Polargy Acquires Forge Racks & Dunnage

Vertiv Acquires Great Lakes Data Racks & Cabinets for About $200 Million

August 23, 2025

Infrastructure

Vertiv agreed to acquire the Great Lakes Data Racks & Cabinets family of companies for about $200 million to expand its high-density, integrated infrastructure offerings for data centers. The acquisition is intended to strengthen Vertiv’s rack and cabinet portfolio and enable pre-engineered, AI-ready solutions across enterprise, edge, colocation, and hyperscale markets.

Winsupply Acquires Forge PolyFab

June 27, 2024

Manufacturing

Winsupply Inc. has acquired Forge PolyFab, a Dallas–Fort Worth–area manufacturer of HDPE fabricated PE fittings established in 2020. The acquisition expands Winsupply's HDPE product and fabrication capabilities to better serve infrastructure and utility markets across the United States.

MacLean-Fogg Acquires Mallard Manufacturing

May 8, 2024

Manufacturing

MacLean-Fogg Company, a family-owned manufacturing enterprise, has acquired Mallard Manufacturing, a provider of custom gravity-flow storage and conveyor solutions. Mallard will operate as a distinct platform within the MacLean-Fogg organization with its current leadership retained as MacLean-Fogg expands its manufacturing portfolio and capabilities in material-handling and warehouse solutions.

GEF Capital Partners Invests Growth Capital in Polargy, Inc.

November 2, 2023

Manufacturing

GEF Capital Partners has completed a growth capital investment in Polargy, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of data center airflow and energy-efficiency infrastructure solutions. The existing executive team will remain in place and the investment will support capacity expansion, product development and entry into new geographic markets; FMI Capital Advisors served as Polargy's exclusive financial advisor.

Novvia Group Acquires Rahway Steel Drum Company

December 8, 2022

Packaging

Novvia Group, a Kelso & Company-backed national packaging platform, has acquired Rahway Steel Drum Company, a Cranbury, New Jersey-based distributor of drums, pails, IBCs and other rigid packaging solutions. The deal — financial terms not disclosed — expands Novvia's geographic footprint into the Northeast and adds distribution, reconditioning and dedicated logistics capabilities to its national platform.

Forged Solutions Group Acquires Steel Industries

November 17, 2022

Manufacturing

Forged Solutions Group (a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners) has acquired Steel Industries, Inc., a Redford, Michigan-based manufacturer of open die forgings and seamless rolled rings. The acquisition expands FSG's forging capabilities, metals expertise and customer relationships across aerospace, defense, space and industrial end markets and will keep Steel Industries' existing management team in place.