DriveKore, Inc. acquired by Colony Hardware Corporation, a portfolio…

DriveKore, Inc. (“DriveKore” or the “Company”) was acquired by Colony Hardware Corporation (“Colony Hardware”), a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity. EdgePoint Capital (“EdgePoint”) served as the exclusive financial advisor to DriveKore. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Headquartered in Mechanicsburg, PA, DriveKore is a regional independent stocking distributor of power tools and construction supplies. The Company offers professional construction firms and specialty contractors throughout Pennsylvania and Maryland a suite of stocked supplies and a consultative, customer-centric service model.

Colony Hardware, headquartered in Orange, CT, is a leading route-based specialty distributor of equipment, jobsite safety products, and consumable constructions tools / supplies to contractors serving the commercial, mixed-use, institutional, industrial, and public infrastructure markets. Headquartered in Boston, MA, Audax Private Equity is a private equity firm that invests in U.S. middle-market companies.

EdgePoint is a leading investment banking firm focused on providing middle market business owners with merger and acquisition advisory services.

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DriveKore

EdgePoint did an outstanding job representing the ownership group of DriveKore. They designed and executed a process that resulted in the ideal strategic partner. I truly appreciate the level of commitment displayed by EdgePoint, who guided us through this important transition with professionalism, thoughtful advice and a keen understanding of our industry.

Broughton Pharmaceuticals, LLC has been acquired by SL Group,…

SL Group, LLC acquired Broughton Pharmaceuticals, LLC (“Broughton”), a Savannah, Georgia-based wholesale distributor of pharmaceutical and surgical consumables. EdgePoint served as the exclusive financial advisor to Broughton. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 2002, Broughton Pharmaceuticals, LLC (http://www.broughtonpharm.com) is a leading secondary and tertiary wholesale distributor of pharmaceutical and surgical consumables for acute and emergency patient care. Broughton specializes in drugs or consumables that are facing shortages, have extreme time sensitive needs, or are specialty/rare pharmaceutical products.

Headquartered in New York, New York, SL Group is a national private investment firm that provides capital to middle-market companies with proven management teams and high growth potential.

EdgePoint is a leading investment banking firm focused on providing middle market business owners with merger and acquisition advisory services.

Gastroenterology of Greater Orlando has partnered with an Undisclosed…

Gastroenterology of Greater Orlando (“GOGO”) has formed a management services organization (“MSO”) and sold a significant minority stake to an undisclosed private equity group. EdgePoint Capital (“EdgePoint”) led the negotiations of the sale and served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to GOGO. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 2006 in Orlando, Florida by Dr. Vishal Gupta, GOGO provides specialized diagnosis and treatment services for a variety of gastrointestinal, liver, and biliary tract diseases. With four facilities in Greater Florida and a team of highly credentialed doctors and nurses, the Company takes pride in providing high quality care to its patients. The MSO will serve as the platform for acquiring other gastroenterology practices. The private equity group also has investments in other specialties and is led by an experienced team with deep healthcare experience as care providers, operators, and investors.

EdgePoint is a leading investment banking firm focused on providing middle market business owners with merger and acquisition advisory services.

Mesko Spotting Service, Inc. and ShuttleX Transportation LLC have…

Lazer Spot, Inc. acquired Mesko Spotting Service, Inc. and ShuttleX Transportation LLC, Pennsylvania-based providers of spotting and local shuttle services to distribution centers and manufacturing plants. EdgePoint served as the exclusive financial advisor to Mesko Spotting Service, Inc. and ShuttleX Transportation LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Mesko Spotting Service, Inc. and ShuttleX Transportation LLC (http://www.meskospotting.com) are service-oriented companies specializing in trailer spotting and yard management to several of the largest manufacturing, 3PL providers, and retail products companies in the world. By offering a la carte spotting services alongside complete turn-key yard management systems, the Companies help customers increase productivity, lower operational costs, and improve safety and security throughout the logistics process.

Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Lazer Spot, Inc. (http://www.lazerspot.com) is a leading provider of yard management in North America, working for leading manufacturers and retailers across nearly 400 sites in the USA and Canada.

EdgePoint is a leading investment banking firm focused on providing middle market business owners with merger and acquisition advisory services.

Holland Supply Company has been acquired by NextGen Succession…

NextGen Succession Partners acquired Holland Supply Company (“Holland”), a Lewis Center, Ohio based value-added distributor and supplier of natural gas products primarily to gas utilities and commercial & industrial customers. EdgePoint served as the exclusive financial advisor to Holland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 1972, Holland Supply Company is a leading stocking distributor of mission critical components used to ensure safe, accurate and reliable transportation and delivery of natural gas. The Company’s product offering includes gas regulators, meters, instruments, valves and other related products used by gas utilities, midstream companies and industrial customers. Holland’s value-added services include design and fabrication for gas service settings, testing & calibration and repair & rebuild services.

NextGen Succession Partners was founded in Houston, Texas with the purpose of acquiring a single high-quality business, which NextGen’s partners could operate and grow over a long-term investment horizon.

EdgePoint is a leading investment banking firm focused on providing middle market business owners with merger and acquisition advisory services.

Exacta Land Surveyors has been recapitalized by Summit Park

Summit Park, a private equity firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina announced a recapitalization of Exacta Land Surveyors (“Exacta” or the “Company”). Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Exacta is a leading provider of land surveys and field management services used to facilitate residential and commercial real estate transactions. EdgePoint served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to Exacta.

Exacta provides land surveys to a broad customer base of title insurance companies, mortgage lenders, attorneys, homebuilders, real estate brokers, and homeowners. Additionally, the Company offers utility/municipal lien search services, elevation certificates, and estoppel reports. Exacta currently operates in six states, including Ohio, Illinois, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, and Texas, and provides vendor management services to help customers procure surveys outside of its current geographic footprint. The Company has also developed industry-leading software, SurveyStars, which is offered to surveying firms as software as a service.

Summit Park is a Charlotte-based private equity firm that invests across a range of industries, including business and consumer services, light manufacturing, and value-added distribution in the Eastern half of the United States. The firm’s capital can be used to facilitate a change in ownership, to support expansion and growth, to provide partial liquidity to existing owners, or to support an industry consolidation plan.

EdgePoint is a leading investment banking firm focused on providing middle market business owners with merger and acquisition advisory services.

Environmental Management Specialists, Inc. acquired by HEPACO, LLC, a…

Environmental Management Specialists, Inc. (“EMS”) was acquired by HEPACO, LLC (“HEPACO”), a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors. EdgePoint Capital (“EdgePoint”) served as the exclusive financial advisor to EMS. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Headquartered in Cleveland, OH, EMS is a leading environmental contractor with more than 185 highly trained professionals working out of 11 service locations in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky. EMS offers a full suite of environmental service solutions including emergency response, vacuum truck services, industrial cleaning, confined space entry services, waste transportation, site remediation, facility decontamination, equipment decommissioning, and lab packing.

HEPACO, headquartered in Charlotte, NC, is a leading provider of emergency response, environmental remediation, maritime services, wastewater treatment, and other industrial services across a diversified group of end markets including rail, oil & gas, transportation, power & utility, and manufacturing. Based in San Francisco, Gryphon Investors is a private equity firm focused on profitably growing and competitively enhancing middle-market companies in partnership with experienced management.

EdgePoint is a leading investment banking firm focused on providing middle market business owners with merger and acquisition advisory services.

Beauchamp Lawn & Snow Service, Inc. has been acquired…

Salt Creek Capital has acquired Beauchamp Lawn & Snow Service, Inc. (“Beauchamp”), a Brighton, Michigan-based full-service provider of commercial grounds maintenance and landscape installation services. EdgePoint served as the exclusive financial advisor to Beauchamp. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 1992, Beauchamp provides commercial grounds maintenance, landscape renovation, ornamental tree and shrub pruning, lawn fertilization, tree and shrub fertilization, irrigation maintenance, pest control and other landscape maintenance services. The company’s clients include professional-managed multi-unit residential communities, office parks, corporate facilities, restaurant chains, and retail centers throughout the greater Detroit area.

Salt Creek Capital is a California-based private equity firm specializing in recapitalizations resulting from retiring owner or partner, sale of family owned company or corporate divestiture, buyouts, and acquisitions of small businesses.

EdgePoint is a leading investment banking firm focused on providing middle market business owners with merger and acquisition advisory services.

Green Bay Packaging Coated Products Operations acquired the stock…

EdgePoint Capital (“EdgePoint”) served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to Citadel Industries. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 1995 in Aurora, Illinois, Citadel Industries is a specialty label stock coater known throughout the industry for its ability to offer custom and difficult-to-process label solutions. With extensive product and chemical acumen, diverse manufacturing capabilities, and unparalleled agility to service client needs, Citadel Industries provides innovative and value-added solutions to a spectrum of markets, including medical, construction, direct mail, and retail.

Green Bay Packaging, Inc. (“Green Bay”) is a leading pulp, paper, and specialty label company headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Company has approximately 35 manufacturing locations and more than 3,000 employees across the country.

The combination with Green Bay will provide Citadel with expanded market access for which to offer innovative solutions to a greater customer base.

EdgePoint is a leading investment banking firm focused on providing middle market business owners with merger and acquisition advisory services.

Operating subsidiaries of The Burger Iron Company have been…

Validor Capital has acquired the stock of operating subsidiaries of The Burger Iron Company (collectively “BICO Steel”). EdgePoint Capital (“EdgePoint”) initiated the transaction, led the negotiations of the sale, and served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to BICO Steel. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

BICO Steel, headquartered in Akron, Ohio, USA, is a value-added distributor of specialty carbon plate and alloy tool steel products. With multiple facilities in close strategic proximity to its major markets, BICO Steel offers high quality specialty steel products and a comprehensive suite of other services to its customers.

Validor Capital is a Boca Raton-based private investment firm that specializes in manufacturing and industrial service industries. Since its inception in 2012, Validor Capital aims to partner with management teams that have demonstrated a track record of success.

EdgePoint is a leading investment banking firm focused on providing middle market business owners with merger and acquisition advisory services.