Faribault Woolen Mill Acquires Brahms Mount from SFERRA

SFERRA (Highlander Partners) Acquires Pratesi

November 30, 2020

Consumer Products

SFERRA Fine Linens, a portfolio company of Highlander Partners, has acquired Pratesi, the ultra-premium Italian luxury linens brand founded in 1906. The acquisition is an add-on to Highlander's SFERRA platform and aims to reintroduce and expand the Pratesi brand internationally and via a new direct-to-consumer website.

SFERRA (Highlander Partners) Acquires Antica Farmacista

August 30, 2024

Consumer Products

SFERRA Fine Linens, a Highlander Partners portfolio company, has acquired Antica Farmacista, a Seattle-based luxury home and body fragrance brand. The acquisition expands SFERRA's luxury home offering into the home fragrance and bath & body categories and integrates Antica Farmacista's founders and employees into the SFERRA team.

Hoffmann Family of Companies Acquires Ferche Millwork

September 16, 2021

Manufacturing

The Hoffmann Family of Companies has acquired Ferche Millwork, including its brands Ferche Frames, Firerated Frames and Ferche Lumber, plus 87 acres of land in Rice, Minnesota and Mount Pleasant, Tennessee. Ferche, headquartered in Rice, Minn., manufactures over 13,000 products per year and will continue operating under existing leadership as Hoffmann expands its manufacturing and Midwest footprint.

Midland Industries Acquires Cerro Brass

July 31, 2025

Industrial Services

Midland Industries, a portfolio company of Gemspring Capital, has acquired Cerro Brass from Cerro Flow Products (a Marmon Holdings subsidiary). The deal expands Midland's brass product offering and strengthens its supply chain and distribution capabilities to better serve residential, commercial, and industrial customers nationwide.

The Watermill Group Invests in Musser Lumber Company

May 14, 2024

Manufacturing

The Watermill Group has completed an investment in Musser Lumber Company and its operating subsidiary Musser Biomass and Wood Products, a Virginia-based producer of premium dried hardwood fiber and related converted products. The partnership will support Musser's growth and product development across markets including composite wood products, grilling and heating pellets, briquettes and animal bedding; debt for the transaction was provided by Energy Impact Partners' Credit Group with an operating line from Pinnacle Financial Partners.

Lion Equity Partners Acquires Riegel Linen from Mount Vernon Mills

October 31, 2019

Manufacturing

Lion Equity Partners has acquired the Riegel consumer products division (Riegel Linen, LLC) from Mount Vernon Mills in a divestiture executed by Bravaldo Capital Advisors. Riegel, headquartered in Aiken, South Carolina, is an importer, manufacturer and supplier of tablecloths, napkins, bedding and other linens for hospitality, retail and healthcare customers; Lion Equity plans to position the business for growth and potential add-on acquisitions.