LBC Credit Partners (LBC), a provider of financing solutions to middle market companies, provided senior secured credit facilities to support the acquisition of Proven Partners Group, LLC (PPG) by Tilia Holdings (Tilia).

LBC served as Sole Lender for the senior secured credit facilities.

Headquartered in Elgin, Illinois, PPG is a leading contract manufacturer and packager of dried and powdered foods. PPG services global food and beverage customers across a variety of categories, including meal replacement and protein powders, coffee, snacks, creamer, cereal, baking items and other dried and powdered products. PPG’s blending and packaging capabilities and flexible service offerings enable its customers to better manage their complex product portfolios and expand their distribution channel product offerings.

Tilia is a Chicago-based private investment firm focused exclusively on the food supply chain.

Through an interdisciplinary approach to investing, Tilia partners with business services companies that support leading and emerging CPG brands. Tilia’s investment team has complementary skills across operations and finance and provides expertise in scaling and growing middle-market companies. Tilia’s sector-focused investment strategy has been cultivated across three-decades.