Guardian Capital Partners Forms North American Door & Dock with Acquisition of American Overhead Door & Dock
June 27, 2024
Guardian Capital Partners has formed a new platform, North American Door & Dock, and completed the initial acquisition of American Overhead Door & Dock, LLC, a Levittown, Pennsylvania-based commercial door and loading-dock services provider. Guardian will scale the platform through organic investment and buy-and-build M&A to expand geographic coverage, capabilities, and infrastructure while retaining members of the Swope family management team.
- Buyers
- Guardian Capital Partners
- Targets
- American Overhead Door & Dock, LLC
- Sellers
- Joe Swope Jr., Joe Swope III, Devon Swope, Swope family (selling shareholders)
- Platforms
- North American Door & Dock
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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