Ecore Forms Partnership with CommonWealth Equity Partners

Lancaster, PA, December 17, 2020-Ecore recently partnered with CommonWealth Equity Partners, a private equity fund. Commonwealth brings a depth of ESG transactional and operational experience to Ecore’s mission of “transforming reclaimed materials into performance surfaces that make people's lives better.” The team is led by Ecore’s founder, president and CEO Art Dodge, who is joined by other co-founders Robert Bernard, former chief environmental strategist for Microsoft and Michael Derosa, former general partner with Element Partners.

Having been owned and operated solely by members of the Dodge Family for five generations, Ecore is poised to continue its focus on customer excellence. “This partnership builds upon on a long family history of creating industry-leading products,” said Dodge. “This new relationship with CommonWealth provides us with additional capital and expertise to accelerate our growth into new products and new markets. This is a very exciting time, as we move into our 150th year of business in 2021.”

Founded in 2020, CommonWealth is a Pennsylvania-based private equity firm that makes investments in ESG and circular economy-focused companies.

The capital infusion will enable Ecore to accelerate its current focus on transforming waste streams into high-value products.

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