Sky Peak Capital Acquires TriStar Plastics

Akoya Capital Partners Acquires Star Plastics

February 2, 2022

Manufacturing

Akoya Capital Partners acquired Star Plastics, a Ravenswood, West Virginia-based custom plastics compounder, as the anchor investment for a new compounds buy-and-build platform. The transaction was supported with mezzanine subordinated debt and common equity from NewSpring Mezzanine and involved Trinity Investors as a partnering investor; Star Plastics (≈140 employees) will pursue organic growth and M&A to expand its capabilities and geographic reach.

Star Plastics Merges with Trivalence Technologies; Akoya-Backed Platform Expands Capabilities

July 9, 2025

Manufacturing

Star Plastics, the Akoya Capital Partners-backed engineered thermoplastics compounder, has merged with Trivalence Technologies, LLC, a custom thermoplastic compounder based in Evansville, Indiana. The merger is an add-on to the Star Plastics platform intended to expand technical capabilities, product offerings, geographic reach, and tolling services for OEM and molder customers.

Tide Rock Holdings Acquires Pikes Peak Plastics Co.

October 12, 2021

Manufacturing

Tide Rock Holdings acquired Pikes Peak Plastics Co., a Colorado Springs-based plastic injection molder and components manufacturer, to expand its plastics manufacturing capabilities across thermoforming, overmolding and injection molding. The acquisition is an add-on to Tide Rock’s portfolio intended to broaden onshore plastics capability and create synergies across industrial, aerospace and medical end markets.

Sky Island Capital Acquires Scranton Products Inc.

June 24, 2025

Building Products

Sky Island Capital, a Dallas-based lower middle market private equity firm, has made a majority investment in Scranton Products Inc. from The AZEK Company. Scranton Products, headquartered in Scranton, Pennsylvania, is a manufacturer of HDPE privacy partitions and lockers and will serve as a platform investment to support growth and capability expansion across education, government, healthcare and other end markets.

Blue Point-backed Transtar Holding Company Acquires PPi Automotive

June 18, 2022

Logistics & Distribution

Blue Point Capital Partners and its portfolio company Transtar Holding Company have acquired PPi Automotive, a family-owned automotive parts wholesale distributor with three warehouses serving the greater Pittsburgh area. The add-on expands Transtar/NexaMotion Group's general repair distribution footprint in the Northeast and strengthens its aftermarket distribution capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed.

Blue Point Capital Partners Acquires Transtar Holding Company

January 22, 2021

Automotive

Blue Point Capital Partners has acquired Cleveland-based Transtar Holding Company in a platform buyout, partnering with Transtar management and CEO Neil Sethi. The acquisition will accelerate Transtar's data-enabled, e-commerce-driven growth, improve supply chain efficiencies and position the company for strategic add-on acquisitions.