Feb 2009 | Georgia

Impact Specialties Acquired By Private Buyer

Generational Equity, an advisor to privately-held and family owned businesses for exit planning, business valuation, and mergers-and-acquisition services, has announced the sale of its client, Impact Specialties, Inc., to a private buyer. Impact Specialties, based in Atlanta, Georgia, produces receipt envelopes for jewelers, the automotive industry, and law enforcement. Impact Managing Director Don Sawyer, Assistant Vice Presidents Julie Sandoval and Mark Breheny, along with Generational Equity Affiliate Greg DeFoor led Generational Equity’s deal team in marketing and negotiating the transaction. The deal for Impact Specialties, Inc. was consummated on February 27, 2009.

“After meeting with Impact Specialties, we determined that they could benefit from Generational Equity’s ability to procure the best possible sale value for a middle-market company,” said Sawyer. “We were able to help guide Impact Specialties through the many nuances of selling a company, and ultimately created a win-win transaction in which our client maximized their sale value and the buyer acquired a good company with strong fundamentals.” The deal for Impact Specialties, Inc. was consummated on February 27, 2009. About Impact Specialties, Inc. Established in 1978, Impact Specialties, Inc. produces receipt envelopes – a 4 x 6 1/2 envelope with attaching carbonless sheets of paper imprinted with either a standard or customized form.

An offshoot of a commercial printing company, Impact Specialties, Inc. began product development in response to a request by an Atlanta jeweler to assist in creating a method in which to tract jewelry repairs. After creating an array of forms for the jewelry industry, Impact Specialties, Inc. has expanded industries with variations of the receipt envelope. Impact Specialties, Inc. provides after hours receipt envelopes for the automotive industry and mail-in parking tickets for the Law Enforcement industry

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