PMCF Advises Trivalence Technologies on its Merger with Star Plastics
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PMCF Investment Banking (“PMCF”) is pleased to announce that it served as the exclusive financial advisor to Trivalence Technologies (“Trivalence” or the “Company”) on its merger with Star Plastics, LLC (“Star Plastics” or “Star”), a portfolio company of Akoya Capital Partners, LLC (“Akoya”).
This strategic combination brings together two highly complementary organizations, creating a combined entity with a united goal to be a global leader in innovative, sustainable, high-performance polymer solutions.
The merger expands the scope and scale of Star Plastics’ capabilities—enhancing technical expertise, product offerings, geographic reach, and market diversification. Trivalence Technologies’ strong regional presence, complementary markets, customer relationships, and expansive product portfolio are a natural fit for the platform.
The Trivalence Technologies management team will remain in place, ensuring business continuity and ongoing leadership excellence. This collaborative combination reflects the company’s philosophy of building a best-in-class organization through partnership, innovation, and shared values.
Commenting on the transaction, Daniel McMullen, CEO of Star Plastics said, “We’re excited to welcome Trivalence Technologies into the Star Plastics family. This merger represents a significant step forward in our strategy to create a diversified, global leader in engineered thermoplastics. Together, we’ll be even better positioned to deliver innovative materials, responsive service, and sustainable solutions to our customers worldwide.”
David Richey, CEO and Co-Owner of Trivalence Technologies, shared the following remark on the merger, “Since our founding in 2015, Trivalence has grown rapidly by focusing on customer service, technology excellence and customer-driven solutions. Joining forces with Star Plastics will allow us to accelerate investments in advanced technologies, employee development, and new growth opportunities, while staying true to our core values and commitment to quality.”
PMCF served as the Company’s exclusive financial advisor in the transaction. David commented, “We are grateful for the expertise and guidance that John and his team at PMCF provided throughout this process. They are clear experts within the compounding industry and were instrumental in orchestrating a successful transaction for our shareholders, customers and employees. We would highly recommend them to other plastics companies considering a transaction in the short or long-term.”
Managing Director of PMCF’s Plastics & Packaging Group, John Hart, also commented on the transaction, “We were honored to represent Trivalence Technologies in this transaction with Star Plastics. The team at Trivalence has built an impressive compounding business over the past decade and we are excited about the strategic benefits to both companies resulting from the merger.”
About PMCF
PMCF is a client-centric middle market investment bank providing merger and acquisition advisory services to privately held shareholders as well as public, and private equity owned companies worldwide. The firm combines expansive industry and transactional expertise with highly engaged, senior-level bankers to create tailored solutions for clients. PMCF has been serving the plastics and packaging industries for over 20 years and has a long track record of successful transactions involving specialty, niche players in these industries.
About Trivalence Technologies
Trivalence Technologies is a leading manufacturer of custom resin compounds and provider of compounding solutions, primarily serving the transportation, packaging, and electrical markets. Trivalence has a full suite of service offerings, which includes providing customers with R&D support, tailored material selection, custom compounding formulations, global distribution, and more. The Company’s material expertise extends across a broad portfolio of proprietary, differentiated products, which allows Trivalence to sell through multiple channels and meet a unique set of customer needs.
For more information, visit www.trivalencetechnologies.com
About Star Plastics
Founded in 1988, Star Plastics is one of the highest quality North American producers of engineering grade, custom color compounds. Star Plastics is a full-service plastics company providing custom polymer compounding as well as tolling services to major resin manufacturers. Star services customers across a broad range of end markets including electrical, consumer electronics, construction, automotive, appliance, household, outdoor, display packaging, and more. Star Plastics is owned by Akoya Capital Partners.
For more information, visit www.starplastics.com
