Ares Commercial Finance has recently funded a $3.0 million senior secured revolving line of credit to the Southworth Company and its subsidiary, Madison Park Group.  The line of credit will support working capital requirements as the Company transitions its business from a fine paper manufacturer to a specialty niche paper products producer. The Southworth Company operates a fourdrinier paper machine in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, and makes a full range of specialty, technical and printing/writing papers marketed under the Paperlogic brand. Madison Park Group designs greeting cards, gifts and stationery items in Seattle, WA.

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