Stephen Stewart

NEW YORK—Brook & Whittle Limited, a printer of decorative label solutions for beverage and personal care product companies, has been recapitalized by private equity firms Charter Oak Equity (Charter Oak) and RFE Investment Partners (RFE), in conjunction with the company’s management. Citi Capital Strategies (CCS), a division of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and an investment bank serving privately held businesses, served as the exclusive financial advisor to Brook & Whittle.

A thorough understanding of prepress and flexo control enabled Brook & Whittle to make the jump to UV flexo. By Susan Friedman When applicable process knowledge is in place, UV flexo has provided a quick pathway to profits for package printers. The positive experience of label printer Brook & Whittle demonstrates the importance of preparing, clearing the learning curve and finding commonalities from previous experience that can make the leap to UV flexo a shorter one. For this printer, a background in prepress has provided that natural bridge to UV flexo. As owner of U.S. prepress firm ColoTone from 1982 to 1993, Anthony