Brant Screen Craft

January 3, 2013 (New York, NY) – Petsky Prunier is pleased to announce it has advised Brant Screen Craft, Inc., a leading provider of in-store and shopper marketing signage to major retailers and service companies in North America, on its sale to private equity firm Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc.

Canada-based Brant Screen Craft was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Brantford, Ontario. The company is one of the largest independent North American providers of key branding signage and displays, offering end-to-end print solutions, including prepress, digital, litho and screen printing, finishing, warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution services to companies across the United States and Canada. The company is a recognized industry leader providing innovative and effective print solutions to a broad customer base that includes well-known retailers, restaurants, and automotive companies in North America. Brant’s in-house prepress, finishing, distribution, and warehousing capabilities enable the company to serve as a single-source printer for its clients, delivering high quality products, excellent print turnaround times, and strong customer service. The company’s clients include Sears, Home Depot, Bath and Body Works, Victoria’s Secret, Ford, and Quizno’s.

Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. (HKW) is a private equity firm, sponsoring management buy-outs of privately owned businesses and subsidiaries or divisions of public companies with revenues between $20 million and $200+ million. With more than a century of excellence as its foundation, HKW is one of the nation’s oldest private equity firms.

A team from Petsky Prunier, led by Michael Petsky and Dylan Kearns, served as exclusive financial advisor to Brant Screen Craft, Inc.