M&A Deal Summary

May River Capital Acquires Marion Process Solutions

On December 31, 2018, private equity firm May River Capital acquired machinery company Marion Process Solutions

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is May River Capital’s 7th transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is May River Capital’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is May River Capital’s 1st transaction in Iowa.
Investment Fate
  • Marion Process Solutions was sold to a strategic buyer in 2019.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-12-31
Target Marion Process Solutions
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) May River Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Marion Process Solutions

Marion, Iowa, United States
Marion Process Solutions manufactures industrial mixers and blenders, as well as microwave vacuum drying systems, for customers in the food, nutraceutical, mineral, plastic, chemical, and biomass industries. Marion Process Solutions was founded in 1938 and is based in Marion, Iowa.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

May River Capital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2012
PE ASSETS 500M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

May River Capital is a Midwest US-based private equity firm focused primarily on control investments in profitable mid-sized companies located throughout North America. The Firm targets management buyouts, divestitures, recapitalizations, and ownership succession situations. Prospective companies generally have at least $3 million of EBITDA and valued up to $150 million. Sectors of interest include manufacturing, distribution, energy services, industrial, and non-branded consumer goods. May River Capital was founded in 2012 and is based in Chicago.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 18
Sector: Machinery M&A 7 of 10
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 3 of 9
State: Iowa M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 8 of 18
Year: 2018 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-01 Hunt Valve

Salem, Ohio, United States

Hunt Valve specializes in severe-duty valves and complementary engineered components and system solutions for applications that include primary metals (steel, aluminum), energy (nuclear, hydro, downstream oil & gas), process (chemical), and U. S. Navy nuclear-powered vessels, including all submarines and carriers in operation as well as the Virginia Class, Ford Class, and Columbia Class. Hunt Valve was founded in 1919 and is based in Salem, Ohio.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-08-07 Pride Engineering

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Pride Engineering designs and manufactures engineered, mission-critical, multi-piece machine tools and related equipment for the front-end production of two-piece food and beverage cans. Pride Engineering is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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