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Hartsmere Packaging Group

Monitoring — no action needed

Packaging · Green Bay, WI

May 28 – Aug 13, 2026

last 12 weeks of telemetry

Integration Monitor27 points clear of the escalation threshold with nothing open

Hartsmere Packaging Group is 27 points below its escalation threshold — cross-functional communication is the strongest theme at 46 against a threshold of 73. Nothing is currently escalated, though 1 theme is still climbing. No board direction is outstanding.

46

Highest signal

of 73 threshold

0

Open escalations

nothing open

79%

Participation

coverage sufficient

0

Board actions

none assigned

What needs attention

2 active themes

Cross-Functional Communication

20 independent participants · 8 functions

Developing46 / 73FlatView evidence →

Reported by 20 independent participants across 8 functions, persistent for 8 weeks.

Operational Friction

16 independent participants · 7 functions

Weak Signal37 / 73Rising 7wView evidence →

Reported by 16 independent participants across 7 functions, persistent for 7 weeks and rising.

Organizational radar

all 8 themes scored

0

Escalated

1

Developing

Cross-Functional Communication

7

Quiet

View all eight themes

Organizational radar

Hartsmere Packaging Group across the eight themes

Every company is scored on the same eight themes, shaded against this program's own escalation threshold — so a quiet row means quiet, not unmeasured.

Company
Direction
Bandwidth
Comms
Alignment
Capacity
Talent
Friction
External
14
3
46
17
15
13
37
9

Confidence = unique reporters of a theme ÷ active participants over the rolling 4-week window. A cell turns red once it crosses its company's escalation threshold.

Board response

No board direction outstanding, and nothing open that needs one.

platform · held since April 2021 · Green Bay, WI

Company context
Employees
605
Signal seats
56
9% enrolled
Revenue
$178M
EBITDA margin
15–18%

Investment thesis

Convert a commodity corrugated business toward higher-margin protective and retail-ready packaging.

Known exposures

  • ·Containerboard input cost pass-through lags by roughly a quarter
  • ·Design capability added by acquisition not yet integrated with sales

Signal data is PE-exclusive. Portfolio company leadership has no visibility into submissions, themes, or confidence scores.

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