ILMA Compoundings December 2017 - 9

NEW MEMBERS
SUPPLIER MEMBERS

MARKETING MEMBERS

Unit Pack Company Inc.
Cedar Grove, NJ

The McPherson Companies Inc.
Trussville, AL

ESL TEKnologies LLC
Dallas, TX

Ernest Loesser, Vice President
ewloesser@unitpack.com

Chris Smith, Vice President of Sales,
Commercial & Industrial Lubes
csmith@mcphersonoil.com

David Gempel, EVP & CMO
dgempel@esltek.com

Unit Pack was founded in 1964, when
Ernest Loesser Sr. completed the first
single-dose packaging production line.
Today, Unit Pack is a leading producer of
single-dose dispenser packaging. Its stateof-the-art facility is designed for flexibility,
and its rapid changeover ability ensures
consistent on-time delivery. For over 30
years, two generations of the business have
recognized not only the importance of providing the best products and services, but
also of forging partnerships with customers
in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and industry.

Lazard Middle Market LLC
Minneapolis, MN
Jeff Chen, Managing Director
jeffrey.chen@lazard.com

Lazard's Middle Market advisory practice
is tailored to serving the unique needs of
midsized companies while delivering
sophisticated services, global perspective
and broad resources. Lazard's Middle
Market advisory touts deep sector expertise,
global access to decision-makers, transaction craftsmanship and trusted advice.

After over 40 years in business, The
McPherson Companies Inc. (TMC) has
grown from a single person driving an oil
truck to the biggest private distributor of
lubricants in the Southeast, having expanded with many partners. As it stands today,
TMC is one of the largest independent
lubricant distributors in the country, with
approximately 16 million gallons distributed
on an annual basis. TMC is a multi-branded
lubricant distributor providing customers
products from ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips/Kendall and its own private-label brand,
Proteck. TMC values excellence, fairness,
family, integrity, teamwork and execution.

ESL TEKnologies, LLC (ESLT), was
formed in 2009 thanks to a significant
additive component technology discovery
spearheaded by the University of Texas at
Arlington. In 2014, the ownership became
dismayed at the pace and cost of technology
development. Therefore, the technology
development model was abandoned and
transferred to trusted third-party providers.
ESLT was free to pursue a market entry/share
growth strategy business model, which is
when ESLT implemented an acquisition
strategy of a lube manufacturer and identified an initial industry experience sales
team beginning in 2015. The sales team was
finalized in 2017 , when ESLT entered into
a supply agreement with ILMA member
and family-owned lubricant manufacturer
Amalie Corp. The supply agreement provides ESLT the exclusive rights to offer in the
U.S. the Spectrol line of lube products produced by AC Oil Corp., an Amalie business
unit in North Charleston, South Carolina.
On Sept. 5, ESLT initiated operations,
and the conversion from a lube technology
developer to a lube market participant/competitor has been completed. The initial sales
effort is targeted on a customer base that
its sales team has done business with over
many years - a base of customers looking
for differentiated lube product offerings
today and years into the future.

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