Gryphon Investors' TTDS Platform Acquires Big Chief Inc.
September 18, 2023
Gryphon Investors established a new platform, Thermal Technology Distribution Solutions (TTDS), and TTDS has completed the acquisition of Big Chief Inc., a Cincinnati-based distributor and fabricator of electric process heating and temperature control products. Management (including former President Terry Howe and former CCO Jeff Howe) will retain meaningful ownership; Gryphon plans to accelerate organic growth and pursue add-on acquisitions to scale the platform.
- Buyers
- Gryphon Investors, Thermal Technology Distribution Solutions (TTDS)
- Targets
- Big Chief Inc.
- Platforms
- Thermal Technology Distribution Solutions (TTDS)
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Ohio, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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