Deal Details

80/20 Is Acquired by Littlejohn

Industrial

80/20, a portfolio company of MPE, sale to Littlejohn

Summary

80/20, LLC (“80/20” or the "Company"), a portfolio company of MPE Partners (“Morgenthaler Private Equity” or "MPE"), was recently acquired by Littlejohn & Co., LLC (“Littlejohn”). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Baird served as lead financial advisor to 80/20 on this transaction.

About

80/20 is the North American market leader in premium, configurable modular framing solutions serving automation, productivity and safety applications across a diverse range of end markets. The Company’s highly flexible product architecture—supported by a suite of proprietary software design tools—allows customers to rapidly design and procure customized solutions for machine frames, robotic platforms, guarding and enclosure systems, material handling equipment, ergonomic workstations and other mission-critical applications. The Company reaches customers through a diversified omni-channel go-to-market model that includes automation integrators, MRO distributors, eCommerce and direct channels. 80/20 is headquartered in Columbia City, Indiana.

Morgenthaler Private Equity seeks to be the preferred partner for entrepreneur- and family-owned companies. MPE invests in profitable, lower middle market companies with EBITDA between $8 million and $40 million. MPE has two primary target investment areas: high-value manufacturing and commercial & industrial services. MPE is based in Cleveland, Ohio and Boston, Massachusetts.

Littlejohn is an investment firm focused on private equity and debt investments in growing middle-market industrial and services companies. With approximately $8 billion in regulatory assets under management, the firm seeks to build sustainable success for its portfolio companies through a disciplined approach to engineering change. Littlejohn is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Industrial

80/20, a portfolio company of MPE, sale to Littlejohn