Chauvet Acquires Kino Flo

Chauvet Acquires LiteGear

January 22, 2025

Manufacturing

Chauvet has acquired LiteGear, the Burbank-based cinematic LED lighting manufacturer, with the merger taking effect January 22, 2025. Chauvet will incorporate LiteGear into a new Chauvet Cinema Group (led by Mike Wagner) alongside Kino Flo to expand its cinematic lighting product portfolio, manufacturing scale and global market reach.

Court Square Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Chauvet & Sons

November 21, 2023

Manufacturing

Court Square Capital Partners has acquired a majority interest in Chauvet & Sons, LLC from an affiliate of Cortec Group (Cortec Group Fund VI, L.P.), with Cortec and management remaining minority shareholders. Chauvet, headquartered in Davie, Florida and led by founder and CEO Albert Chauvet, is a global designer and manufacturer of entertainment, theatrical and broadcast lighting products; terms were not disclosed.

Chauvet Acquires LynTec

March 30, 2023

Manufacturing

Chauvet, a Florida-based lighting manufacturer, has acquired LynTec, a Lenexa, Kansas manufacturer of remotely operated AC power control systems for lighting, video and audio systems. The acquisition expands Chauvet's product portfolio and enables bundled lighting and power-control solutions for live-venue, house-of-worship and pro AV customers.

Kuzco Group Acquires Auroralight

January 10, 2024

Building Products

Kuzco Group (Kuzco Lighting) has acquired Auroralight, a Carlsbad-based manufacturer of estate-quality landscape and architectural lighting. Auroralight founder and CEO Mike Joye is retiring; Kuzco says the purchase expands its portfolio of lighting brands and product capabilities under new Auroralight CEO John Hradnansky.

F&P Equity Partners Acquires Luxxbox and Adds It to Panzeri Portfolio

October 30, 2024

Building Products

F&P Equity Partners, a Milan-based private equity firm, has acquired Luxxbox USA, Inc., a Petaluma-based designer and manufacturer of acoustic lighting and workspace solutions, and will add the business to its portfolio company Panzeri Carlo S.r.l. The add-on acquisition aims to combine Luxxbox’s acoustic lighting products and design capabilities with Panzeri’s Italian lighting platform to accelerate product innovation and expand global reach.

KESTREL Vision (and CVL 3 Americas) Acquire FILTEC from SFW Capital Partners

September 12, 2022

Manufacturing

SFW Capital Partners has completed the sale of Industrial Dynamics Co., Ltd. (dba FILTEC), a Torrance, California-based provider of in-line inspection instrumentation for the global beverage and food industries, to a corporate acquirer identified in some reports as KESTREL Vision (with other sources referencing CVL 3 Americas). Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction transfers FILTEC out of SFW’s portfolio after a period of product investment, go-to-market changes, and global service expansion.