MAS Equity Partners (MEP), through its fund MAS Equity Fund III, closed an investment in Pelpak, a Colombian rigid plastic convertor with more than 40 years of track-record.

Pelpak offers an integrated product portfolio, manufacturing a variety of caps, closures, bottles, jars and containers and providing value-added services such as labeling, printing and product wrapping. Moreover, Pelpak is able to offer flexibility to develop specific needs for its customers, with an in-house molding design and manufacturing workshop for both injection and blow molds.

MEP will support Pelpak’s expansion into profitable and fast-growing business segments, while strengthening Pelpak’s capital structure, implementing best business practices and providing on-the-ground support.

MAS Equity Partners is a private equity firm specialized in growth equity investments. MEP has over fourteen years of operations and more than US$ 200 million raised across three private equity funds. MEP has sponsored investments in successful companies such as Bodytech, Andres Carne de Res, OPL Carga, Clinica Las Americas, Rocsa Colombia, ESSI and Dekel. To date, MAS Equity Partners has closed fifteen investments and executed six successful exits with a zero-loss ratio.