Owner Resource Group Recapitalizes Standard Iron & Wire Works

The Premier Group LLC Acquires Standard Iron and Steel Company

August 20, 2023

Manufacturing

The Premier Group LLC has acquired Standard Iron and Steel Company of Joplin, Missouri from long-time owner Jay Rosenberg. IAG M&A Advisors represented Rosenberg in a confidential sale process that took roughly 2 years and 4 months to complete as the founder sought a successor and exit.

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 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 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.

Standard Iron Acquires Helgesen Industries

August 5, 2024

Manufacturing

Standard Iron, a heavy metal fabricator majority-owned by Owner Resource Group, has acquired Helgesen Industries, a manufacturer of fluid conditioning tanks and other engineered fabrications. The deal — an add-on to Standard Iron's platform — expands manufacturing capabilities and geographic footprint (Helgesen operates in Wisconsin, Poland and Brazil) and closed on August 2, 2024.

Owner Resource Group Recapitalizes Bear Paper Tube

September 29, 2025

Packaging

Owner Resource Group (ORG), an Austin-based private investment firm, has completed a partnership recapitalization with Bear Paper Tube, LLC, a specialty manufacturer of industrial paper tubes and cores headquartered in Dalton, Georgia. ORG will partner with co-founders Michael Wise and Brian Clark and the existing management team to support geographic and end-market expansion and further investment in manufacturing capabilities, while the co-founders retain significant ownership and continue to lead the business.