M&A Deal Summary

Champlain Capital Acquires Master Cutlery

On April 30, 2015, private equity firm Champlain Capital acquired consumer products company Master Cutlery

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Champlain Capital’s 4th transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Champlain Capital’s 13th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Champlain Capital’s 4th transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-04-30
Target Master Cutlery
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Champlain Capital
Deal Type Recapitalization
Advisor(s) Capstone Partners (Financial)

Target

Master Cutlery

Secaucus, New Jersey, United States
Master Cutlery is a premier designer and manufacturer of hunting, knives, swords, self-defense, and collectibles products. Master Cutlery was founded in 1981 and is based in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Search 201,292 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try For Free 7-Day Free Trial

Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Champlain Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 140M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Champlain Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on growth capital financings and investments in businesses facing succession issues. The Firm is a generalist investor investor and will consider opportunities in a broad range of manufacturing, service and distribution industries. Target businesses typically have revenues of $10 to $100 million and EBITDA of $3 to $15 million. Champlain prefers companies located in the US. Champlain will not invest in turnaround situations. Champlain Capital Partners was formed in 2000 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 24
Sector (Consumer Products) 4 of 6
Type (Recapitalization) 2 of 2
State (New Jersey) 4 of 4
Country (United States) 13 of 24
Year (2015) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-01 Jenfab Cleaning Solutions

Springfield, Missouri, United States

Jenfab Cleaning Solutions manufactures aqueous-based parts cleaning machinery including cabinet and pass-through models used in a wide variety of industrial applications. Jenfab Cleaning Solutions was founded in 1960 and is based in Springfield, Missouri.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-22 Carstar

Leawood, Kansas, United States

CARSTAR is the largest franchisor of automobile collision repair shops in North America.

Sell -
Mergr

Product

Company

Legal