GED Integrated Solutions Acquires Norfield, Inc.

Guild Garage Group Partners With Dover & Company

April 27, 2026

Industrial Services

Guild Garage Group announced the completion of its partnership with Dover & Company, a long-standing family-owned garage door services provider based in Flint, Michigan. The deal marks Guild’s 30th acquisition since launching in 2024 and its 6th acquisition in 2026.

Birch Hill Equity Partners and Claude Bigras Acquire GDI Integrated Facility Services

March 2, 2026

Industrial Services

Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. and Gestion Claude Bigras Inc. completed a previously announced take-private plan of arrangement for GDI Integrated Facility Services Inc. GDI’s minority shareholders received C$36.60 in cash per subordinate voting share, and the company became a wholly owned private subsidiary of the purchaser group.

GarageCo Acquires Thomas V. Giel Corporation

February 4, 2025

Building Products

GarageCo, a national garage door services platform backed by Gridiron Capital, has acquired Thomas V. Giel Corporation, a Pittsburgh-area garage door products and services provider. The transaction expands GarageCo's Northeast footprint while preserving the local brand and team and aims to drive growth through shared operations and marketing best practices.

Guild Garage Group Partners with The Jaydor Company

January 6, 2025

HVAC & Mechanical

Guild Garage Group, a newly formed alliance of residential garage door service companies, announced a strategic partnership with The Jaydor Company, a family-owned garage door service business based in Norristown, Pennsylvania. The deal brings the Cifelli family's Jaydor business into Guild's platform to support future growth while allowing the family to retain unit-level ownership.

MSouth Equity Partners Invests in GED Integrated Holdings (d/b/a GED)

July 20, 2023

Manufacturing

MSouth Equity Partners completed an investment in Automated Equipment Holding Company, LLC (d/b/a GED), a Glenwillow, Ohio-based designer and manufacturer of automation equipment for the North American window and door industry. The Beekman Group remains an investor and Jeff Reed will continue as Executive Chairman; MSouth said it will support GED's next phase of growth organically and via M&A to build a broader industrial automation platform.

Beekman Investment Partners Recapitalizes GED Integrated Solutions

March 6, 2020

Industrial Services

Beekman Investment Partners IV (through an affiliate) has completed a recapitalization of GED Integrated Solutions, Inc., partnering with GED management and industry advisor Jeff Reed. GED, founded in 1977 and headquartered in Glenwillow, Ohio, is a market leader in intelligent automation equipment, software, parts and service for the U.S. fenestration (window) industry; seller was Altus Capital Partners.