Alpha Packaging

www.alphap.com

Alpha Packaging was acquired in January 2005 by Fund III. Alpha is a leading manufacturer and decorator of blow molded plastic bottles and jars for the nutritional supplement, pharmaceutical, personal care, hotel amenities and niche food and beverage industries. In addition to manufacturing, Alpha Packaging has tool-making capabilities, from unit body cavity molds to complete high-cavity production tooling. It also offers in-house design on CAD/CAM systems, serving as a strategic industrial design partner for customers in a variety of industries. The Alpha management team has been in place since 1985 and has led the company through double-digit sales increases in eight of the past nine years. In addition to the growth of its core operations, the company has benefited from three add-on acquisitions under Stonebridge management as well as the start-up of two new manufacturing facilities, such that combined sales are now in excess of $115 million, more than double pre-acquisition January 2005 sales. EBITDA has almost quadrupled since the time of acquisition. Alpha maintains headquarters and manufacturing facilities in St. Louis, Missouri, and also has sales and manufacturing plants in Jacksonville, Florida; Salt Lake City, Utah; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Ypsilanti, Michigan; and Roosendaal, The Netherlands. Additionally, the company has a decorating facility in Winona, Minnesota. Alpha sells a substantial amount of its products through leading distributors and also maintains a network of international distributors in key markets.