Owner Resource Group Recapitalizes Bear Paper Tube

Owner Resource Group Recapitalizes Employer Flexible

May 5, 2022

Staffing & HR

Austin-based private investment firm Owner Resource Group (ORG) has made an investment to recapitalize Employer Flexible Management, LLC, a Houston-based professional employer organization (PEO). The recapitalization partners ORG with CEO and co-founder Michael Hopkins and management to support geographic expansion, technology investments and strategic acquisitions; co-founders Chris Dollins and Michael Greathouse will retain continued ownership.

Owner Resource Group Recapitalizes Acme Industries, Inc.

November 11, 2025

Manufacturing

Owner Resource Group (ORG), an Austin-based private investment firm, has completed a recapitalization investment in Acme Industries, Inc., a specialty manufacturer of complex precision-machined parts and assemblies headquartered in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Management, led by CEO John Devine, remains meaningful owners and will continue to lead operations while the capital will be used to support organic growth, invest in equipment and capabilities, and pursue strategic acquisitions.

Owner Resource Group Recapitalizes Standard Iron & Wire Works

January 10, 2022

Manufacturing

Owner Resource Group (through ORG Opportunity Fund III) made an investment in Standard Iron & Wire Works, recapitalizing the specialty metal fabricator. The recapitalization will provide capital to support geographic and product portfolio expansion, manufacturing technology investments and future acquisitions while partnering with owner Richard Demeules and management.

Sky Island Capital Acquires Pacific Paper Tube Inc

July 18, 2024

Manufacturing

Sky Island Capital, a Dallas-based lower middle market private equity firm, has made a majority investment in Pacific Paper Tube Inc., a Stockton, California-based manufacturer of sustainable paper tubes and cores. The deal establishes Pacific Paper Tube as Sky Island's first platform investment in its second fund and is intended to support geographic expansion, operational growth, and add-on acquisition activity while partnering with the founding Wallace family and management.

Owner Resource Group Recapitalizes SURESTAFF

November 2, 2020

Staffing & HR

Owner Resource Group (through ORG Opportunity Fund III, LP) made a recapitalization investment in SURESTAFF, LLC, a light-industrial staffing provider headquartered in Itasca, Illinois. The company's founder-operators Ray Morelli, Dave Mehr and Doug Howard remain on the executive team while Timothy Faber joins as CEO; the capital will fund geographic expansion, technology and people investments, and position SURESTAFF for future acquisitions.

Owner Resource Group Invests in Bill Gosling Outsourcing

December 17, 2020

Professional Services

Owner Resource Group (through ORG Opportunity Fund III, LP and an affiliate) has invested in Bill Gosling Outsourcing, a Newmarket, Ontario-headquartered, technology-enabled business process outsourcing (BPO) provider. ORG will support the company's organic growth and pursue acquisitions to expand Bill Gosling’s footprint across North America and other global markets; Bill Gosling operates nine global facilities and employs over 2,100 people.