Services

We partner with outstanding management teams, initiate and execute acquisition searches, conduct financial analysis, obtain debt or equity capital, and negotiate to close the acquisitions. After the closing, Emprise Partners maintains a close working relationship with the business to help it grow. We also originate and conduct industry-focused market research in areas of investment opportunity.

Types of Transactions

Leveraged/Management Buyouts
Industry Buildup
Strategic/Add-on Acquisitions
Industries in Transition
Recapitalization/Restructuring

Case Studies

Strategic Acquisition—Monarch Steel Company

Monarch Steel Company is a leading provider of quality flat-rolled steel products serving the automotive, container, lawn and garden, rail car, and truck and trailer industries. In operation since 1934, [ . . . ]

Strategic Acquisition – S&H Industries

S&H Industries manufactures and sells automotive aftermarket tools and productivity-enhancing tools used in the collision repair industry. Products are sold nationwide through distributors and dealers. S&H wanted to acquire a [ . . . ]

Strategic Acquisition – American Spring Wire Corporation

American Spring Wire is North America’s largest manufacturer of valve and commercial-quality wire used in the automotive, agricultural equipment, and appliance industries, produced in its three plants in Cleveland, Ohio; [ . . . ]

Recapitalization / Restructuring

SiMETCO, Inc. was a manufacturer of silicon metal used in the production of aluminum and as a raw material in the manufacture of silicones. As financial adviser, Hanson & Company [ . . . ]

Leveraged Buyout

Federal Hose Manufacturing, founded in 1921, is a recognized leader in the manufacture and distribution of flexible interlocking metal hose, reinforced and non-reinforced industrial ducting, and silicone hose. Hanson & [ . . . ]

Industry in Transition – Market Research

Hanson & Company identified and conducted extensive research on the highly fragmented and dynamic collision repair industry. Hanson & Company then became the majority equity investor in Auto Body, E.R., [ . . . ]

Industry Buildup

FinishMaster, a subsidiary of the public holding company Maxco, Inc., had sales of $23 million from 13 locations in Michigan when Hanson & Company was engaged to assist in making [ . . . ]

Corporate Add-on Acquisitions

Dreison International manufactures proprietary products for the non-automotive transportation industry. Hanson & Company represented Dreison and initiated the acquisitions below: American Actuator, LLC, a manufacturer of a patented “enclosed can” [ . . . ]