Past Investments
Our Track Record
Our partners have over 15 years of experience investing together. In 12 years at their predecessor private equity firm, they invested $4.5 billion of capital in control-equity and junior-capital situations across more than 90 investments, generating significant investment returns and long-term capital gains for their funds' investors.
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Anchor Glass
Tampa, FL-based Anchor Glass is one of the largest manufacturers of glass containers in the United States. From its glassmaking facilities across the country, Anchor Glass provides the North American food and beverage industry with beer and liquor bottles, other food and beverage containers, and custom-mold products. Anchor Glass is an integrated part of Ardaugh’s glass-packaging operations.
Grede Holdings
Grede is a leading producer of engineered iron castings to a diverse customer base in the automotive, medium and heavy truck, and industrial markets. Grede supplies a variety of ductile, gray, and high silicon moly iron castings, including safety-critical chassis, suspension and drivetrain components for automotive applications, highly engineered engine and chassis components for medium and heavy-duty trucks, and large axle housings and other drivetrain components for heavy equipment and agricultural markets. Grede is now an operating division of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.
Key Plastics
Key Plastics is an international supplier of plastics components and functional assemblies to manufacturers of light vehicles and their Tier 1 suppliers in Europe, North America and Asia. Key Plastics produces highly engineered, value-added plastic components and assemblies, including door handles, air registers, radio and climate control bezels, and other under-the-hood and interior parts. Key Plastics is now an operating division of Novares.
Mastercraft
The designer and manufacturer of MasterCraft-brand luxury performance sport boats, MasterCraft Boat Company manufactures a broad line of luxury performance ski, wakeboard and wakesurfing boats, general recreation multi-purpose powerboats, and fishing boats for both the freshwater and saltwater boat markets across four product brands. MasterCraft is headquartered in Vonore, TN, with boats manufactured in four manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and sold to consumers through a network of over 350 dealers worldwide. Mastercraft is a publicly traded company.
Merisant
Merisant is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of low-calorie tabletop sweeteners, which are sold globally primarily under the premium brands of Equal, Candarel and PureVia. Merisant manufactures and distributes its products through facilities around the world, including the U.S., Czech Republic, Argentina and Thailand. Merisant is now an operating division of Whole Earth Brands Inc.
Neff Rentals
One of the largest equipment rental companies in the United States, Neff Holdings offers a broad range of construction and industrial equipment, including earthmoving, material handling, aerial, compaction, and related equipment. Neff serves more than 15,500 customers in a wide range of end markets, including infrastructure, non-residential construction, residential construction and municipal through its branches in 14 states, primarily in the Sun Belt region. Neff Holdings is now an operating division of United Rentals, Inc.
Portola Packaging
Portola Packing, Inc. is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of tamper-evident and leak-resistant plastic caps and closures, bottles and related equipment used for packaging applications in the non-carbonated beverage and institutional food markets. Portola Packing is now an operating division of Silgan Holdings Inc.
Propex
Propex was a producer of geosynthetic, concrete, woven and non-woven industrial fabrics and fibers, as well as carpet backing. Formerly Amoco Fiber and Fabrics, Propex was founded in 1884 and was headquartered in Chattanooga, TN. With more than $400 million of revenue, Propex operated 10 plants in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Hungary and the United Kingdom. The Propex business units were divested to a variety of strategic acquirors.
Special Devices
Special Devices, Inc. designs and manufactures precision-engineered pyrotechnic devices for the automotive industry. It sells initiators, which function like electrical matches to ignite the gas generating charge in auto airbag and seat belt systems, to tier 1 suppliers of automotive safety systems. Special Devices is now an operating division of Daicel Corporation.
Star Tribune Media Company
Star Tribune Media Company is the foremost information provider in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. It publishes the Star Tribune, the largest newspaper in Minnesota, and StarTribune.com, the most frequently visited online local news and information site in the Twin Cities. It is now owned by an entity controlled by Glen Taylor.