Fort Dearborn acquires Core Label

Fort Dearborn Co., Elk Grove, Ill., a supplier of cut and stack, pressure sensitive, roll-fed and shrink sleeve labels for national brands and retailers’ private labels, said it acquired Core Label LLC, Tyrone, Pa., a label supplier to the beverage market. Moving forward, Core Label will become Core Label, a Fort Dearborn Company.

Fort Dearborn supplies a complete range of label solutions including cut and stack, pressure sensitive, roll-fed and full-body shrink sleeve labels across multiple printing technologies including digital, lithographic, flexographic, and rotogravure. The company said it will now have two additional facilities, Tyrone, Pa., and Palm City, Fla., for a total of 14 production locations across North America. The company’s solutions offering will be expanded to include additional roll-fed label capacity and wide web flexo printing capabilities.

“The Core Label acquisition continues Fort Dearborn’s strategy to expand its product and service offerings to meet customers’ desires for a complete and innovative set of label options,” said Chris Lane, managing director of KRG. “We are excited to add the talented Core Label associates to the Fort Dearborn team.”

Denver-based KRG Capital Partners Fund IV (KRG) made an investment in Fort Dearborn Company in August of 2010. The acquisition of Core Label represents the 223rd investment for KRG since inception, the company stated.