Chinada Holdings, Inc.
www.silverbackhd.com

Chinada Holdings, Inc. is a leading distributor of heavy-duty truck components to the North American aftermarket.  The U.S.-based company, together with its Canadian-based subsidiary, sells its branded Silverback products, as well as brake shoes, pads, drums, rotors and hardware throughout the United States and Canada.  

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M&M Pump & Supply, Inc.
www.mandmpump.com

Based in Flora, Illinois, M&M Pump & Supply, Inc. distributes and sells a wide range of products including pipe, pumping units, pump jacks, oil storage tanks, valves, hoses and sucker rods, primarily to oil and gas producers and industrial customers located in the Illinois Basin.

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Central Can Company
www.centralcancompany.com

Central Can Company is one of the nation’s leading producers of high-quality, general line containers principally for the coatings industry, including metal paint and specialty cans, steel pails, and plastic hybrid and all-plastic containers. Central Can markets its products to a diversified customer base which includes various Fortune 500 companies and other multinational corporations.

Exit: DN Partners sold its interest in Central Can Company to BWAY Corporation, the principal operating subsidiary of BWAY Holding Company, on August 20, 2009.

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Country Pure Foods, Inc.
www.countrypurefoods.com

Country Pure Foods, Inc. is one of the largest independent juice packing companies in the U.S., serving the foodservice, retail and co-pack industries.  The company’s main foodservice products are single serve portion control juices used primarily in the healthcare and school markets.  Retail products consist mainly of chilled private label juice for supermarkets and also include a branded nectar line. The company markets its expertise and capabilities in packaging to a variety of companies and institutions, including nationally recognized juice manufacturers such as Tropicana/Dole, Welch’s, and Florida Natural.   

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Crysteel Manufacturing, Inc.

Crysteel Manufacturing, Inc. manufactures dump and platform bodies and hoists for the construction, landscaping, agricultural, military, public sector highway departments and short haul trucking markets. 

Exit:  The Company was sold to a strategic buyer sponsored by a large private equity fund on December 23, 2005.

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FCL Graphics, Inc.
www.fclgraphics.com

FCL a commercial printer based in Harwood Heights, Illinois, is one of the nation’s largest direct marketing printers, producing such items as direct mailings, brochures, annual reports, posters, catalogs, sell sheets, newspaper inserts, and labels.  Founded in 1973, the company employs state of the art technology and the latest equipment to offer both web and sheet-fed printing services.  FCL enjoys a reputation for highly competitive pricing, as well as excellent service and quality.      

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Primary Packaging, Inc.
www.ppibags.com

PPI is an extruder, printer, and converter of heavy-duty polyethylene bags and over-wraps.  It sells its products to three sectors: manufacturers of insulation (e.g., fiberglass, cellulose, and rock wool); lawn and garden (e.g., mulch, soil, and decorative stone and sand); and industrial (e.g., asphalt patch, fertilizer, wood pellets, and specialty resins).   

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PrimeCo Wireless Communications, Inc.

DN Partners partnered with a minority sponsor, Greenleaf Ridge LLC who organized a minority investment group PrimeCo Venture Partners-Greenleaf LLC which invested in PrimeCo Wireless Communications, Inc. (“PrimeCo”), a wireless services provider in the Midwest, providing personal communications services in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Exit:  The company met financial expectations and was sold approximately six months after the acquisition.  PrimeCo was sold to a larger competitor (US Cellular) in May 2002 and the transaction closed in August 2002 achieving its investment goal of a strategic sale in nine months. 

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