M&A Deal Summary

Cedar Creek Partners Acquires Schaefer Equipment

On November 1, 2000, private equity firm Cedar Creek Partners acquired automotive company Schaefer Equipment

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cedar Creek Partners’ 1st transaction in the Automotive sector.
  • This is Cedar Creek Partners’ 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Cedar Creek Partners’ 1st transaction in Ohio.
Investment Fate
  • Schaefer Equipment was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2006 for 36M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2000-11-01
Target Schaefer Equipment
Sector Automotive
Buyer(s) Cedar Creek Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Schaefer Equipment

Warren, Ohio, United States
Schaefer Equipment, Inc. is a producer of forged brake components for the North American railroad industry.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Cedar Creek Partners

Mequon, Wisconsin, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 100M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Cedar Creek Partners acquires profitable manufacturing, distribution and service companies valued between $10 and $50 million with at least $2 million in operating cash-flow. The Firm prefers partnering with management teams when making acquisitions, typically in the form of buyouts and recapitalization. Cedar Creek was formed in 1997 and is based in Mequon, Wisconsin.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 8
Sector: Automotive M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 7 of 7
State: Ohio M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 8 of 8
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-01-01 Art Etc

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Art Etc, Inc. is a screen process printer providing creative arts, design, graphics printing production, and fulfillment services for advertising and promotional projects. Art Etc, Inc. was founded in 1976 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-02-09 Syron Engineering & Manufacturing

Saline, Michigan, United States

Syron Engineering & Manufacturing LLC is a designer and manufacturer of proprietary material handling and sensing devices used primarily within the sheet metal operations of automotive OEMs and suppliers.

Sell -