"CenterOak demonstrated their hard work ethic and desire to work alongside the management team from the very beginning of the process." -Aakash Shah, Vivify
“CenterOak demonstrated their hard work ethic and desire to work alongside
the management team from the very beginning of the process.”
— AAKASH SHAH, VIVIFY
Headquarters
Glendale Heights, IL
Sector
Industrial Services
Transaction Type
Family Owned
Leading supplier of specialty colorants and functional ingredients to multiple consumer and industrial end markets including personal care, food & beverage, packaging, plastics, coatings and seed treatments.
Value Creation Opportunity
- Completed strategic acquisitions in the fragmented specialty ingredients industry to extend the product line in high-value categories and to increase exposure to consumer markets
- Added technical sales resources to drive growth in key end markets
- Increased capacity to support the future growth of high margin liquid colorant product line
- Implemented a common ERP system across various business segments
- Built out management infrastructure to accommodate a much larger enterprise