Tinicum Capital Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Profile

In the last 3 years, Tinicum Capital Partners has acquired 2 companies. It has also invested in 2 others.

Tinicum Capital Partners’ most common sectors for investment are aerospace (10%) and machinery (8%). The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (46%) and stake purchase (22%). In total, Tinicum Capital Partners has invested in 19 US states and 4 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2008 when it acquired X-Rite for $155M.

In the last 3 years, Tinicum Capital Partners has exited 2 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (50%). Tinicum Capital Partners’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2000 when it sold Cordant Technologies for $2.3B.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity62
    • M&A Buy Activity42
    • M&A Sell Activity20
  • Total Sectors Invested 26
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 17
  • M&A Advisors 2

Tinicum Capital Partners

800 Third Avenue, 40th Floor,
New York, New York 10022
United States
(212) 446-9300
www.tinicum.com
info@tinicum.com

Tinicum Capital Partners is a private equity group that seeks to acquire control of companies through acquisitions or restructurings or to take minority stakes in public or private companies through equity or debt securities. Tinicum's target equity investment size is between $30 and $150 million per transaction. Sectors of interest include aerospace; HVAC components; medical devices; financial services; specialty industrial products or components; pumps, valves and other process control equipment; specialty machinery; electrical equipment; motors and motion control equipment; specialty metals/magnetics; and media/advertising. The Firm will not consider investments in venture capital, real estate, or unproven technology. Tinicum was formed in 1998 and is based in New York City.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Aerospace, Building Materials, Business Services, Communications, Electrical Equipment, Financial Services, Healthcare Services, Machinery, Manufacturing, Marketing, Media, Oil/Gas Exploration, Real Estate, Retail

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Consolidation, Divestiture, Going Private, Growth Capital, Special Situations/Distressed, Stake Purchase

Geographic Preferences: East US, Midwest US, South US, West US

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 30 150
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 T
Buy (1.2/yr) # 36 2 1 2 - 1 42
vol $192M $192M
Sell (0.4/yr) # 18 - - 1 1 - 20
vol $4.7B $4.7B
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co. 2021-03-02 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Saint Louis, Missouri · www.watlow.com
PAS Global LLC 2020-11-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Houston, Texas · www.pas.com
PRV Metals LLC 2019-08-28 - Secondary Buyout
Denver, Colorado · www.prvmetals.com
Ashby Street Outdoor Holdings LLC 2019-07-15 - Add-on Acquisition
Fayetteville, Arizona · www.ashbystoutdoor.com
Engineered Medical Systems LLC 2019-01-31 - Growth Capital
Bartlett, Tennessee · www.engmedsys.net
Eagle Holdco LLC 2018-06-01 - Growth Capital
, United States
Astrodyne Corp. 2017-11-27 - Secondary Buyout
Mansfield, Massachusetts · www.astrodyne.com
PAS Global LLC 2017-04-11 - Growth Capital
Houston, Texas · www.pas.com
Enesco LLC 2015-11-09 - Secondary Buyout
Itasca, Illinois · www.enesco.com
Kennametal, Inc. 2015-02-01 - Stake Purchase
Latrobe, Pennsylvania · www.kennametal.com
View All >>

Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. 2005-05-01 PennEngineering Motion Technologies 2006-05-15 1
Danboro, Pennsylvania · www.penntoolgroup.com Harleysville, Pennsylvania · www.pennmotion.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Aerospace 1 (7%) - 4 (10%) -
Metals/Mining 3 (20%) 37M (100%) 3 (7%) 37M (19%)
Business Services 1 (7%) - 3 (7%) -
Machinery 1 (7%) - 3 (7%) -
Communications 1 (7%) - 2 (5%) -
Distribution 1 (7%) - 2 (5%) -
Electrical Equipment 2 (13%) - 2 (5%) -
Energy Services and Equipment 1 (7%) - 2 (5%) -
Manufacturing - - 2 (5%) -
Media - - 2 (5%) -
Medical Products 1 (7%) - 2 (5%) -
Test/Measurement Equipment - - 1 (2%) 155M (81%)
Building Materials 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
Chemicals - - 1 (2%) -
Engineering - - 1 (2%) -
Environmental - - 1 (2%) -
Healthcare Services - - 1 (2%) -
Information Technology - - 1 (2%) -
Insurance - - 1 (2%) -
Life Science - - 1 (2%) -
Marketing - - 1 (2%) -
Oil/Gas Exploration 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
Publishing - - 1 (2%) -
Safety/Security 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
Software - - 1 (2%) -
Technology Hardware - - 1 (2%) -
Total 15 $37M 42 $192M

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 14 (93%) - 39 (93%) 155M (81%)
  Florida 2 (13%) - 5 (12%) -
  Texas 1 (7%) - 5 (12%) -
  Illinois - - 4 (10%) -
  Colorado 2 (13%) - 3 (7%) -
  Pennsylvania 2 (13%) - 3 (7%) -
  California 1 (7%) - 3 (7%) -
  New York 1 (7%) - 2 (5%) -
  Missouri 1 (7%) - 2 (5%) -
  Massachusetts 1 (7%) - 2 (5%) -
  Wisconsin 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
  Tennessee 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
  Michigan - - 1 (2%) 155M (81%)
  Arizona - - 1 (2%) -
  Washington - - 1 (2%) -
  Utah - - 1 (2%) -
  Ohio - - 1 (2%) -
  New Jersey - - 1 (2%) -
  Indiana - - 1 (2%) -
Germany 1 (7%) 37M (100%) 1 (2%) 37M (19%)
Argentina - - 1 (2%) -
Netherlands - - 1 (2%) -
Domestic 14 (93%) - 39 (93%) 155M (81%)
Cross-border 1 (7%) 37M (100%) 3 (7%) 37M (19%)
Total 15 $37M 42 $192M

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 7 (47%) - 19 (45%) -
Stake Purchase 2 (13%) - 9 (21%) -
Divestiture 1 (7%) 37M (100%) 3 (7%) 37M (19%)
Growth Capital 2 (13%) - 3 (7%) -
PIPE 1 (7%) - 2 (5%) 155M (81%)
Recapitalization - - 2 (5%) -
Secondary Buyout 2 (13%) - 2 (5%) -
Special Situations/Distressed - - 1 (2%) -
Venture - - 1 (2%) -
Total 15 $37M 42 $192M

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale - Public Company 9 (45%) 4.7B (100%)
Secondary Sale 3 (15%) -
Stake Sale 3 (15%) -
IPO 2 (10%) -
Trade Sale 2 (10%) -
Bankruptcy 1 (5%) -
Total 20 $4.7B

Top M&A Advisors

Legal Deals
K&L Gates LLP
 1
Vinson & Elkins LLP
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $155M
< $100M 1 $37M
TOTAL $192M
Largest X-Rite, Inc.
$155M (2008-08-22)
sell # Total
> $1B 2 $3.6B
$100M to $1B 3 $1.1B
< $100M 1 $6M
TOTAL $4.7B
Largest Cordant Technologies, Inc.
$2.3B (2000-05-25)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
10%
4 (10%)
Strategic(s)
7%
3 (7%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
10%
2 (10%)
Strategic(s)
50%
10 (50%)

Investor Summary

Size

Large

PE Assets

1.6B USD

Established

1998

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Eric Ruttenberg

Co-Managing Partner

Terry O’Toole

Co-Managing Partner

Bill Shockley

Partner

Bob Kelly

Partner

Chuck Crafts

Partner

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