PAST COMPANIES
Wahl Refractory SOlutions, LLC
Fremont, Ohio
Wahl Refractory SOlutions, LLC
Fremont, Ohio
Wahl is a manufacturer of custom refractory products for the aluminum, steel, cement, and other high-temperature process industries. Wahl produces its custom monolithic refractory formulations in both precast and cast-in-place solutions. Wahl's products provide customers with increased uptime, lower installation cost, and lower lifetime cost. Wahl acquired Whetstone Technologies in 2012.
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Year Founded: 1921; Employees: 60+
Year Acquired: 2006 (Realized: 2020 Strategic Buyer)
Swiss-Tech, LLC
Delavan, Wisconsin
Swiss-Tech is an ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and AS9100 certified niche manufacturer of low-volume, highly engineered, precision machined components for the medical device, aerospace, fluid power, and industrial markets. Through its swiss machining, turning, and milling capabilities, Swiss-Tech produces a wide variety of parts in stainless steel, brass, copper, titanium, carbon steel, nickel-based alloys, and plastics to exacting tolerances of ± 0.0002 inches.
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Year Founded: 1965: Employees 120+
Year Acquired: 2008 (Realized: 2018 Family Office)
Gasko fabricated products, inc
Medina, Ohio
Gasko is an ISO/QS certified manufacturer of non-metallic, close-tolerance industrial diaphragms, gaskets, and seals. These die-cut parts are critical components in automotive, aerospace, fluid power, appliance, and lawn & garden OEM applications
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Year Founded: 1954; Employees: 50+
Year Acquired: 2006 (Realized: 2012 Private Equity Buyer)
RHOPAC, inc.
Libertyville, Illinois
Rhopac is an ISO certified converter of non-metallic materials with a core focus in open and closed cell foams with pressure sensitive laminates. Rhopac manufactures gaskets, sealing and sound dampening parts for the appliance, home improvement, transportation, and medical industries.
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Year Founded: 1924; Employees: 20+
Year Acquired: 2006 (Realized: 2012 Private Equity Buyer)
DEEP Hole Specialists
Auburn Township, Ohio
Deep Hole is a specialty machine shop that provides gundrilling, trepanning, and spade drilling and specialty machining services to customers in the automotive, aerospace, industrial machinery, metals processing, military, and utility end markets.
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Year Founded: 1944; Employees: 20+
Year Acquired: 1999 (Realized: 2008 Family Office Buyer)
Penco Tool, inc.
Ashtabula, Ohio
Penco Tool manufactures large compression and injection molds for the automotive, trucking, construction, and industrial markets. Penco's tooling addresses the molding needs of applications requiring composite plastic and thermoset materials.
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Year Founded: 1964; Employees: 20+
Year Acquired: 2000 (Realized: 2008 Management Buyout)
FREMONT PLAStic Molds & Automation
Fremont, Ohio
FPM manufactures industrial blow molds, twin sheet vacuum form molds as well as secondary fixtures, gages, and automated trim and weld stations. FPM's molds are utilized for automotive fuel tanks and underhood reservoirs, rigid packaging, and home improvement products.​
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Year Founded: 1963; Employees: 75+
Year Acquired: 1999 (Realized: 2008 Private Equity Buyer)
Crown mold & machine
Streetsboro, Ohio
CMM manufactures medium to large (500 to 1,000 ton press) injection molds for the appliance, automotive, and lawn & garden industries.
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Year Founded: 1953; Employees: 100+
Year Acquired: 1999 (Realized: 2008 Private Equity Buyer)