Rubicon Partners

• Rubicon Partners Acquires Erodex Graphite Systems Limited

  March 23, 2026

  Buyer

  Rubicon Partners

  Target

  Erodex Graphite Systems Limited

  Seller

  Erodex family shareholders

  Industry

  Industrial Services

  Location

  United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Rubicon Partners has acquired Erodex Graphite Systems Limited from its family shareholders. Erodex, headquartered in Halesowen, UK, supplies graphite and brass tube electrodes and related EDM consumables used in the manufacture of turbine blades and aircraft-engine aerofoil structures.

• Rubicon Partners Acquires Centriforce

  October 1, 2024

  Buyer

  Rubicon Partners

  Target

  Centriforce (Plastic Recycling Limited)

  Seller

  Exiting shareholders

  Industry

  Building Products

  Location

  Merseyside, United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Rubicon Partners has acquired Plastic Recycling Limited (trading as Centriforce) from its exiting shareholders. The London-based private equity firm will partner with Centriforce management — with Jonathan Pearce promoted to CEO and joining as a shareholder — to drive the company's international growth and scale its recycled-plastic damage prevention product lines.

• Rubicon Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Jacopa Limited

  October 1, 2024

  Buyer

  Rubicon Partners

  Target

  Jacopa Limited

  Industry

  Industrial Services

  Location

  West Midlands, United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Rubicon Partners has acquired a majority stake in Jacopa Limited, a UK supplier of water and wastewater treatment products, hire equipment and aftermarket services headquartered in West Bromwich. Jacopa founders Alex Lloyd and Pete Sargent remain shareholders and in their executive roles; Rubicon said it will partner with management to develop and grow the business.

• Rubicon Partners Acquires O&S Doors Limited

  October 1, 2023

  Buyer

  Rubicon Partners

  Target

  O&S Doors Limited (OS Doors)

  Seller

  Affiliate of Sun European Partners, LLP

  Industry

  Building Products

  Location

  Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Rubicon Partners has acquired 100% of the share capital of O&S Doors Limited (OS Doors) from an affiliate of Sun European Partners. OS Doors, headquartered in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, is a UK & Ireland leader in kitchen, bedroom and bathroom frontal doors and employs around 350 people; Rubicon will work with existing management to further develop the business.

• Rubicon Partners Acquires CMD Limited from Ideal Industries

  October 1, 2022

  Buyer

  Rubicon Partners

  Target

  CMD Limited

  Seller

  Ideal Industries Inc.

  Industry

  Manufacturing

  Location

  South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Rubicon Partners has acquired 100% of CMD Limited from Ideal Industries Inc. CMD, a UK designer and manufacturer of power distribution and ergonomic workstation solutions with operations in Rotherham and a London showroom, will remain led by its existing management team under Rubicon ownership. The deal is the sixth investment by Rubicon through its Fund V and is intended to provide long-term clarity and support continued product development and market focus.

• Rubicon Partners Acquires Avove

  April 12, 2022

  Buyer

  Rubicon Partners

  Target

  Avove

  Seller

  Amey

  Industry

  Industrial Services

  Location

  Lancashire, United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Rubicon Partners has acquired the utilities business, now operating as Avove, in a carve-out transaction completed on 12 April. The stand‑alone business provides water and power maintenance services to customers including Yorkshire Water and Severn Trent; Rubicon has retained the existing management team, appointed Mark Perkins as Executive Chairman, and intends to grow the business leveraging its experience in water, energy and power sectors.

• Rubicon Partners Acquires Consolidated Timber Holdings Group Ltd (CTHG)

  July 1, 2021

  Buyer

  Rubicon Partners

  Target

  Consolidated Timber Holdings Group Ltd

  Seller

  Six director-shareholders of CTHG

  Industry

  Building Products

  Location

  England, United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Rubicon Partners has acquired the share capital of Consolidated Timber Holdings Group Ltd (CTHG), a UK timber distribution and manufacturing group whose businesses include MBM Forest Products and Falcon Panel Products. The investment will support an ownership-management transition for the group's director-shareholders and provide capital to grow both the distribution and manufacturing sides of the business.

• Rubicon Partners Acquires Airedale Catering Equipment Group

  May 1, 2021

  Buyer

  Rubicon Partners

  Target

  Airedale Catering Equipment Group Limited

  Seller

  Rockpool Investments, Minority shareholders

  Industry

  Industrial Services

  Location

  West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Rubicon Partners has completed a majority acquisition of Airedale Catering Equipment Group, the UK market leader in design, manufacture, installation and maintenance services for professional kitchens. Rubicon will partner with existing management (who remain shareholders) to expand adjacent product and sector service offerings, invest in technology-enabled services and pursue international expansion.

• Rubicon Partners Acquires Park Sheet Metal

  July 1, 2019

  Buyer

  Rubicon Partners

  Target

  Park Sheet Metal Company Limited

  Seller

  Stephen Payne

  Industry

  Manufacturing

  Location

  West Midlands, United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Rubicon Partners has acquired Park Sheet Metal Company Limited from owner Stephen Payne. The Coventry-based manufacturer of complex sheet metal components for the niche automotive sector will be led by newly appointed CEO Mark Barge, and Rubicon has committed additional investment and facilities to support further growth.

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