BayView Industries Acquires Certain Assets of Alphi Manufacturing

Auxo Investment Partners Acquires Bay Cast Incorporated and Bay Cast Technologies

May 9, 2025

Manufacturing

Auxo Investment Partners has acquired Bay Cast Incorporated and Bay Cast Technologies, a Bay City, Michigan-based integrated steel casting and precision machining business, in a transaction that brings the family-owned business into Auxo’s manufacturing platform. The Holman family and existing leadership retained significant ownership and will continue to run the business as Auxo provides capital and operational support to drive growth and innovation.

Piab Group Acquires Alum-a-Lift

September 30, 2024

Manufacturing

Piab Group, the lifting and industrial automation business owned by Patricia Industries, has acquired US-based Alum-a-Lift, a designer and manufacturer of ergonomic lifting solutions. The acquisition was funded by Patricia Industries (Investor AB) to support Piab's strategic add-on program and expand its lifting automation capabilities and presence in North America.

Piab Group (Patricia Industries) Acquires Alum-a-Lift

August 28, 2024

Manufacturing

Piab Group, a portfolio company of Patricia Industries, has acquired US-based Alum-a-Lift, a maker of electronic ergonomic lifting trolleys, for a total consideration of USD 120 million (cash- and debt-free). The acquisition is a strategic add-on to Piab Group that expands its product offering, geographic reach and exposure to end markets such as semiconductors, aerospace and logistics; Alum-a-Lift generated approximately USD 26m in revenue for the 12 months to Dec 2023 and has ~80 employees.

JD Fields & Company Acquires Alameda Pipe & Steel Company

May 12, 2020

Manufacturing

JD Fields & Company, Inc., a Houston-based oil & gas pipeline and civil infrastructure steel products distributor, has acquired Alameda Pipe & Steel Company (newly branded Alameda Pipe and Fab), a Gardena, California-based steel products manufacturer. The acquisition is intended to vertically integrate manufacturing capabilities into JD Fields' distribution platform and support the company's West Coast expansion.

MiddleGround Capital Acquires Alco Manufacturing from Blue Point Capital Partners

January 4, 2019

Manufacturing

Blue Point Capital Partners sold its interest in Alco Manufacturing Corporation, LLC to MiddleGround Capital; terms were not disclosed. Alco, headquartered in Elyria, Ohio, is a precision turned metal components and fittings manufacturer serving OEM end markets (agriculture, construction, industrial and energy), and under Blue Point it expanded operations, completed add-ons and doubled earnings.

Bayside Motion Group Acquires Alstom Automation Systems Corporation

September 1, 2000

Manufacturing

Bayside Motion Group has acquired Alstom Automation Systems Corporation of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and renamed the wholly-owned subsidiary Bayside Automation, LLC. The acquisition adds Alstom's custom automation engineering, robotics and vision-based assembly capabilities (about $35M revenue and ~125 engineers/technicians) to Bayside's motion control product portfolio to support its Factory of the Future strategy.