Manufacturing

Helping Owners Sell Manufacturing Companies

FourBridges is a manufacturing investment bank built for owner-led brands. Our consumer M&A team helps owners of outdoor products, apparel, flooring, retail and restaurant businesses sell with confidence. From the first valuation to the final close, we find the right buyer for you.

Manufacturing & Industrials

Manufacturing

When you’re marketing to consumers, you’ve got a lot of balls in the air: navigating fickle consumer tastes, keeping pace with changing trends, finding the right stores and distribution channels, managing your brand. And when your business reaches a crossroads — whether you’re thinking about selling, looking for a growth platform, or considering an acquisition — those challenges are amplified.

We know, because in past lives, we’ve served as owners-operators in consumer-facing businesses at pivotal moments. And at FourBridges, we’ve successfully navigated deals across every kind of Consumer Goods and Services sector (with a lot of happy clients to show for it).

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Sectors

Restaurants & Hospitality

Retail/E-Commerce

Outdoor Products

Floorcovering

Apparel

Browse a sampling of transactions completed by FourBridges partners.

RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: McKee Foods is the manufacturer of Little Debbie snack cakes.

The buyer: Drake’s® is a historic American snack cake brand.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: AlChem/CalCHEM is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals.

The buyer: USALCO is a leading provider of high-quality aluminum-based chemicals.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: DPI manufactures long-lasting, custom-engineered components used in a variety of applications.

The buyer: GreenLiner manufactures and supplies truck bed mats as original equipment.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: Available Plastics, Inc. is a Huntsville, AL-based plastics manufacturer.

The buyer: A group of private investors.

 

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client:American Bedding Manufacturers, Inc. is a family owned company founded in 1997 in Athens, TN.

The buyer:Valesco is a Dallas, TX based private equity firm that focuses on making control & non-control investments.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: McKee Foods is America’s largest family bakery founded in 1934.

The buyer: McKee successfully accelerated the company’s growth and expansion.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: IER is a manufacturer of custom products used for power distribution & motor controls.

The buyer: Chicago Switchboard has been a leader in quick-ship, custom built electrical distribution equipment.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: Mills Products is a home appliance manufacturer supplier.

The buyer: Logic Capital Partners invests primarily in the manufacturing and distribution business sectors.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: Challenger was founded in 1983 by Steve White.

The buyer: TenCate develops, produces & markets synthetic turf components.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: Yamamoto ships over 2.5 million lures annually and is one of themost recognized brands in the fishing industry.
The buyer: GSM is a portfolio company of Gridiron Capital, a $5 billion private equity firm.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: JKB is a leading precision contract manufacturer in the medical device industry.
The buyer: Sandvik AB (ST: SAND) is an $11.3B publicly-traded Swedish corporation.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: Bohr is a second-generation family business that specializes in PTC & engineering solutions.
The buyer: Alderman Holdings is an investment firm focused on “old economy” companies.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: Dixie is a provider of label/tag solutions, with a strong presence in the flooring sector.
The buyer: A holding company with operations in the label, decal and tag segments of the printing industry.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: Hasko manufactures production machinery for the wood flooring industry.
The buyer: Iron Range is a Chicago-based private equity firm.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: Greenscapes manufactures home and outdoor products.
The buyer: Hanes is a division of Leggett & Platt (NYSE: LEG), a $3.9 billion company.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: Milner Milling (Grain Craft) is the 3rd largest flour milling company in the US.

The buyer: Cereal Food Processors was the largest independent milling company.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: INCA was a pioneer in the development of the plastic fuel tank industry.

The buyer: SeaStar Solutions is a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: Southern Water Consultants, Inc. is a specialty chemical manufacturer.

The buyer: General Chemical Performance Products has a market for water treatment chemicals.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: Remington designs and manufactures automotive floor mats & accessories.

The buyer: UPS Capital provided an asset-based lending facility.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: Robbins was one of the nation’s oldest and largest rubber compounding producers.
The buyer: Grey Mountain Partners is a private equity group from Boulder, CO.

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RestorePro Reconstruction, Inc.

Our client: Founded in 1998, Foxmark offered a mix of static and scrolling displays in over 120 malls in the United States.

The result: Significant growth opportunities were provided for the employees of Foxmark.

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