Brook & Whittle buys California-based label company
Plastics News Report
Brook & Whittle makes shrink sleeve, pressure-sensitive, heat transfer and other labels.
Guilford, Conn. Pressure-sensitive and shrink-sleeve label supplier Brook and Whittle Holding Corp. is expanding to the West Coast through the acquisition of Digital Label Solutions LLC.
DLS, based in Yorba Linda, Calif., specializes in short-run digital printing of pressure-sensitive and shrink-sleeve labels. Terms were not disclosed.
Guilford-based Brook & Whittle is majority owned by private equity firm Snow Phipps Group LLC. DLS is the seventh acquisition for Brook & Whittle since Snow Phipps first invested in the company in October 2017.
DLS was founded by Sandy Petersen, Joel Marks and Susie Dobyns in 2006. The company recently received its sixth Eugene Singer Award for Management Excellence from the Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute. Current DLS employees will continue with Brook & Whittle.
Brook and Whittle, one of the leading providers of sustainable pressure-sensitive and shrink sleeve labels, has acquired Digital Label Solutions (DLS) to further its presence on the West Coast.
Based in Yorba Linda, California, DLS specializes in the production of short-run digital printing of custom and complex pressure-sensitive and shrink sleeve labels across various end markets.
The acquisition furthers Brook and Whittle s presence on the West Coast, following the firm s previously announced acquisitions of Label Impressions in June 2020 and Tri Print in October 2020. The DLS acquisition is the seventh add-on transaction for Brook & Whittle since Snow Phipps initial investment in October 2017. DLS s current employees will continue with Brook & Whittle.