HBM Holdings Acquires Control Devices
October 29, 2021
HBM Holdings has acquired Control Devices, LLC, a Fenton, Missouri-based designer and manufacturer of engineered flow-control products. Control Devices was previously a portfolio company of Goldner Hawn; terms were not disclosed and Control Devices' existing management will remain in place as HBM pursues a buy-and-build growth strategy in industrial components.
- Buyers
- HBM Holdings
- Targets
- Control Devices, LLC
- Sellers
- Goldner Hawn
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Missouri, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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