Automotive Color & Supply Acquires Smetzer Paint & Supply

WILsquare Capital Portfolio Company Automotive Color & Supply (ACS) Acquires Ohio Paint Supply

July 1, 2026

Transportation

WILsquare Capital’s portfolio company, Automotive Color & Supply (ACS), completed its acquisition of Ohio Paint Supply (OPS), a distributor of automotive and industrial paint and supply products in Ohio. The transaction expands ACS’s Midwest geographic footprint and strengthens its position in the automotive refinishing and industrial coatings market.

Automotive Color & Supply Acquires Paint Works

December 18, 2024

Logistics & Distribution

Automotive Color & Supply, a portfolio company of WILsquare Capital, has acquired Paint Works, a regional distributor of automotive and industrial paint and supplies based in Tyler, Texas. Terms were not disclosed; the deal expands ACS' footprint in the South (Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana) and ACS will continue operating Paint Works branches under the existing Paint Works brand.

Wesco Group Acquires English Color & Supply from WestView Capital Partners

December 20, 2023

Transportation

Wesco Group has acquired English Color & Supply, a super-regional distributor of automotive paint, equipment and supplies based in Richardson, Texas, from WestView Capital Partners. The transaction expands Wesco's footprint in the southern and central United States; terms were not disclosed.

WILsquare Capital Acquires Automotive Color & Supply Corp.

November 28, 2023

Logistics & Distribution

WILsquare Capital, a St. Louis-based private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Automotive Color & Supply (ACS), a regional distributor of automotive and industrial paints and supplies headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Midwest Mezzanine provided subordinated debt and equity to support the transaction; the Byers family, which founded ACS in 1951, will transition ownership as WILsquare partners with existing management to pursue growth and geographic expansion across the Midwest.

Wesco Group Acquires Capital Paint and Refinish, LLC

May 2, 2022

Automotive

Wesco Group, LLC has acquired Capital Paint and Refinish, LLC, a regional distributor of automotive paint and supplies with eleven locations across Texas, Louisiana and Colorado. The acquisition expands Wesco's nationwide footprint in the automotive refinish distribution market and brings Capital's team and customers into the Wesco organization.

Odyssey Investment Partners Acquires Painters Supply & Equipment Co.

August 17, 2021

Transportation

Odyssey Investment Partners has acquired Painters Supply & Equipment Co. (PSE), a specialty distributor of paint, coatings and related consumables serving automotive refinish, commercial and industrial markets. The deal will support PSE's continued geographic and category expansion and consolidation strategy while the existing leadership team remains in place; financial terms were not disclosed.