CapitalWorks Acquires Safe-Way Garage Doors from Brixey & Meyer Capital

CW Industrial Partners Acquires Safe-Way Garage Doors from Brixey & Meyer Capital

December 22, 2021

Building Products

CW Industrial Partners, a Cleveland-based industrial private equity firm, has acquired Safe-Way Garage Doors, LLC, a manufacturer and distributor of residential, commercial and industrial overhead garage doors. Safe-Way was a portfolio company of Brixey & Meyer Capital; the transaction will add another building products business to CW Industrial Partners' portfolio and support Safe-Way's continued growth from its Warsaw, Indiana manufacturing operations.

Brixey & Meyer Capital Acquires Safe-Way Garage Doors

January 8, 2020

Building Products

Brixey & Meyer Capital (BMC) has acquired Safe-Way Garage Doors from The Ellis Company. Safe-Way, founded in 1950, is a manufacturer and distributor of residential, commercial, and industrial overhead garage doors with a manufacturing facility in Warsaw, Indiana and distribution centers in Tennessee and Missouri; the company will continue to be led by Sonny Nemitz and has about 60 employees.

Safe-Way Garage Doors Acquires 1st United Door Technologies

September 5, 2023

Building Products

Safe-Way Garage Doors, a portfolio company of CW Industrial Partners, has acquired 1st United Door Technologies. The add-on transaction expands Safe-Way’s distribution footprint into western U.S. markets and advances CW Industrial’s strategy to build a national building-products platform.

CID Capital Recapitalizes Wiseway

September 30, 2022

Building Products

Indianapolis-based private equity firm CID Capital has partnered with Wiseway (a Florence, Kentucky-based distributor of electrical, plumbing, and lighting supplies) in a recapitalization to support the company’s next phase of growth. Reinsurance Group of America provided financing for the transaction; Wiseway’s president John Cain will continue to partner with CID and the company will implement a formal board to drive growth and profitability.

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.

Lifeway Mobility Acquires Home Safe Homes

January 17, 2019

Healthcare Services

Rockwood portfolio company Lifeway Mobility has acquired Home Safe Homes, an accessibility equipment and home modification provider based in Noblesville, Indiana. Founder Kent McCool will continue as General Manager and Home Safe Homes will operate under the Lifeway Mobility name, expanding Lifeway's coverage and home-modification capabilities in central Indiana.