All American Label & Packaging has merged with Western Shield Label and Packaging, Expanding Product and Service Offerings to the Label Industry

All American Label & Packaging (“AALP”) has merged with Western Shield Label and Packaging (“Western Shield”), a leading provider of pressure-sensitive prime labels and packaging solutions to the food & beverage, health & beauty, and industrials sectors. Western Shield and AALP’s highest quality standards and advanced operations across California, Texas, Ohio, and Tennessee are ideally positioned to service customers nationwide.

All American Label & Packaging has merged with Western Shield Label and Packaging, Expanding Product and Service Offerin

“AALP complements Western Shield in many ways,” says Nizar Elias, Chief Executive Officer, Western Shield, adding “AALP serves similar and adjacent end markets such wine and spirits, and will allow us to extend our manufacturing footprint into the Southeast. We are excited about this merger and our combined ability to provide even greater service and expertise to our combined customers.”

“We are excited to join forces with the deep bench of wonderful and talented people at Western Shield. We have evaluated several opportunities in the market, and none had the kind of sales and operational synergies we see here,” commented Brad Brown, Founder, All American Label & Packaging.

“We were pleased to support AALP and Western Shield with this transformational merger,” said Demetrios Dounis, Managing Director, Heartwood Partners. “The combination of these businesses makes tremendous sense and creates a number of ways for them to win. Our unique equity-rich capital structure resonated with the management teams and owners of both AALP and Western Shield. Moving forward we anticipate the combined businesses will remain active acquirers in the pressure sensitive labels space.”