M&A Deal Summary

LongWater Opportunities - Private Equity Acquires Standard Merchandising

On December 1, 2015, private equity firm LongWater Opportunities - Private Equity acquired apparel/textiles company Standard Merchandising

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is LongWater Opportunities - Private Equity’s 1st transaction in the Apparel/Textiles sector.
  • This is LongWater Opportunities - Private Equity’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is LongWater Opportunities - Private Equity’s 1st transaction in Iowa.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-12-01
Target Standard Merchandising
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Buyer(s) LongWater Opportunities - Private Equity
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Standard Merchandising

Osage, Iowa, United States
Standard Merchandising designs, manufactures, and distributes several lines of branded and private label hosiery products, specializing in luxury women’s products and athletic and novelty socks. Standard Merchandising was founded in 1922 and is based in Osage, Iowa.

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LongWater Opportunities - Private Equity

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2009
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

LongWater Opportunities is an operationally-focused private equity firm that targets control buyout equity investments in lower middle-market US-based manufacturing companies in partnership with family owner-operators and entrepreneurs. LongWater pursues profitable companies valued between $10 and $50 million. LongWater Opportunities was established in 2009 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 13
Sector (Apparel/Textiles) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 4 of 12
State (Iowa) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 4 of 13
Year (2015) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-10 M3 Glass Technologies

Irving, Texas, United States

M3 Glass Technologies is a fabricator of architectural glass used across a variety of custom building and decorative applications. Through its fabrication capabilities, which include tempering, bending, laminating, CNC fabrication, back painting, and direct to glass digital printing, M3 is able to present a turnkey product offering to its diverse customer base. M3 Glass Technologies was founded in 1956 and is based in Irving, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-05 San Benito Shutter

Hollister, California, United States

San Benito Shutter is a small wood shutter manufacturing business operating as a one-man show out of a residential garage. San Benito Shutter custom manufactures completed wood and poly shutter panels from its purpose-built facility in Northern California. San Benito Shutter was founded in 1990 and is based in Hollister, California.

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