Beacon Manufacturing Group Acquires Built-Rite Tool & Die

ADC Aerospace Acquires Cast-Rite Corporation

February 12, 2024

Manufacturing

ADC Aerospace, a GreyLion-backed manufacturer, has acquired Cast-Rite Corporation, a provider of advanced die casting and fabrication solutions. The add-on acquisition will consolidate Cast-Rite operations into ADC's Buena Park facilities to expand product scope, increase market penetration across aerospace, defense, medical and automotive end markets, and leverage existing manufacturing capacity.

Akoya Capital and Trinity Investors Establish Beacon Manufacturing Group to Acquire Donnelly Custom Manufacturing

July 12, 2020

Manufacturing

Akoya Capital and Trinity Investors formed Beacon Manufacturing Group as a platform to acquire Donnelly Custom Manufacturing Company, a custom short-run plastics injection molder based in Alexandria, Minnesota. The acquisition is the inaugural investment for the Beacon platform and is intended to support a buy-and-build strategy to expand manufacturing capabilities and pursue additional acquisitions across North America.

Adams Group Acquires Mill-Rite Woodworking Company

January 2, 2026

Building Products

Adams Group, a North Port, Florida-based cabinet manufacturer and installer, has acquired Mill-Rite Woodworking Company of Pinellas Park. Mill-Rite will operate as Adams Group's specialty wood and stone division, expanding production capacity and vertically integrated capabilities for complex commercial casework and stone fabrication.

Beacon Manufacturing Group Acquires Acromatic Plastics

October 4, 2021

Manufacturing

Beacon Manufacturing Group acquired Acromatic Plastics, adding a 110,000-square-foot precision plastics molding facility in Leominster, Massachusetts to support its Beacon MedTech and Beacon Engineered Solutions businesses. The acquisition expands Beacon's cleanroom, tooling and liquid silicone rubber (LSR) molding capabilities to accelerate medical, life sciences and industrial contract-manufacturing capacity and new program launches.

Peak Toolworks Acquires Expert Die with Funding from Granite Creek and Muzinich BDC

February 2, 2023

Manufacturing

Peak Toolworks, an Audax Group portfolio company, acquired Expert Die, Inc., a Georgia-based blade sales and saw-sharpening provider. The acquisition was supported by financing from Granite Creek Capital Partners' FlexCap II fund, in partnership with Muzinich BDC, Inc., with PNC Bank remaining as a lender; the deal expands Peak's service footprint in the southern U.S.

JBC Technologies (River Associates Portfolio Company) Acquires Die Cut Technologies

December 7, 2021

Manufacturing

JBC Technologies, a portfolio company of River Associates Investments, acquired Die Cut Technologies (DCT), a Northglenn, Colorado-based full-service die-cutting and flexible materials converter. The add-on acquisition — JBC's first — closed on December 7, 2021 and expands JBC's converting capabilities (laser cutting, cleanroom production, large-format die cutting), manufacturing footprint, and presence in medical, electronics, automotive, and aerospace end markets.