Capital For Business
Capital For Business, Inc. is a private equity investment firm based in St. Louis, Missouri, with an additional office in Kansas City. Founded in 1959, the firm focuses on investing in middle-market, family-owned businesses, particularly in the manufacturing and value-added industrial services sectors. Capital For Business specializes in various investment strategies, including management buyouts, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and corporate divestitures, while avoiding sectors such as real estate, financial institutions, and unproven technologies. The firm typically invests between $500,000 and $30 million in companies with revenues ranging from $10 million to $100 million and targets enterprise values between $5 million and $100 million. It has a patient investment approach, generally holding investments for five to seven years, and actively seeks to participate in the management of its portfolio companies by taking board positions. Capital For Business also leverages its extensive network within the private equity community to support its investments and facilitate follow-on funding when necessary.
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6 past transactions
Lake Air Metal Companies
Acquisition in 2017
Lake Air Metal Companies is a source metal supplier with fabrication, metal stamping, precision machining, welding, and paints services.
Vanguard Graphics International
Private Equity Round in 2013
Vanguard Graphics International provides prepress solutions to the specialty, short-run printing segment of the graphic communications industry. Vanguard Graphics provides computer-to-plate equipment, services, consumables, and software.
WCS Industries
Acquisition in 2013
WCS Industries, also known as Wisconsin Coil Spring, LLC, is a full-service manufacturer specializing in high-quality precision components, including compression, extension, garter, and torsion springs, as well as wire forms and flat forms. The company serves a diverse array of end markets such as automotive, aerospace, consumer products, construction equipment, lawn and garden, and electrical power systems. WCS Industries focuses on delivering custom-designed metal components and offers a wide range of products, including mechanical springs, cold-headed items, specialty fasteners, and machined parts. By providing these high-quality solutions, the company enables clients to enhance product quality while strategically managing costs.
Preston Eastin
Acquisition in 2008
Preston Eastin is a company that specializes in the design and manufacture of welding equipment. Their product line includes manual, electric, and robotic welding positioners and manipulators. These products are used across various industries such as aerospace, aviation, automotive, transportation, and shipbuilding. Preston Eastin's offerings include floor turntables, robot transport units, skyhooks, Ferris wheel positioners, and welding floor turntables. The company aims to enhance productivity, improve safety, and ensure higher quality for its clients through these innovative solutions.
Affiliated Metals Company
Venture Round in 1997
Affiliated Metals, a Bralco Metals Company, is the premier Stainless Steel and Aluminum metals distributor along the Wasatch Front.
Clarion Industries
Venture Round in 1997
Clarion Industries, LLC is a manufacturer and distributor of fiberboard and laminate flooring products, specializing in both medium density fiberboard (MDF) and high density fiberboard (HDF). Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Shippenville, Pennsylvania, with an additional facility in Raleigh, North Carolina, the company produces MDF for a variety of applications including furniture, cabinets, door parts, moldings, and millwork. HDF primarily serves as a substrate for flooring products such as laminate and engineered wood flooring. Clarion Industries operates as a subsidiary of Kaindl Invest GmbH.
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