Nellson Nutraceutical to acquire Genysis
( December 1 , 2017) Anaheim , CA – Nellson Nutraceutical (“Nellson”), a leading North American formulator and manufacturer of branded and private – label nutritional bar and functional powder products, today announced that it has acquire Genysis Brand Solutions Inc. (“Genysis ”). Genysis is a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer of functional powders. Their affiliates Dyad Labs (formerly Genysis Labs) and Sensapure Flavors have been spun out as independent entities and are not included in the transaction.
The best combination
The business combination strengthens Nellson’s powder production capabilities. It expands its product lines and channels, and diversifies its customer mix. “The combination with Genysis, together with the recent opening of our state-of-the-art bar-making facility in Ontario, California further strengthens our position as a strategic partner of choice within the fast growing nutritional bar and functional powders sectors” said Jamie Better, Chief Executive Officer of Nellson. “This acquisition replicates in powders what we achieved in bars three years ago through our acquisition of Multibar, as it combines two respected functional powder manufacturers to create the clear category leader with remarkable capabilities in new product development and best-in-class manufacturing.”
An Exciting Acquire
Genysis operates as a subsidiary of Nellson. Adam Schwinghammer, President of Genysis, who stayed on as a key member of the executive management team, said: “We are excited about merging with Nellson, and capitalizing on the respective strengths of the two companies in order to benefit our current and prospective customers.”
The acquired company has five manufacturing and R&D facilities. This offers greater capabilities to customers in the U.S., Canada, and internationally.
Nellson is a portfolio company of Kohlberg & Company, L.L.C (“Kohlberg”), a leading private equity firm headquartered in New York.
Seth H. Hollander, Partner at Kohlberg, commented: “Since our acquisition of Nellson in 2013, we focused on identifying acquisitions as a means to grow and expand our capabilities, product offering and customer base. Genysis represents a key step toward that end.” Hollander added, “Nellson and Genysis are highly complementary businesses. We plan to capitalize on this unique opportunity to create a larger, more diversified company capable of better serving our combined customer bases.”
Antares Capital provided Nellson with fully committed credit facilities sufficient to close the transaction. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP acted as legal counsel to Nellson. Houlihan Lokey acted as financial advisor to Genysis.
About Nellson
Nellson, the leading full-service nutritional bar and powder provider in North America, is based in Anaheim, California. They have production locations in California and Quebec. Nellson has over 50 years of diversified expertise since 1962. They specialize in nutrition platforms for bars and powders. They serve the nutrition, performance, weight management, snack/breakfast, and functional market segments. Nellson offers technical capabilities, quality assurance, flexible production, research and development, and sales and marketing support.
Visit www.nellsonllc.com for more information.
About Genysis
Founded is 2003 in SLC, Genysis is a premier producer of powdered nutritional supplements in North America. Genysis offer customers a diverse base of products, and are recognized in the industry for exceptional quality, consistency and reliability of service. In addition, the Company places a strong emphasis on R&D, with tremendous institutional knowledge based on over 10 years of functional powder manufacturing expertise. Genysis operates a Salt Lake City facility comprising over 300,000 square feet of production and warehouse space.
For more information visit www.Genysisgroup.com
About Kohlberg & Company
Kohlberg & Company is a leading private equity firm that specializes in middle market investing. Since its inception in 1987, Kohlberg organized eight private equity funds, through which it raised over $ 7 .5 billion of committed equity capital. Over its 30-year history, Kohlberg completed 72 platform investments and well over 162 add-on acquisitions, with an aggregate transaction value of over $15 billion.
For more information, visit www.kohlberg.com
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