DealerShop and Resilience Capital Partners Acquire Total Tool

DealerShop (with Resilience Capital) Acquires Jobbers Automotive

June 13, 2023

Industrial Services

DealerShop, Inc., together with its private equity partner Resilience Capital Partners, acquired Jobbers Automotive, a Cleveland-based full-service supplier to automotive dealerships and collision centers. The deal expands DealerShop's national footprint and product offering for franchised dealerships and independent service centers across North America; Jobbers will operate as part of the DealerShop family.

Resilience Capital Partners Takes Minority Stake in Leader Auto Resources (DealerShop)

April 1, 2020

Logistics & Distribution

Resilience Capital Partners has acquired a minority (40%) growth equity stake in Montreal-based Leader Auto Resources (LAR), which will rebrand its U.S. operations as DealerShop. The investment will fund LAR/DealerShop’s U.S. expansion — including a planned Detroit-area distribution center and new leadership under Mary Petrovich and Bill Gryzenia — to scale its buying-group and distribution services to franchised dealerships and collision centers across the Northeast and Midwest.

Rhino Tool House Acquires Power Tools & Supply

January 24, 2024

Industrial Services

Rhino Tool House, a value-added distributor headquartered in Concord, North Carolina and backed by Blue Sea Capital, has acquired Power Tools & Supply, Inc., a Walled Lake, Michigan-based distributor of assembly tools and material handling solutions. The acquisition expands Rhino Tool House's presence in Michigan and Northern Ohio and increases local service capabilities for automotive and automation integration customers.

CarData Inc. Acquires AutoNetTools

December 19, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

CarData Inc. has acquired Michigan-based AutoNetTools to expand its automotive photography, videography and window sticker capabilities. The acquisition adds AutoNetTools' specialized merchandising and marketing services to CarData's existing suite of dealer-focused advertising products.

TRP Capital Acquires Diversified Technologies International (DTI)

September 7, 2021

Automotive

TRP Capital partnered with DTI co-founders Chris Wiegel and Kurt Saldana to acquire Diversified Technologies International (DTI) as a new platform investment for TRP V. DTI is an asset-light provider of supply chain and program management for tooling design and manufacturing serving automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers; TRP expects to add value via customer growth and infrastructure support.

Resilience Capital Partners Acquires TSS Technologies

January 3, 2019

Manufacturing

Resilience Capital Partners, a Cleveland-based private equity firm, has acquired TSS Technologies, a West Chester, Ohio-based provider of custom automation systems and contract manufacturing. Resilience said it will operate TSS as a new platform to expand capabilities in highly engineered automation solutions, with a focus on medical device and life sciences end markets; TSS's CEO Marc Drapp will remain in place.