MEDINA, OH – RPM International Inc. announced that its Mantrose-Haeuser Co. Inc. subsidiary within the RPM Specialty Products Group has acquired Holton Food Products Co., a U.S. supplier of food stabilizer and dry egg white products for the bakery and prepared food markets. Based in LaGrange, Il, near Chicago, Holton has annual net sales of $7 million. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Holton supplies high-strength dry egg white products, used with its food stabilizers, for small- or large-scale, high-speed production of meringue toppings, fillings, cookies, cakes, pies, and other dessert and entrée items. Holton’s products are primarily sold to large bakery and food companies to optimize appearance, texture, moisture control, production efficiency, freeze-thaw stability and shelf life. Ross, John and David Holton, sons of the founder, will stay on to run the business.