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American Capital exited its investment in Chromas Technologies Corporation in the first quarter of 2004.

American Capital Invests $18 Million in Chromas Technologies in Buyout Transaction

Bethesda, MD – September 6, 2000 – American Capital Strategies, Ltd. announced today that it has invested $18 million to purchase the Chromas Technologies business from Didde Corporation. Chromas manufactures digital and analog printing presses for the packaging and labeling industry. Together with the Digital Label Alliance, a research and development consortium of flexible packaging manufacturers it organized, Chromas has recently introduced an innovative digital printing press that allows printers to economically produce short runs of high resolution graphics. American Capital's investment is in the form of a revolving line of credit, senior term loan, senior subordinated debt and common stock in a new corporation formed to complete the transaction. American Capital is the lead investor in this transaction and will own over 90 percent of the new corporation.[more...]