Overview

Chesapeake is a global provider of paper-based packaging products for the healthcare, premium spirits, and confectionary markets as well as rigid plastic packaging for select markets. The company manufactures a broad range of secondary packaging products including premium cartons, leaflets, and labels. The company’s packaging solutions help its customers meet stringent regulatory requirements and satisfy their demand for brand-defining premium packaging.

Key Value Creation Initiatives

• Led distressed-to-control transaction and successfully repositioned business for growth

• Invested substantially to upgrade manufacturing capabilities

• Led global procurement initiatives to improve supply chain—lowering costs and diversifying sources

• Remediated substantially underfunded pension obligation

• Completed three complementary add-on acquisitions (all proprietary)