Gen Cap America Partners with Management to Acquire Griffin Gear, Inc.

Mangrove Equity Partners Invests in Griffin Gear

November 18, 2024

Industrial Services

Mangrove Equity Partners has made an investment in Griffin Gear, a South Carolina-based provider of industrial gearbox repair, rebuild services and aftermarket replacement gears. Griffin's senior management will remain in place as Mangrove looks to grow the business and pursue additional acquisitions in the gear manufacturing and gearbox repair sector.

Gen Cap America Partners with Management to Acquire Mayflower Sales Co.

May 31, 2019

Building Products

Gen Cap America partnered with Mayflower's management team to acquire Mayflower Sales Co., a Brooklyn-based value-added distributor of premium physical security and storefront hardware. Terms were not disclosed; the company, founded in 1917, sells locks, locksets, access control systems and door hardware to subcontractors, hospitals, universities and government institutions.

Gen Cap America Acquires Eastern Business Forms

August 14, 2020

Medical Devices

Gen Cap America, a Nashville-based private equity firm, has acquired Eastern Business Forms (EBF), a Greenville, South Carolina manufacturer of 903 filter paper used in newborn screening diagnostics. The deal was completed in partnership with EBF management as a platform acquisition; terms were not disclosed.

Gen Cap America Acquires TFM Services

August 3, 2020

Industrial Services

Gen Cap America, a Nashville-based private equity firm, has acquired TFM Services, a Wichita-based facilities maintenance company, in partnership with TFM management. Terms were not disclosed; Gen Cap said it will partner with the existing management team to grow TFM across the region and continue its service offerings in janitorial, floor maintenance and related facility services.

Gen Cap America Acquires Frontier Packaging

January 6, 2021

Packaging

Gen Cap America, a Nashville-based private equity firm, has acquired Frontier Packaging, Inc., a Tukwila, Washington-based manufacturer and distributor of seafood packaging, in partnership with Frontier's management. Gladstone Investment Corporation exited its investment in Frontier as part of the transaction; terms were not disclosed. Gen Cap said the acquisition will support Frontier's next phase of growth serving seafood processors across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

Gen Cap America and Management Acquire Blower Application Company (BloApCo)

January 4, 2019

Manufacturing

Gen Cap America partnered with BloApCo's management team to acquire Blower Application Company, a Germantown, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of shredders, fans, and pneumatic conveying equipment. The transaction is a management buyout aimed at facilitating a transition from retiring owners and supporting continued growth; terms were not disclosed.