Private Equity Week By Ari Nathanson October 31, 2005 Talk to the average U.S. or European private equity firm doing business in China, and you’re likely to hear complaints about government obstacles, the country’s weak legal system and the challenges of obtaining financial information. But in an increasing number of cases, those concerns are ultimately…
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On a Mission to China
Cincinnati Enquirer By Cliff Peale October 29, 2005 Local executives will explore a lucrative market. It’s half a world away from Greater Cincinnati, but China is a potentially lucrative marketplace for companies here. The emerging market of 1.3 billion people is compelling because of its low costs and because it’s the fastest-growing consumer market in…
Ampac’s Flexible Pouch Offers New Drug Delivery Options
Product News Network October 24, 2005 Cincinnati, OH (September 26, 2005)- Ampac Flexibles-Converted Products, a unit of Ampac Packaging LLC, introduces a drug delivery pouch designed to work in conjunction with devices which now rely on either glass vials or aerosol containers. Traditionally, hand-held drug delivery devices for pulmonary pharmaceuticals (such as inhalers) use either…
Scaling the Great Wall: More Buyout Firms Raise Capital To Enter China
Buyouts By Ari Nathanson October 17, 2005 Talk to the average U.S. or European private equity firm doing business in China, and you’re likely to hear complaints about government obstacles, the country’s weak legal system and the challenges of obtaining financial information-all of which have prevented investment in China from establishing any kind of consistent…
Ampac Packaging Acquires Kapak Company in Food Market Transaction
Quick Frozen Foods International October 1, 2005 US packaging manufacturer Ampac Packaging LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, has completed acquisition of Kapak Company LLC, a leading developer and maker of stand-up pouches for the food market and other sectors. Gary Bell, Kapak’s former president, has left Kapak to work elsewhere on flexible packaging product development. Ampac’s new…
Buyout Firms Look to Expand Their Companies in China
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Dow Jones LBOwire: Cyprium Partners Invests $15 Million Debt in Integrity Media
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 © 2004 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mobile, Ala.-Private equity firm Key Principal Partners, or KPP, has invested $15 million in debt to support the management buyout of publicly traded Christian book and music publisher Integrity Media Inc. Integrity Media’s co-founder and Chief Executive Michael Coleman struck a…