West Palm Beach, FL, February 2014: Comvest Partners is pleased to announce that BEL USA (“BEL”), a Comvest Investment Partners IV (“Comvest”) portfolio company, has completed its merger with Branders.com (“Branders” or the “Company”), an online distributor of customized promotional products, including wearables, bags, pens, drinkware and a variety of other printed items. The Company’s
West Palm Beach, FL., December 2013 – Comvest Partners, through its debt fund, Comvest Capital II LP (“Comvest”), provided an $11.6 million first lien term loan to American Light Metals, LLC (the “Company”). Proceeds of the financing were used to acquire the assets of Empire Die Casting, Inc., a precision die caster of aluminum and
West Palm Beach, FL., November 2013 – Comvest Partners, through its debt fund, Comvest Capital II LP (“Comvest”), provided $16.75 million in debt and equity capital to California Products Corporation (“CPC” or the “Company”), a producer of specialty surface products, in support of Delos Capital, LLC’s (“Delos”) acquisition of CPC. “We are excited to have
West Palm Beach, FL. Nov. 21, 2013 – Comvest Partners and Wynnchurch Capital, leading middle-market, private equity investment firms, have been honored by the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) for their work with United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC and Fast Fabricators, LLC (U.S. Pipe). TMA honors excellence through its annual awards program.
West Palm Beach, FL, January 2014 – Comvest Partners is pleased to announce that Comvest Investment Partners IV (“Comvest”) has completed the acquisition of Robbins Brothers (the “Company”), a Los Angeles-based specialty jewelry store chain focused on engagement rings. Robbins Brothers started as a family-run business in Seattle in the 1920s and currently operates 14
West Palm Beach, FL, April 2013: Comvest Partners is pleased to announce that Comvest Investment Partners IV (“Comvest”), through its subsidiary AutoInfo Holdings, LLC, has completed the acquisition of Sunteck Transport Group (OTCBB:AUTO) (the “Company” or “Sunteck”). This represents the consummation of the previously announced merger agreement pursuant to which Comvest has acquired the Company
West Palm Beach, FL, September 19, 2012 – The Comvest Group (“Comvest”), through its Comvest Investment Partners IV, L.P. fund (“Comvest IV”) is pleased to announce the merger of FMI Products, LLC (“FMI”) with its current portfolio company Lennox Hearth Products, LLC (“LHP”), to create Innovative Hearth Products (“IHP”). IHP is a manufacturer of fireplaces,
Wynnchurch Capital (”Wynnchurch”) and the Comvest Group (“Comvest”), leading middle-market private equity firms, announced today that their newly formed portfolio company, USP Holdings Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC and Fast Fabricators, LLC (together “U.S. Pipe” or the “Company”). Based in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. Pipe
West Palm Beach, FL, April, 2012 – The Comvest Group (“Comvest”), through its Comvest Investment Partners IV fund (“Comvest IV”), is pleased to announce the acquisition of the U.S. fire and security branch operations of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The Company will operate under the name Red Hawk Fire and Security (“Red Hawk”). Terms
West Palm Beach, FL, April, 2012 – The Comvest Group (“Comvest”), through its Comvest Investment Partners IV fund (“Comvest IV”), is pleased to announce the acquisition of Lennox Hearth Products (“LHP” or “the Company”) from Lennox International Inc. (NYSE: LII). LHP is a manufacturer of fireplaces, fireplace inserts, free-standing stoves, gas log sets, accessories and
