Portfolio Companies

 

Business Services /
    Equipment Rental

 

Aerial Access Equipment

Investment Date: June 2004Baton Rouge, Louisianawww.aae-la.com

A leading provider of heavy equipment rental, sales, and repair services focused on aerial work platforms, boom lifts, scissor lifts and related lift equipment with three locations in the central and southern Louisiana and Texas gulf coast regions.  AAE primarily serves the Alabama/Mississippi/Louisiana/Texas shipbuilding and oil and gas markets as well as regional commercial and municipal construction.

Onsite Equipment Maintenance (Add-on Baton Rouge, Louisiana)


 

Manufacturing /
    Home Products

 

Backyard Products

Investment Date: November 2005Monroe, Michiganwww.backyardbuildings.com

A leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of ready-to-assemble and installed wood-based storage buildings and other outdoor structures. Backyard (dba Handy Home Products and Heartland Industries) has a product line which includes storage buildings and accessories, gazebos, timber buildings and playsets.

 


 
       

Healthcare /
Ambulance Transport

 

Pro Care EMS

Investment Date: September 2005Atlanta, Georgiawww.procareems.com

Provider of scheduled and emergency ambulance transportation services throughout the metro Atlanta market and surrounding regions. Pro Care has both exclusive and non-exclusive contracts with hospitals, hospice centers, municipalities and assisted-living facilities to transport patients.
Tri County EMS (Add-on Jefferson, Georgia)


 


Healthcare /
Ambulance Transport

 

Pickaway Plains Ambulance Service

Investment Date: September 2006Circleville, Ohiowww.ppa.ems.com

Provider of scheduled and emergency ambulance transportation services to both stretcher and wheelchair patients throughout central Ohio. Pickaway has both exclusive and non-exclusive contracts with hospitals, hospice centers, municipalities and assisted-living facilities to transport patients.
Hocking Valley Health Professionals (Add-on Carbon Hill, Ohio)


 
       

Manufacturing/
   Apparel

 


S&S Industries

Investment Date: October 2006Long Island City, New York 

The largest global designer and manufacturer of specialty wire products (underwires) and metal and plastic products (principally rings and slides) used by companies around the world to produce bras and other lingerie products. S&S operates manufacturing facilities in Central America and Asia to supply its customers’ global operations. S&S’ underwires and other bra components are sold to more than 250 intimate apparel companies and apparel retailers in approximately 50 countries. 



 


Business Services /
    Utility Services

 

Sparus Holdings (Southern Cross and Spear)

Investment Date: March 2009Atlanta, Georgia

A leading provider of natural gas pipeline leak detection services to operators of utilities (Southern Cross) and outsourced long-term project management, control, planning and scheduling services (Spear). Pipeline leak detection surveys are mandated on a recurring basis by a variety of federal, state and local regulations with frequency determined by the surrounding population density.

Spear places qualified engineers and professionals within companies that design, build and service specialized facilities.


 

Consumer Products / Recreation

 

ST

Investment Date: August 2007Santa Cruz, California

The leading global provider and distributor of branded surfboards. Surftech is the dominant player in its market niche with unmatched retail distribution capabilities and a proprietary technology that makes its products lighter and more durable than those of its competitors. Surftech has developed a powerful co-branded licensing model with over fifty product designers and athletes in the surf industry.
Strive International (Add-on Santa Cruz, California)





 

Business Services /
    Equipment Rental

 

Airworx Construction Equipment & Supply

Investment Date: January 2004Exited: May 2008Indianapolis, Indiana www.airworxcorp.com

A leading independent construction equipment rental, sales, and repair company focused on aerial work platforms as well as sales of specialized construction hardware with two locations in Indiana.  Airworx’s primary sources of revenue are renting, selling, and repairing aerial work platforms as well as selling construction supplies to construction contractors, developers and industrial companies throughout Indiana. 

Greater Diversified Supply (Add-on Indianapolis, Indiana)
 

Industrial /
    Waste Disposal

 

RACE (Radiological Assistance Consulting & Engineering)

Investment Date: June 2004Exited: April 2006Memphis, Tennessee www.race-services.com

A leading processor and transporter of low level radioactive waste with specialization in processing large components from nuclear utilities.  RACE’s primary source of revenue is processing and transporting low-level radioactive waste for nuclear utilities, hospitals, universities and drug companies.

 
       

Consumer Services /
Wholesale Retail

 

Bucks County Coffee

Investment Date: December 2004Exited: October 2008Langhorne, Pennsylvania www.buckscountycoffee.com

The leading micro-roaster in the mid-Atlantic region with approximately 40 retail locations in Washington, DC southern New Jersey and throughout Pennsylvania. Bucks sells premium coffee in both while bean format and as brewed coffee as well as drinks, tea, fresh roasted nuts and other snacks out of its coffee kiosks, stand-alone locations and through leading grocers in the region.