Management Buyout Archives

Selinsky FORCE

Sector

Specialty Services

Industry

Heavy Industrial Fabrication & Service

Transaction Type

Management Buyout

Status

Current Investment

Website

selinskyforce.com

Lead Partner

Will Dowden

Business Description

Selinsky FORCE (“Selinsky”) is a leading industrial maintenance business providing an expansive suite of industrial millwright services, refractory solutions, and equipment rebuild & repair services to blue-chip customers within the engineered materials, industrial manufacturing, utility & energy, and other industrial end markets.

Transaction Overview

KLH partnered with Selinsky’s management team to recapitalize the business and support its vision of continuing to expand its geographic footprint and service capabilities. KLH structured an investment that provided full liquidity to the prior majority owner, offered equity to key executives, and established a capital structure that provided capacity for additional growth.

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mike - November 21, 2023 - No Comments

Miller Integrated Solutions

Sector

Specialty Services

Industry

Heavy Industrial Fabrication & Service

Transaction Type

Management Buyout

Status

Current Investment

Website

miller-is.com

Lead Partner

Will Dowden

Business Description

Miller Integrated Solutions (“Miller”) is a leading industrial maintenance business providing an expansive suite of critical industrial cleaning, mechanical, and environmental services to blue-chip customers within the refining, petrochemical, chemical & agrochemical, utilities & energy, storage terminal, and other general industrial end markets.

Transaction Overview

KLH partnered with Miller’s management team to recapitalize the business and support its vision of continuing to expand its geographic footprint and service capabilities. KLH structured an investment that provided full liquidity to the prior majority owner, offered equity to key executives, and established a capital structure that provided capacity for additional growth.

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mike - September 28, 2023 - No Comments

eTech Environmental & Safety Solutions, Inc.

Sector

Specialty Services

Industry

Soil Remediation

Transaction Type

Management Buyout

Status

Current Investment

Website

etechenv.com

Lead Partner

James Darnell

Business Description

eTech Environmental & Safety Solutions, Inc. (“eTech”) is a leading environmental remediation business providing regulatory mandated environmental consulting, soil sampling & testing, remediation, waste management, and long-term compliance services to a large base of blue-chip customers in the upstream, midstream, government, and industrial end markets throughout the Permian Basin.

Transaction Overview

KLH partnered with eTech’s management team to buy out the business and support its vision of continuing to expand its geographic footprint and service capabilities. KLH structured an investment that provided full liquidity to the prior majority owner, offered equity to key executives, and established a capital structure that provided capacity for additional growth.

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mike - September 11, 2023 - No Comments

Thorpe Specialty Services

Sector

Specialty Services

Industry

Heavy Industrial Fabrication & Service

Transaction Type

Management Buyout

Status

Current Investment

Website

thorpepme.com

Lead Partner

James Darnell

Business Description

Headquartered in Houston, TX, Thorpe Specialty Services (“Thorpe”) is a leading provider of industrial specialty services to the chemical, petrochemical, power, natural resources (lime), pulp & paper, metals & mining, and other industrial and infrastructure end markets across the United States and Canada.

With more than 1,250 skilled employees and a top-tier safety record, Thorpe leverages its in-house engineering capabilities to be a trusted provider of reoccurring corrosion, refractory, scaffolding & insulation services and custom fabricated products for the maintenance of critical infrastructure assets operating within high-temperature, abrasive, caustic, acidic, and highly corrosive environments.

Transaction Overview

KLH partnered with Thorpe’s management team to recapitalize the business and support its vision of continuing to expand its services capabilities. KLH structured an investment that provided full liquidity to the prior majority owner, offered equity to key executives, and established a capital structure that provided capacity for growth.

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mike - August 26, 2022 - No Comments

The Warehouse Rentals & Supplies

Sector

Value-Added Distribution

Industry

Industrial Abrasive Blasting & Painting

Transaction Type

Management Buyout

Status

Current Investment

Website

twrs.com

Lead Partner

James Darnell

Business Description

The Warehouse Rentals & Supplies (“TWRS”), based in La Porte, TX, is a leading surface preparation equipment rental and value-added distribution company offering abrasive blasting, painting, and safety equipment, consumables, and supplies to blue-chip customers in the industrial, commercial, infrastructure, transportation, and energy industries.

With strategically located branches in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and across the Gulf Coast, TWRS has cultivated top-tier relationships with the industry’s highest quality equipment and supplies vendors and the company’s OEM-certified technicians deliver quick response on-site repair services.

Transaction Overview

KLH Capital sponsored the management team of TWRS to complete a buyout of the company’s retiring founder and support management’s vision to become a leading abrasive blasting and painting equipment distributor with a national footprint.

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mike - November 11, 2021 - No Comments

D&H United

Sector

Specialty Services & Value-Added Distribution

Industry

Retail Fueling

Transaction Type

Management Buyout

Status

Prior Investment

Website

dh-united.com

Business Description

Based in Houston, Texas, D&H United Fueling Solutions is leading, turnkey service provider and distributor to the retail fueling industry primarily serving the South and Southwest markets. With more than 270 employees, the company provides maintenance, installation, and environmental services, as well as parts and equipment to a large customer base comprised of blue-chip fuel retailers, commercial clients, and governmental agencies.

Transaction Overview

KLH partnered with the management team of D&H United Fueling Solutions to recapitalize the business. The transaction provided partial liquidity to key managers and full liquidity to Third Century, an independent sponsor that facilitated the acquisition of D&H United Fueling Solutions by the management team in 2015.

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mike - March 3, 2020 - No Comments

Shenandoah Industrial Solutions

Sector

Specialty Services

Industry

Infrastructure Services

Transaction Type

Management Buyout

Status

Current Investment

Website

shenandoahus.com

Lead Partner

Will Dowden

Business Description

Shenandoah Industrial Solutions provides inspection, cleaning, and remediation services for storm drainage, sewer, and other piping systems for municipal and commercial clients. Shenandoah’s highly-skilled crews also offer CIPP lining, a trenchless pipe repair solution that extends the life of aging pipeline infrastructure without disrupting the surrounding area. Founded in 1976, the company has expanded its operations and grown its fleet to serve municipalities and commercial customers across Florida helping maintain the state’s coastal storm sewer and pipeline infrastructure.

Transaction Overview

KLH Capital partnered with the management team of Shenandoah Industrial Solutions to complete a recapitalization of the business.

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mike - April 2, 2019 - No Comments

Curion

Sector

Specialty Services

Industry

Consumer Product Research

Transaction Type

Management Buyout

Status

Prior Investment

Website

curioninsights.com

Business Description

Curion is the result of the merger of two leading sensory evaluation and consumer product research companies, Q Research Solutions and Tragon Corp. Curion has pioneered many of the sensory methodologies considered industry standards today over the course of its 65 year heritage. The Company serves Fortune 500 and other blue-chip customers in the food & beverage, personal care, fine fragrance, and home & fabric care industries utilizing its testing facilities in San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, and New York City and proprietary technology called RedJade®, a web-based, real-time data collection system.

Transaction Overview

In 2016, KLH sponsored the management team of Q Research Solutions (“QRS”) to facilitate the buyout of the company’s founder and support management’s vision to become a leading research company with a national footprint. In 2017, KLH supported the merger of QRS with Tragon Corporation to meet the growing needs of the country’s leading consumer product companies with expanded research and collection capabilities and additional testing facilities. The combined firms underwent a comprehensive rebranding and, in 2018, introduced Curion as its new corporate name.

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mike - November 2, 2016 - No Comments

ANS Distributing

Sector

Distribution

Industry

Industrial Distribution

Transaction Type

Management Buyout

Status

Prior Investment

Website

ansdistributing.com

Business Description

ANS Distributing is a national full-line distributor of petroleum handling equipment for petroleum marketers (from single-site service stations to national chains), wholesalers, and technicians. The company offers its customers a complete range of custom-designed systems for both maintenance and construction needs. Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, ANS Distributing also has distribution facilities in Cleveland, OH and Atlanta, GA.

Transaction Overview

Management of this privately owned business was seeking a financial partner that would help them finance the purchase of the business from a retiring owner. KLH Capital partnered with the management team to allow them to acquire the business from the exiting shareholder.

Post Transaction

During our investment period, KLH Capital arranged a new asset based line of credit to provide working capital availability for implementing management’s growth initiatives. The company also expanded its warehouse and office space and brought on new sales professionals, including a Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In June 2016, ANS Distributing was acquired by Jones & Frank, the premier provider of fueling system solutions in the United States. The combined company has unequaled scale and resources in the petroleum equipment industry to serve customers’ fueling equipment needs across North America.

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mike - March 4, 2016 - No Comments

Ground Works Solutions

Sector

Specialty Services

Industry

Soil & Foundation Remediation

Transaction Type

Management Buyout

Status

Prior Investment

Website

groundworkssolutions.com

Business Description

Ground Works Solutions is a leading provider of infrastructure repair and soil stabilization services to the residential, commercial, and industrial markets.

Transaction Overview

In this management buy-in transaction, the owner was seeking a liquidity event and ultimately a path to retirement from the business. He decided to remain onboard with the company in an advisory capacity post-transaction. KLH Capital partnered with an experienced manager to run the business day to day.

Post Transaction

KLH Capital hired a new CEO to develop the business organically and through add-on acquisitions. Since partnering with KLH, the company has executed five strategic acquisitions throughout the United States which expanded its presence into 31 additional states.

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mike - March 2, 2016 - No Comments

Selinsky FORCE

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Transaction Overview

Miller Integrated Solutions

Business Description

Transaction Overview

eTech Environmental & Safety Solutions, Inc.

Business Description

Transaction Overview

Thorpe Specialty Services

Business Description

Transaction Overview

The Warehouse Rentals & Supplies

Business Description

Transaction Overview

D&H United

Business Description

Transaction Overview

Shenandoah Industrial Solutions

Business Description

Transaction Overview

Curion

Business Description

Transaction Overview

ANS Distributing

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Transaction Overview

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Ground Works Solutions

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