Champlain Capital Partners Acquires FireKing Office & Consumer Products Division
March 3, 2020
Champlain Capital Partners has acquired the FireKing Office & Consumer Products Division (FireKing OCP) from FK Safety and Security, L.L.C., a portfolio company of Pfingsten Partners. Terms were not disclosed; Brown Gibbons Lang & Company served as exclusive financial advisor to the seller. The transaction transfers FireKing's office- and consumer-focused fireproof and secure storage business to Champlain, while FK Safety and Security retains FireKing's Security Products and Services divisions.
- Buyers
- Champlain Capital Partners
- Targets
- FireKing Office & Consumer Products Division
- Sellers
- FK Safety and Security, L.L.C., Pfingsten Partners
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Indiana, United States
- Transaction Type
- Divestiture
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