Chicago, Illinois
www.knightpack.com

Knight Packaging Group, Inc. designs and manufactures custom-printed folding cartons and other specialty carded packaging for North American customers primarily in the food, confectionary, consumer products, pharmaceutical products, personal care, nutritional and hardware industries.

• Prospect Partners teamed with management and investor Donald C. McCann of DCM Acquisition Company, LLC of Memphis, Tennessee to form Knight Packaging Group to invest in Knight Paper Box Company of Chicago in July 2004.
  • The investment was a recapitalization with Knight Paper Box President Thomas D. Kemp.
  • Knight Paper Box is a leading manufacturer of custom-printed folding cartons, including windowed cartons and specialty cartons with glued sleeves, displays and metalized and foil finishes.
• Knight Packaging Group subsequently acquired H.J. Jones-Sons Ltd. of London, Ontario, Canada in January 2007.
  • The acquisition was a recapitalization with HJ Jones President Mike Jones and Vice President Douglas Jones.
  • HJ Jones is a leading North American designer and manufacturer of carded and folding carton packaging, including specialty "stretch pak" film cards, blister cards and gabletop cartons to customers primarily in the nutritional, pharmaceutical, food, personal care and hardware markets.
• Knight Packaging Group seeks to acquire additional North American-based companies involved in similar niche packaging markets.
• Mr. Glastris and Mr. Shah serve the Company as Chairman and Director, respectively.
• SIC codes: 2657 (folding paperboard boxes); 2671-01 (packaging materials - manufacturers)