Vanguard Packaging secures investment from Dunes Point Capital

Dunes Point Capital has made an undisclosed investment in Vanguard Packaging, Advanced Logistics & Fulfillment, and Great Plains Packaging (together called Vanguard).

Vanguard, which is based in Kansas City, Missouri, is engaged in designing and manufacturing of high graphic corrugated displays, industrial packaging products, and retail-ready packaging.

The company with nearly 200 employs also offers related assembly, logistics and fulfillment services.

Apart from its corporate headquarters and design and manufacturing facility at SubTropolis in Kansas City, Vanguard maintains offices in St. Louis in Missouri and Bentonville in Arkansas.

The controlling equity for the transaction for Dunes Point Capital has come from the Dunes Point Capital Fund II, while debt for it was given by Twin Brook Capital Partners and Churchill Asset Management.

Vanguard Packaging secures investment from Dunes Point Capital. Image courtesy of Stuart Miles/Freedigitalphotos.net.

Ropes & Gray was the legal advisor to Dunes Point Capital, while Alvarez & Marsal Transaction Advisory Group was the financial advisor. For Vanguard, Mesirow Financial served as financial advisor.

Dunes Point Capital is a family office and private investment company that makes investments across firms operating in the general industrial sector. Established in 2013, Dunes Point Capital pursues companies valued up to $500 million.