Brixey & Meyer Capital Acquires Unistrut Midwest

NEFCO Acquires Unistrut Midwest from Brixey & Meyer Capital

December 20, 2024

Building Products

NEFCO has acquired Unistrut Midwest, a Cincinnati-based provider of modular steel support systems, from Brixey & Meyer Capital. The transaction closed on December 20, 2024; NEFCO intends to integrate Unistrut Midwest’s value‑added distribution, fabrication and regional footprint to enhance its specialty construction trade offering.

Brixey & Meyer Capital Acquires Smith Equipment Solutions

November 6, 2024

Automotive

Brixey & Meyer Capital (BMC) has acquired Smith Equipment Solutions, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based provider of sales, installation and field service for automotive aftermarket shop equipment. The transaction — closed October 31, 2024 — is BMC's second add-on to its automotive equipment platform (following its recent ProMain purchase) and the sellers, Wil and Emily Smith, will retain an ownership stake.

Brixey & Meyer Capital Acquires Access Control Systems

July 9, 2020

Electrical Services

Brixey & Meyer Capital (BMC) acquired Access Control Systems (ACS), a Nashville-based value-added distributor, integrator and installer of access control, gate automation, parking control and surveillance systems. The company was acquired from founders Dewayne and Allison Clayton; ACS will be led operationally by Dewayne Clayton with Chad Colony named CEO to drive strategic growth including acquisitions and geographic expansion.

Brixey & Meyer Capital Acquires Universal Distribution Group (UDG)

June 13, 2025

Automotive

Brixey & Meyer Capital (BMC) has acquired Universal Distribution Group (UDG), a Charlotte-based provider of aftermarket automotive shop equipment, installation, and field service. The deal is an add-on to BMC's automotive shop equipment platform—UDG's founder Josh Lyerly retains a stake and will remain in a leadership role—expanding the platform's geographic coverage and heavy-duty/collision repair capabilities across the Southeast.

Brixey & Meyer Capital Acquires Gateway Distribution

March 11, 2020

Transportation

Brixey & Meyer Capital (BMC) has acquired Gateway Distribution, a Cincinnati-based niche LTL carrier and consolidator focused on specialty cargo such as light poles and flag poles. The acquisition expands BMC's transportation portfolio within its Growth Fund II and keeps Gateway's existing management team in place to continue operations from its Cincinnati headquarters.

Brixey & Meyer Capital Acquires Professional Maintenance & Equipment, Inc.

October 29, 2024

Automotive

Brixey & Meyer Capital (BMC), a Cincinnati-based private investment firm, has acquired Professional Maintenance & Equipment, Inc. (PME), a Wade, North Carolina-based distributor and service provider of aftermarket automotive shop equipment. PME's founders Mark and Steven Holden will remain in leadership roles and retain ownership stakes as BMC positions PME for geographic and service/product expansion as part of a broader aftermarket automotive equipment investment strategy.