The Sterling Group Forms Frontline Road Safety and Acquires Stripe-A-Zone
August 3, 2020
The Sterling Group, a Houston-based private equity firm, has formed a new platform called Frontline Road Safety and completed the acquisition of Stripe-A-Zone, a Dallas–Fort Worth-based pavement marking and striping company. Stripe-A-Zone, long owned by the Sargent family, becomes the first member of the Frontline platform as Sterling pursues a national roll-up in the road safety and infrastructure maintenance sector.
- Buyers
- The Sterling Group, Frontline Road Safety
- Targets
- Stripe-A-Zone
- Sellers
- Sargent family
- Platforms
- Frontline Road Safety
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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