This company

Manufacturing / Paper manufacturing· Chicago, IL
NAICS 322200
As of · 2 sources, 12 observations, 0 events; scored 3 days ago

The company's name

Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.

Includes 3 days of DFX Intelligence. Then $199/month unless canceled.

What matters now

  1. $54.4M to $195.8M
    probable EBITDA

    Probable EBITDA $54.4M to $195.8M on revenue of $679.8M to $1.2B, estimated from 2719 employees.

    Outside the $1M to $15M EBITDA range most independent sponsors state they buy.

    InferenceDFX estimate from headcount on Form 5500, 55% confidence
  2. 44
    dealability of 100

    Why it fits: operating tenure +20, 25 years since earliest plan effective date (floor on age); sector demand +14.7, industrial manufacturing: sponsor demand index 0.98 (anonymised market prior); benefit plans +5, 2 benefit plans on file (a professionalised employer).

    The largest contributions to its dealability score, each with the fact it rests on.

    DerivedDFX score, 23 Sep 2026
  3. 76
    data confidence of 100

    How sure the record is: 2 independent sources; latest effective observation 12 Sep 2026; size estimate at 55% confidence.

    How much of this page rests on independent sources rather than on our estimates.

    Measuredcount of sources and dates on the record
Dealability
44
elevated
Sponsor fit
73
high
Transition readiness
10
low
Data confidence
76
high
Opportunity
16
ranking only
What is it

Manufacturing (Paper manufacturing) employer in Chicago, IL, with 2,765 benefit plan participants on its latest filing, and a benefit plan in place since 2001. No website description has been captured yet.

Why does it fit
  • +4
    Estimate
  • +20
    Fact
  • +5
    Fact
  • +14.7
    Inference
Why now

No dated ownership-transition signal has been observed for this company. The transition score below rests on tenure and market pull only, which is not evidence of a sale. Do not read it as one.

  • +10
    Inference
What its own filings say
  1. 2001 to 2026Long establishedcontext weightFact
    Form 5500 · read Sep 17, 2026
  2. 2022 to 2024Workforce on the planflatcontext weightFact
    Form 5500 · read Sep 17, 2026
How large is it
Probable revenue
$680M to $1.2B Estimate
Probable EBITDA
$54.4M to $196M Estimate
Workforce proxy
2,765 plan participants
Estimate computed on
2,719 employees, the headcount the size estimate used
Method
employees x sector revenue/employee band x sector EBITDA margin band
Confidence
55%
How certain are we
  • +30
    Fact2 independent sources
  • +29.6
    Factlatest effective observation 2026-09-12
  • +16.5
    Estimate
What changed

No dated events on file.

Decision makers

No named leader on the record yet: the company's site did not list one where we read it.

Profile
Founded
benefit plan since Jun 1, 2001 (age floor 25 years)
Ownership
not observed
Plans on file
2
What is the evidence
FactValueClassEffectiveSourceEvidence
Active participants2,719Fact2024-01-01DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets
Ebitda band$125MEstimate2026-09-12DFX model output (scores, estimates, matches)
no URL
Hq locationChicago, ILFact2024-01-01DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets
Naics code322200Fact2024-01-01DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets
Plan count2Fact2024-01-01DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets
Plan effective date earliest2001-06-01Fact2024-01-01DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets
Plan participants2,765Fact2025-01-01DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets
Plan participants3,148Fact2024-01-01DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets
Plan participants2,980Fact2023-12-01DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets
Plan participants3,044Fact2022-12-01DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets
SubsectorPaper manufacturingFact2024-01-01DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets
VerticalIndustrial manufacturingFact2024-01-01DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets