Services

What North American Corrugated Does.

Six operating service lines, delivered by senior operators inside the business — not from the outside. Each line is engaged selectively, scoped to the situation, and executed against EBITDA and strategic outcomes.

01 — Intervention

Operational Intervention

Embedded operating leadership support for corrugated, POP display, folding carton, and graphics-heavy packaging manufacturers.

NAC operating partners step into the business alongside ownership and management. The objective is not to advise from outside; it is to stabilize performance, restore operating discipline, and improve accountability from inside the leadership team.

Support may include:
  • CEO leadership support
  • COO / operations leadership
  • CFO support
  • plant-level operating leadership
  • operational stabilization
  • management accountability
02 — EBITDA

EBITDA Improvement Programs

Operational and financial improvement initiatives that work the EBITDA bridge one lever at a time.

EBITDA improvement is rarely a single decision. It is a sequenced set of operational changes executed by the operator team, supported by NAC and the applied operational intelligence layer.

Focused on:
  • throughput recovery
  • labor productivity
  • waste reduction
  • scheduling discipline
  • pricing correction
  • customer mix optimization
  • working capital improvement
  • operational sequencing
03 — Diagnostics

Strategic Diagnostics

Focused operational and financial assessments delivered in plain operational language with actionable recommendations.

A diagnostic is the typical first engagement. It is fast, focused, and structured around the operational and financial realities of the business — not a generic consulting framework.

Designed to identify:
  • operational underperformance
  • margin pressure
  • leadership weaknesses
  • transaction readiness gaps
  • lender concerns
  • customer concentration risk
  • scalability limitations
04 — Transaction

Transaction Readiness

Preparation for sale, recapitalization, ownership transition, lender-driven restructuring, or acquisition.

The market does not pay full value for an unprepared business. NAC works inside the company to close the readiness gap before a transaction is in market.

Preparation for:
  • strategic sale
  • recapitalization
  • ownership transition
  • lender-driven restructuring
  • acquisition preparation
Focused on:
  • normalized EBITDA
  • operational credibility
  • management continuity
  • operational transparency
  • buyer readiness
05 — Restructuring

Crisis & Restructuring Leadership

Delivered alongside Mancini Advisors. Operator involvement inside the business — not advisory commentary from outside it.

When situations move from underperformance to active distress, the operating posture changes. NAC and Mancini Advisors are deployed together: operator leadership inside the plant, restructuring discipline at the capital structure.

Engaged where situations involve:
  • lender pressure
  • liquidity stress
  • operational instability
  • leadership disruption
  • restructuring conditions
06 — Acquisition

Acquisition & Operating Partner Participation

Selective acquisition, recapitalization, and operating-partner participation through the broader Donato Capital ecosystem.

NAC participates in transactions selectively, and only on an operating basis. We take controlling, recapitalization, or operating-partner positions in businesses where our operating team can drive the value creation directly.

When North American Corrugated participates, it participates operationally.

If The Business Should Be Performing Better Than It Is, We Should Talk.

North American Corrugated works with corrugated, POP display, folding carton, and graphics-heavy packaging businesses facing operational underperformance, ownership transition, EBITDA pressure, or strategic inflection points.

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