M&A Deal Summary

River Associates Acquires Specialty Fenestration Group

On March 23, 2018, private equity firm River Associates acquired building materials company Specialty Fenestration Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is River Associates’ 2nd transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is River Associates’ 27th transaction in the United States.
  • This is River Associates’ 2nd transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-03-23
Target Specialty Fenestration Group
Sector Building Materials
Buyer(s) River Associates
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. (Financial)

Target

Specialty Fenestration Group

Houston, Texas, United States
Specialty Fenestration Group is a niche window and door platform comprised of two industry-leading brands – Quikserv & United States Bullet Proofing. The partnership between Quikserv and USBP leverages the platform’s collective manufacturing and innovation capabilities to provide a comprehensive, and best-in-class line of security and transaction products to the security, glazing and architectural communities.

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Buyer

River Associates

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 1.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

River Associates is a private equity firm that targets buyouts, divestitures and recapitalizations of lower middle-market companies. River looks for investments in manufacturing, high-margin distribution, industrial services and 'non-faddish' retail companies. The Firm focuses on companies located in the US and Canada with minimum sales of $15 million and EBITDA of $3 to $12 million. River Associates avoids investing in heavily regulated industries as well as start-up, high-technology, commodity or natural resource companies. River Associates was formed in 1989 and is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 28 of 38
Sector (Building Materials) 2 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 14 of 22
State (Texas) 2 of 4
Country (United States) 27 of 36
Year (2018) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-02-26 Action Fabricators

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Action Fabricators, Inc. is a premier converter of custom designed flexible materials, including custom made tapes, adhesives, non-adhesive backed foams and other specialty materials for numerous end market applications, including automotive, medical, electronics, security, furniture, appliance, and general industrial applications. Action provides its clients with cost-effective, value-added custom solutions to meet their specific application needs.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-14 TopDown

North Hollywood, California, United States

TopDown is a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of automotive aftermarket products. TopDown was founded in 1979 and is based in North Hollywood, California.

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