Investment Summary

American Industrial Partners and The Edgewater Funds Invest In Orizon

On December 28, 2020, private equity firms American Industrial Partners and The Edgewater Funds invested in aerospace company Orizon

Investment Highlights
  • This is American Industrial Partners’ 4th and The Edgewater Funds’ 2nd transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is American Industrial Partners’ 36th and The Edgewater Funds’ 45th transaction in the United States.
  • This is American Industrial Partners’ 3rd and The Edgewater Funds’ 4th transaction in Missouri.

Investment Summary
Date 2020-12-28
Target Orizon
Sector Aerospace
Investor(s) American Industrial Partners
The Edgewater Funds
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Orizon

Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Orizon manufactures large complex structural components, provides metal finish processing and fabricates major sub-assemblies for leading airframe manufacturers in the commercial aerospace, defense, space and general aviation industries. The company’s investments in digitized systems/software, proprietary engineering/ programming techniques, advanced machine tools, and automated assembly technologies provides affordable solutions for the largest Aerospace and Defense manufacturers in the world. Orizon is based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

American Industrial Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

American Industrial Partners is a private equity firm focused on investments in North American manufacturing or industrial service companies. For platform acquisitions, the Firm seeks businesses with at least $500 million of revenue and the Firm will consider transactions valued up to $2 billion. Operating characteristics of prospective businesses include historical record of strong free cash flows, opportunities to drive value through operating enhancements, and sustainable competitive advantages. American Industrial Partners will consider a variety of transaction types including leveraged buyouts, structured equity investments, bridge financings, senior debt, carve-outs, take privates, turnarounds, and rescue financings. American Industrial Partners was formed in 1989 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 41 of 53
Sector (Aerospace) 4 of 4
Type (Growth Capital) 1 of 2
State (Missouri) 3 of 3
Country (United States) 36 of 46
Year (2020) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-07 SEACOR

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

SEACOR is a holding company providing transportation and logistics services to support a wide range of business sectors. The SEACOR portfolio includes six wholly owned business lines and eight joint ventures. SEACOR’s Ocean Transportation and Logistics Services segment includes Seabulk, which owns and operates a diversified fleet of bulk transportation, port and infrastructure, and logistics assets, including U.S. Jones Act tankers and a fleet of harbor towing vessels in seven U.S. ports. It also includes SEACOR Island Lines, provider of liner, short-sea project cargo transportation and logistics services to and from the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos as well as Waterman Logistics/US Ocean, which provide global multi-modal logistics transportation for commercial and government customers via a fleet of car carriers and heavylift vessels. SEACOR was founded in 1989 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Buy $1.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-01 ADDMAN Engineering

Bonita Springs, Florida, United States

ADDMAN Engineering is an AM solution provider. Combining the expertise and knowledge of our 20+ mid-size manufacturing companies, we use Additive Manufacturing and advanced technologies to enable customers to have breakthroughs in product development and manufacturing.

Buy -
Investor

The Edgewater Funds

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1991
PE ASSETS 2.8B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

The Edgewater Funds is a private equity firm that targets investments in profitable, middle-market growth companies. Target companies typically have revenues of $20 to $500 million in revenue and EBITDA of $5 to $30 million. The Firm will consider minority and control investments in the form of growth capital financings and traditional buyouts. Edgewater looks for North American businesses operating in a variety of industries. Sectors of interest include business services; financial and government services; consumer products and services; healthcare; IT services and software; and industrial/manufacturing. Edgewater was formed in 1991 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 47 of 54
Sector (Aerospace) 2 of 3
Type (Growth Capital) 6 of 9
State (Missouri) 4 of 4
Country (United States) 45 of 52
Year (2020) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-04-09 Apex Parks Group

Aliso Viejo, California, United States

Apex Parks Group is an entertainment services provider. Apex Parks consists of 14 family entertainment centers include park locations under Boomers!, Malibu Grand Prix, Mountasia, and SpeedZone franchise brands.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-08 Deerfield Agency

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States

Deerfield Agency provides a range of marketing and operational services to pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical clients including multi-channel marketing strategy and automation, creative services, analytics, digital design, media buying and management, salesforce integration and print management. Deerfield Agency is based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

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