Pritzker Private Capital is a private equity investment firm based in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2002, the firm specializes in acquiring and operating middle-market companies across North America, particularly in the manufactured products, services, and healthcare sectors. Pritzker Private Capital focuses on management-led buyouts, corporate divestitures, and industry consolidations, targeting family- or entrepreneur-owned businesses. The firm seeks to invest in companies with enterprise values between $100 million and $750 million and EBITDA exceeding $15 million. Its investment strategy emphasizes long-term growth, efficient decision-making, and flexibility in transaction structures, aligning its interests with all stakeholders. The firm is particularly interested in sectors such as industrial components, packaging, transportation and logistics, medical products, and healthcare services, while avoiding certain areas like commodity chemicals and acute care hospitals.
Investment Partner and Co-Lead of Manufactured Products Team
Past deals in Chemical
Buckman
Acquisition in 2025
Buckman is a privately held, ISO-certified, global specialty chemical company.
Americhem
Acquisition in 2025
Americhem is a global manufacturer specializing in custom color masterbatch, functional additives, and engineered compounds, serving various industries including construction, automotive, and healthcare. The company focuses on thermoplastic elastomers, polysulfones, polyolefins, polyester, and nylon, providing sustainable polymer solutions tailored to meet client needs. Americhem emphasizes collaboration with customers to optimize their polymer products, ensuring quality, reliability, and value through comprehensive technical support.
Vertellus
Acquisition in 2021
Vertellus Specialties Inc. is a specialty chemicals manufacturer based in Indianapolis, Indiana, established in 1857. The company produces a wide range of chemical products, including piperidylpropanes, vinylpyridines, alkanes, various esters, and organometallic catalysts. It is recognized as the leading global producer of pyridine and picolines, as well as DEET and vitamin B3. Vertellus serves diverse markets such as pharmaceuticals, personal care, agriculture, nutrition, and industrial applications, focusing on sustainable and "green" technologies. The company operates a technically advanced global manufacturing base and employs approximately 800 people, leveraging its expertise to cater to the evolving needs of its customers.
Plaskolite
Private Equity Round in 2018
Plaskolite is a prominent manufacturer of thermoplastic solutions, specializing in a wide range of products including acrylic, ABS, and copolyester sheets, as well as performance-enhancing hard coatings. Based in Columbus, Ohio, the company is recognized as the world's leading producer of acrylic sheet and related materials such as acrylic resin, PETG, and polystyrene sheets. Plaskolite serves various industries, including lighting, technology, communications, transportation, medical, and architecture, by providing customized products designed for applications such as windows, doors, signage, and point-of-purchase displays. The company's commitment to high-quality products and responsive customer service has contributed to its strong reputation in the market.
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