Dresner Partners Advised Connoisseurs Products on Its Sale to Willert Home Products

CHICAGO, April 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dresner Partners, an award-winning, FINRA-registered, middle-market investment bank and Mergers Alliance member firm, is pleased to announce that it advised Connoisseurs Products Corporation, the global leader in jewelry care products, on its sale to Willert Home Products. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 1959 and headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, Connoisseurs Products manufactures a line of jewelry cleaners that is the top choice among consumers, jewelers, retailers, fashion/beauty editors, and bloggers, who recognize the products’ efficacy, worldwide brand leadership, sophisticated packaging, and innovative industrial designs.

Willert Home Products, founded in 1946, manufactures hundreds of well-known and trusted household products for the home and garden. Willert Home Products is owned and operated by the Willert family with its headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.

Commenting on the transaction, Douglas Dorfman, President and CEO of Connoisseurs said, “We appreciate the expertise and hard work from the Dresner team to help us complete this complex transaction.”   

Christopher Kampe, Managing Director, Consumer and Retail at Dresner Partners, who led the project team added, “It was an honor and a privilege to work with Douglas and Jonathan Dorfman, the owners of Connoisseurs, on this important project.”   

Steven M. Dresner, President of Dresner Partners, said, “The completion of this transaction for Connoisseurs is a testament to our dedication to client service and the specialized capabilities of our firm in the consumer products sector.”

More information on Connoisseurs can be found at www.connoisseurs.com. More information on Willert Home Products can be found at www.willert.com.

About Dresner Partners
Dresner is an award-winning, FINRA-registered middle-market investment bank headquartered in Chicago, with professionals located in New York, Cleveland, Hermosa Beach, Houston, Fort Lauderdale, New Jersey, and Palo Alto. For more than 30 years, Dresner Partners has provided financial advisory services to middle-market companies throughout the world including merger and acquisitions advisory, institutional private placements of debt and equity, financial restructuring, valuations, and strategic consulting services. Dresner Partners has extensive international and cross-border transaction experience and is a member of Mergers Alliance, one of the world’s leading global mergers and acquisitions partnerships focused on the middle market. An affiliated company, Dresner Corporate Services, is a strategic communications firm specializing in public relations, investor relations, and corporate development. More information is available at www.dresnerpartners.com. You can also follow Dresner Partners on X at www.x.com/DresnerPartners.   

For Media Inquiries
David Gutierrez, Head of PR, IR and Corporate Development, (312) 780-7204, dgutierrez@dresnerco.com

For Transaction Related Inquiries
Christopher Kampe, Managing Director, Consumer and Retail, (617) 548-6741, ckampe@dresnerco.com
Steven M. Dresner, President, (312) 780-7206, sdresner@dresnerco.com