Kinderhook Industries Acquires Capital Waste Services from Hawk Capital Partners

GFL Environmental Acquires Capital Waste Services from Kinderhook Industries

November 2, 2023

Environmental Services

GFL Environmental has acquired Capital Waste Services (CWS), a Columbia, South Carolina-based regional waste hauler and Kinderhook Industries portfolio company. The tuck-in deal expands GFL’s Waste Industries footprint across the Southeast (Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee), adding landfills, transfer stations and over 200 collection vehicles to accelerate organic growth and margin expansion.

Kinderhook-backed Capital Waste Services Acquires Priority-1 to Expand Charleston Operations

July 10, 2020

Environmental Services

Capital Waste Services, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, acquired Priority-1 (reported as Priority-1 Residential and Priority-1 Waste) to launch and expand its Charleston-area operations and add both residential curbside and roll-off construction/industrial capabilities. The add-on(s) were financed by Comerica Bank with Kirkland & Ellis advising Kinderhook.

Capital Waste Services (Kinderhook) Acquires Sandlands C&D Landfill of SC

March 17, 2023

Environmental Services

Capital Waste Services, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, has acquired Sandlands C&D Landfill of SC, a Class II construction & demolition landfill and roll-off hauling business based in Gresham, South Carolina. The acquisition includes an on-site transfer station and an in-development transfer station in North Carolina, and represents Capital Waste's tenth add-on to expand disposal capacity in its core geography; a debt financing syndicate led by Comerica Bank supported the transaction.

Capital Waste Services Acquires Superior Sanitation

August 17, 2020

Environmental Services

Capital Waste Services, a Kinderhook Industries portfolio company, acquired Superior Sanitation, a residential collection business in Kershaw County, South Carolina, adding approximately 1,700 subscription customers. The transaction — Capital Waste's third add-on to expand its regional residential collection footprint — was financed by Comerica Bank and involved the sale by long-time owner Denise Dunlap.

Kinderhook Industries Recapitalizes EcoSouth Services

June 12, 2020

Environmental Services

Kinderhook Industries has recapitalized EcoSouth Services of Mobile, LLC in partnership with EcoSouth CEO Jeff Claunch. The investment will support EcoSouth's growth as a platform in the environmental services space, including investments in on-site capabilities and add-on acquisitions across the Gulf Coast.

Kinderhook Industries Acquires Chemtron Corporation from CapitalWorks

August 19, 2019

Environmental Services

Kinderhook Industries, a New York-based private investment firm, acquired Chemtron Corporation, a hazardous and non-hazardous waste management provider headquartered in Avon, Ohio, from Cleveland private equity firm CapitalWorks. Financial terms were not disclosed; Kinderhook said the acquisition expands its environmental services platform and adds Chemtron's diverse treatment, processing and railcar/ISO container capabilities to its portfolio.