Century Park Capital Partners Announces Sale of Moss, Inc.
May 06 2016 - 11:45AM
Business Wire
Century Park Capital Partners is pleased to announce that it has
completed the sale of Moss, Inc. (“Moss” or the “Company”), to
Wasserstein & Co., a New York based private equity firm.
Moss is a leading global provider of experiential marketing
solutions to the exhibit, event, sports and retail industries. The
Company provides highly engineered solutions, which include
customized, three-dimensional tension fabric-based structures and
illuminated graphic products that deliver highly impactful results
and bring a brand’s essence to life.
Under Century Park’s ownership, Moss completed four strategic
add-on acquisitions that expanded the Company’s product offering
and customer base across all end markets and geographies served.
The Company has grown to become an industry-leading global provider
of experiential marketing solutions, serving a broad base of
international brands.
Marty Sarafa, Managing Partner with Century Park Capital
Partners, commented, “Dan Patterson and his team have moved Moss
from a largely exhibits-focused company to a broad-based
experiential marketing player. With the Company’s recent moves into
the retail and international markets, we believe Moss will have a
tremendous amount of momentum going forward.”
Guy Zaczepinski, Managing Partner with Century Park Capital
Partners, added, “The add-on acquisition process is one of the
cornerstone value creation approaches for Century Park, and the
team at Moss was a supportive and effective partner for executing
that strategy and building a global company.”
Dan Patterson, President and CEO of Moss, commented, “Working
with Century Park was a real pleasure for our team. Century Park
has been a stalwart supporter of Moss since their initial
investment. Century Park’s effective approach to add-on
acquisitions and investment in growth have absolutely transformed
our company. I am looking forward to the future with our new
ownership group.”
Lincoln International served as financial advisor to Moss in
this transaction.
About Moss:
Moss Inc., headquartered in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, with
additional locations in Chicago, Illinois; Salt Lake City, Utah and
Lennestadt, Germany, is a leading provider of experiential
marketing solutions to the exhibit, event, sports and retail
interior industries. Moss’ three-dimensional visual communication
structures and displays enrich marketing and merchandising venues,
including tradeshows, corporate and entertainment events, and
retail destinations. The Moss product offering allows for visual
appeal and design flexibility, as well as superior economic value
because of its lightweight nature and associated lower total cost
of ownership. For more information on Moss, please visit
www.mossinc.com.
About Century Park Capital Partners:
Century Park Capital Partners is a Los Angeles-based private
equity firm that partners with owners/managers to build successful
companies. The firm specializes in facilitating owner liquidity and
business expansion by providing $10 million to $50 million equity
investments for minority and majority recapitalizations, growth
financings, management-led buyouts and acquisition financings.
Century Park seeks to support management in accelerating the growth
curve of well-positioned companies by investing in infrastructure,
internal growth initiatives and strategic acquisitions. For more
information on Century Park Capital Partners, please visit
www.centuryparkcapital.com.
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Century Park Capital PartnersMatt MinnaughDirector of Business
Development310-867-2216mminnaugh@cpclp.comorMarty SarafaManaging
Partner310-867-2220msarafa@cpclp.com