Odyssey Investment Partners has made a majority investment in TransPak, a Silicon Valley-based provider of packaging engineering, logistics, testing, and supply chain solutions serving the data center, semiconductor, aerospace and defense, and medical industries. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Founded in 1952 and family-owned for its entire history, TransPak has spent more than 70 years specializing in the safe transport of complex, fragile, and hard-to-ship products. The company has built a global footprint across North America, Asia, and Europe, with its customer base concentrated among the world’s largest technology and cloud infrastructure companies. CEO Bert Inch, a member of the founding family, will remain in his role alongside the existing executive management team. Former owner and chairwoman Arlene Inch is also part of the transition.
Odyssey is a New York-based private equity firm with more than 25 years focused on middle-market industrial and business services companies. The firm pursues majority-controlled investments in sectors with long-term secular tailwinds, using a buy, build, and integrate strategy to scale businesses through operational improvement and add-on acquisitions.
The investment is designed to accelerate TransPak’s expansion across global operations, manufacturing capacity, engineering capabilities, technology infrastructure, and new geographies. The strategic rationale is tightly tied to the buildout of AI infrastructure: as hyperscalers and semiconductor manufacturers scale data center construction and advanced chip production globally, the logistics of moving sensitive, high-value hardware across international supply chains becomes increasingly specialized and critical. TransPak’s decades of experience handling that category of freight position it to grow alongside that demand.
Odyssey noted that the transaction builds on prior experience in both the packaging sector and the data center market specifically, giving the firm direct insight into the dynamics TransPak navigates. The family-oriented culture and customer-first operating model are expected to remain intact under the new ownership structure.
Latham & Watkins served as legal advisor to Odyssey, and Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. served as its financial advisor. J.P. Morgan Securities acted as financial advisor to TransPak, with Accent Capital Partners serving as strategic advisor.
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“TransPak is an industry leader with specialized capabilities, deep blue-chip customer relationships and meaningful exposure to fast growing segments of the technology infrastructure landscape. The transaction builds on Odyssey’s decades of packaging industry experience and recent first-hand insights into the data center market, and we are excited to utilize our significant industry expertise and relationships to support the management team as they capitalize on a wide range of attractive growth opportunities.”
Craig Staub, Senior Managing Principal, Odyssey Investment Partners
“Since 1952, TransPak has earned the trust of the world’s most innovative companies by solving their most complex packaging, logistics, and supply chain challenges. As we move into our next chapter, we wanted a partner who recognizes the foundation we’ve built, understands our customers, and shares our long-term vision. We found that in Odyssey, with their deep industry knowledge combined with their track record of supporting and growing family businesses.”
Bert Inch, Chief Executive Officer, TransPak
“Bert and the TransPak team have built an incredible family-owned business with a unique reputation for best-in-class product design, reliability and service that has created a highly loyal customer base. At the same time, TransPak has established an exceptional culture of excellence that drives team members to achieve exceptional outcomes for customers. We are very excited to partner with the entire team to create the next successful chapter in TransPak’s history.”
Jonathan Place, Managing Principal, Odyssey Investment Partners
“Seeing what this team has built over the years is something I’m deeply proud of, and I’m excited for TransPak’s next chapter.”
Arlene Inch, Former Owner and Chairwoman, TransPak
