Mill Rock Packaging Partners, a platform of Mill Rock Capital, has acquired Impressions Incorporated, a specialty packaging and printing company.
Impressions provides design, prototyping, and production of high-end paperboard packaging and commercial printing products with a specialization in custom folding cartons. Many of the company’s customers are active in the consumer staples, pharmaceuticals, health and beauty sectors.

Impressions was founded in 1967 by Mark Jorgensen, Sr., and operates production facilities in St. Paul (headquarters) and Hutchinson, Minnesota. The senior management team of Impressions made a significant investment in Mill Rock Packaging as part of this transaction.
“Mill Rock is the ideal partner to sustain Impressions’ longstanding commitment to quality, innovation and reliability,” said Impressions Chief Executive Officer Mike Jorgensen. “Our shared vision for future growth will benefit greatly from the additional resources and capability of the broader platform.”
Mill Rock Packaging, led by CEO Allen Ennis, was formed in 2020 to invest in businesses with advanced service and product capabilities in the consumer packaging industry. Mr. Ennis is the former CEO of Everett Graphics, EVP of Pacific Southwest Container and the founder of Sierra Pacific. With the buy of Impressions, Mill Rock Packaging is now comprised of three operating units with five converting facilities that provide high-design paperboard packaging used in daily needs-driven consumer markets.
“Impressions has set a standard for quality service in our industry for many years,” said Mr. Ennis. “We view the business as a key component of Mill Rock Packaging’s geographic expansion strategy, and we expect meaningful future investment to accelerate attainment of this objective.”
The two other units of Mill Rock Packaging include All Packaging Company (acquired in February 2021), a Colorado-based manufacturer of custom paperboard folding cartons for multiple consumer end markets. All Packaging, led by President Kenneth Pepper, operates facilities in Aurora, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah; and Trojan Lithograph (acquired in August 2020 from Arbor Investments), a Washington-based provider of high-end, graphic packaging to both blue chip and emerging consumer brands.
With the close of the transaction, Impressions will now operate as a sister company to All Packaging and Trojan Lithograph and, according to Mr. Ennis, will be a key part of the company’s national expansion strategy.
“Joining forces with Impressions is an exciting development for the clients, suppliers and associates of both organizations,” said Bob Feeser, Mill Rock Capital’s senior partner. “The buy of Impressions marks our entry into the important Midwest market and will enable us to expand our product and value-added service offerings across the combined footprint.” In addition to his duties with Mill Rock Capital, Mr. Feeser is also the vice chairman of Mill Rock Packaging and the former president of the consumer packaging unit of publicly traded packaging giant WestRock (NYSE: WRK).
Mill Rock Capital is an investor in North American-based middle market businesses that are active in six industry verticals – chemicals, materials and packaging; industrial distribution; services; metals and engineered materials; transportation and logistics; and specialty manufacturing and industrial technology. New York City-headquartered Mill Rock was founded in 2018 by its managing partners Christopher Whalen and Adi Pekmezovic.
Debt financing for the buy of Impressions was provided by BMO Sponsor Finance and PGIM Private Capital.
Alvarez & Marsal advised Mill Rock Packaging on this transaction and FINNEA Group advised Impressions.
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