Owner Resource Group Recapitalizes SURESTAFF

Surestaff, LLC Acquires Cardinal Staffing

September 26, 2023

Staffing & HR

Chicago-based Surestaff, LLC, a partner company of Austin private equity firm Owner Resource Group (ORG), has acquired Cardinal Staffing, a northern Ohio / southern Michigan staffing firm founded in 1994. The add-on expands Surestaff's light-industrial, office/clerical and professional staffing footprint in the Midwest; key Cardinal executives will remain to support growth.

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 Standard Iron & Wire Works

January 10, 2022

Manufacturing

Owner Resource Group (through ORG Opportunity Fund III) made an investment in Standard Iron & Wire Works, recapitalizing the specialty metal fabricator. The recapitalization will provide capital to support geographic and product portfolio expansion, manufacturing technology investments and future acquisitions while partnering with owner Richard Demeules and management.

Argosy Healthcare Partners Recapitalizes O.R. Staffing Solutions

August 5, 2025

Healthcare Services

Argosy Healthcare Partners completed a recapitalization and strategic partnership with O.R. Staffing Solutions, a clinician-led provider of operating room staffing based in the Chicago area. Argosy will support ORSS’s growth and geographic expansion—particularly into the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) market—while ORSS continues to deliver specialized perioperative clinicians to hospitals and ASCs.

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.

ULG Companies Acquires STAFFWORKS Employment Solutions

February 20, 2018

Staffing & HR

ULG Companies, a privately owned national industrial staffing firm headquartered in Logansport, Indiana, has acquired Indianapolis-based STAFFWORKS Employment Solutions. Calder Capital served as the exclusive M&A advisor on the sale; the acquisition expands ULG's geographic reach and product scope in the Indiana industrial labor market.