Tom Blaige founded Blaige & Company over 20 years ago and has over 30 years of transaction experience. The Blaige team has completed over 200 transactions and has visited over 600 packaging, plastics, and chemicals operations in all parts of the world. Blaige & Company is a “specialist” investment bank with a deeper and broader knowledge of its target audience versus generalist or “house” investment banks. The packaging segment represents our “power alley”, and we believe our M&A experience in this segment and its supply chain leads worldwide. Blaige’s valuable long-lasting relationships with potential buyers in this segment with established trust and mutual respect result in an impressive track record of 48% valuation premiums in the last three years. The U.K.-based magazine Acquisition International named Mr. Blaige 2015 Sector Focused CEO of the Year, and Blaige & Company - Sector Focused Investment Bank of the Year in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Blaige Industry Analytics (BIA), an affiliate of Blaige & Company, sets the industry standard in packaging, plastics, and chemicals M&A deal research. BIA’s proprietary global plastics M&A deal research encompasses over 10,000 transactions since 2000.