Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Machinery

Tecum Capital Acquires Kadon

On October 21, 2024, private equity firm Tecum Capital acquired machinery company Kadon

Acquisition Context

This is Tecum Capital’s 5th transaction in the Machinery sector.
This is Tecum Capital’s 83rd transaction in the United States.
This is Tecum Capital’s 4th transaction in Illinois.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	October 21, 2024
Target	Kadon
Sector	Machinery
Buyer(s)	Tecum Capital
Deal Type	Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

Kadon

Rockford, Illinois, United States

Kadon specializes in Swiss turn, milling, lathe, and multi-axis precision machining and assembly for the aerospace, defense, space, and industrial end markets. It is ISO 9001 and AS9100D certified and has over 70,000 square feet of manufacturing space and 100+ long-tenured and skilled employees. Kadon was formed in 1952 and is based in Rockford, Illinois.

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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Tecum Capital

Investor Investor

Category	Private Equity Firm
Founded	2005
PE ASSETS	750M USD
Size	Middle-Market
Type	Sector Agnostic

DESCRIPTION

Tecum Capital is a private equity firm focused on lower middle-market companies across the Eastern-US. Tecum will consider a variety of investment situations including leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, successions, strategic acquisitions, growth capital financings, and recapitalizations. Investment sizes range from $5 - $20 million. Industries of interest include manufacturing, plastics, specialty distribution, technology, healthcare services, defense, food, and business/consumer services. Tecum will not consider investments in start-ups or real estate. Tecum Capital was formed in 2005 and is based in Wexford, Pennsylvania.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	83 of 83
Sector: Machinery	5 of 5
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)	29 of 29
State: Illinois	4 of 4
Country: United States	83 of 83
Year: 2024	3 of 3

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2024-03-14	Shake Smart San Diego, California, United States Shake Smart provides healthy, nutritious, and delicious protein shakes, protein smoothies, acai bowls, wraps, nut butter avocado toast, and more to its customers across multiple dayparts. Shake Smart was founded in 2011 and is based in San Diego, California.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2024-03-14

Shake Smart

San Diego, California, United States

Shake Smart provides healthy, nutritious, and delicious protein shakes, protein smoothies, acai bowls, wraps, nut butter avocado toast, and more to its customers across multiple dayparts. Shake Smart was founded in 2011 and is based in San Diego, California.

Buy

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2025-01-02	Accelevation Miamisburg, Ohio, United States Accelevation is a vertically integrated group of manufacturing companies serving the data center, electric vehicle, and robotic markets. Its primary product line includes hot-aisle and cold-aisle containment solutions for leading data center builders and operators. Accelevation was founded in 2018 and is based in Miamisburg, Ohio.	Sell	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2025-01-02

Accelevation

Miamisburg, Ohio, United States

Accelevation is a vertically integrated group of manufacturing companies serving the data center, electric vehicle, and robotic markets. Its primary product line includes hot-aisle and cold-aisle containment solutions for leading data center builders and operators. Accelevation was founded in 2018 and is based in Miamisburg, Ohio.

Sell

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