M&A Deal Summary

River Associates Acquires Specialty Fenestration Group

On March 23, 2018, private equity firm River Associates acquired building materials company Specialty Fenestration Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is River Associates’ 2nd transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is River Associates’ 27th transaction in the United States.
  • This is River Associates’ 2nd transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-03-23
Target Specialty Fenestration Group
Sector Building Materials
Buyer(s) River Associates
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. (Financial)

Target

Specialty Fenestration Group

Houston, Texas, United States
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Specialty Fenestration Group is a niche window and door platform comprised of two industry-leading brands – Quikserv & United States Bullet Proofing. The partnership between Quikserv and USBP leverages the platform’s collective manufacturing and innovation capabilities to provide a comprehensive, and best-in-class line of security and transaction products to the security, glazing and architectural communities.

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Buyer

River Associates

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 1.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

River Associates is a private equity firm that targets buyouts, divestitures and recapitalizations of lower middle-market companies. River looks for investments in manufacturing, high-margin distribution, industrial services and 'non-faddish' retail companies. The Firm focuses on companies located in the US and Canada with minimum sales of $15 million and EBITDA of $3 to $12 million. River Associates avoids investing in heavily regulated industries as well as start-up, high-technology, commodity or natural resource companies. River Associates was formed in 1989 and is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 28 of 36
Sector (Building Materials) 2 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 14 of 20
State (Texas) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 27 of 34
Year (2018) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-02-26 Action Fabricators

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Action Fabricators, Inc. is a premier converter of custom designed flexible materials, including custom made tapes, adhesives, non-adhesive backed foams and other specialty materials for numerous end market applications, including automotive, medical, electronics, security, furniture, appliance, and general industrial applications. Action provides its clients with cost-effective, value-added custom solutions to meet their specific application needs.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-14 TopDown

United States

TopDown is a premier designer, manufacturer, and supplier of branded automotive aftermarket products. TopDown is the industry leader in replacement convertible tops while also offering a variety of interior soft goods products including seat covers, headliners, carpet and door panels, and Jeep tops.

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