing water usage by 90 percent compared to traditional paper. The company supplies offset printing sheets, packaging films, and calendars to brands in Japan and Asia. TBM operates production facilities in Chiba Prefecture with annual output exceeding 20,000 tons.

PhaBuilder is a synthetic biology firm engineering halophilic microbes for industrial applications through next-generation biotechnology. It produces biodegradable PHA polymers, ectoine as a pharmaceutical intermediate, and cadaverine for Nylon 56 precursors. Based in Beijing at the China-Germany Industrial Park, PhaBuilder develops products in its synthetic biology facility and constructs a PHA production plant in Yichang, Hubei Province. The company expands with additional large-scale bases across China.