M&C Specialties Company, a Pennsylvania based third-generation family-owned company, had successfully established a global footprint with strategically located facilities in Southampton, PA; Lancaster, CA; Mexicali, Mexico; Tianjin and Shenzhen, China; and Athlone, Ireland. The company manufactures precision-die-cut adhesive components for performance critical application in electronics, healthcare, transportation, industrial and consumer products. Silvergrove’s CEO managed a competitive auction process which yielded multiple offers from foreign and domestic, public and private, strategic and financial acquirers. A transaction was initiated and executed with Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW), a U.S. based Fortune 500 Company, at an attractive valuation for M&C’s shareholders.