Tencarva Machinery Company Acquires Hoffman-Kane Distributors

Tencarva Machinery Company (Backed by Bessemer Investors) Acquires Detroit Pump & Mfg. Co.

January 9, 2025

Industrial Services

Tencarva Machinery Company, a PE-backed distributor of flow control and process equipment, has acquired Detroit Pump & Mfg. Co., a Warren, Michigan-based full-service pump distributor and service provider. The add-on expands Tencarva's geographic footprint into Michigan and strengthens its industrial and municipal pumping capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed and Detroit Pump's management will remain in place.

Tencarva Machinery Company Acquires Atlantic Valve & Equipment

April 2, 2025

Industrial Services

Tencarva Machinery Company, a PE-backed industrial pump and flow-control distributor, has acquired Atlantic Valve & Equipment, a Richmond-based manufacturer's representative serving municipal and industrial water/wastewater markets across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. The acquisition, supported by Tencarva investor Bessemer Investors, expands Tencarva’s municipal coverage and product line card; financial terms were not disclosed.

Bessemer Investors Invests in Tencarva Machinery Company

November 18, 2021

Industrial Services

Bessemer Investors has made a significant growth investment in Tencarva Machinery Company, a Greensboro-based distributor of pumps, flow control and process equipment. Tencarva's management, led by President Ed Pearce, will remain in place and employee-equity holders will retain meaningful stakes as Bessemer supports the company's next phase of growth.

Tencarva Machinery Company (Bessemer-backed) Acquires Fischer Process Industries

August 22, 2022

Industrial Services

Tencarva Machinery Company, a portfolio company of Bessemer Investors, has acquired Fischer Process Industries (including Fischer Process-South). The add-on expands Tencarva's flow-control product offering with valves and strengthens its geographic footprint across Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Georgia; financial terms were not disclosed.

Tencarva Machinery Company Acquires Tri-State Coating & Machine

May 30, 2024

Industrial Services

Tencarva Machinery Company, backed by Bessemer Investors, has acquired Tri-State Coating & Machine, a Salt Rock, West Virginia-based provider of specialized thermal coating services and rotating equipment repair. The deal will add thermal spray coating capabilities to Tencarva's value‑added service offerings; Tri-State's founder David Thompson will retire and existing management and employees will remain with the business.

Duravant Acquires T-TEK Material Handling

August 26, 2024

Manufacturing

Duravant LLC has acquired T-TEK Material Handling LLC, a Montgomery, Alabama-based manufacturer of high-speed end-of-line packaging machinery. The acquisition expands Duravant's packaging solutions portfolio—adding palletizers, depalletizers, conveyors and turnkey end-of-line systems to better serve food, beverage and consumer packaged goods customers.