Congruent Investment Partners Makes Equity Investment in AAA Fabrication

Congruent Investment Partners Acquires Swanda Aerospace

March 6, 2023

Aerospace & Defense

Congruent Investment Partners, a Dallas-based private investment firm, has acquired Swanda Aerospace, a fourth-generation, family-owned manufacturer of jet engine test cells headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Waypoint Private Capital served as the exclusive sell-side M&A advisor to Swanda; Congruent said it will work with management to grow the business.

Farragut Capital Partners, ZJM Equity and Broadgate Capital Acquire Accurate Fabrication

August 24, 2021

Manufacturing

Farragut Capital Partners, in partnership with ZJM Equity LLC, Broadgate Capital LLC and incoming President Eric Welak, has acquired Accurate Fabrication, LLC, a precision metal fabricator based in Hartford, Wisconsin. Farragut provided senior subordinated debt and preferred equity from Farragut SBIC Fund II to support the transaction; the investor group plans to use Accurate as a platform for further acquisitions in the metal fabrication industry.

Capital For Business and Konza Valley Capital Acquire A&A Machine & Fabrication

December 31, 2021

Manufacturing

Capital For Business, Inc. (CFB) and Konza Valley Capital, Inc. (KVCI) have completed an acquisition/investment in A&A Machine & Fabrication, LLC, a La Marque, Texas-based manufacturer of high-pressure tubular reactors, coolers and related fabrication and service solutions for the petrochemical and plastics industries. The founders/owners will remain involved in the business while transitioning management over time; the transaction is intended to support A&A's growth, global expansion and employee continuity.

Generation Growth Capital Launches American Consolidated Metals with Three Regional Fabricator Acquisitions

December 14, 2023

Manufacturing

Generation Growth Capital (GGC) launched a metal manufacturing platform called American Consolidated Metals by acquiring three regional metal fabricators: Federal Tool & Engineering (West Bend, WI), BP Metals (Isanti, MN) and Rockford Specialties (Rockford, IL). GGC intends to create a collaborative, one-stop metal fabrication platform to expand capacity, cross-sell capabilities and serve OEM customers across industrial, foodservice and consumer end markets.

Wastequip Acquires Consolidated Fabricators Corporation (ConFab)

February 24, 2020

Manufacturing

Wastequip signed a definitive agreement to acquire Consolidated Fabricators Corporation (ConFab), a family-owned West Coast manufacturer of custom waste containers based in Van Nuys, California. The deal expands Wastequip’s West Coast manufacturing, steel-processing and repair capabilities and adds over 250 ConFab employees and multiple California and Tijuana facilities to its network.

SunTx Capital Partners Invests in Anchor Partners

September 20, 2018

Manufacturing

Dallas-based private equity firm SunTx Capital Partners announced an investment in Anchor Partners, the Dallas holding company for a family of metal manufacturing businesses. The investment will support Anchor's recent acquisition of a provider of proprietary intermodal equipment storage and transportation systems to the U.S. government and position the platform to pursue further add-on acquisitions and scale production; financial terms were not disclosed.