RFE Companies
RFE has a successful, 30-year track record in the small buyout market. Our past and current investments illustrate this heritage and demonstrate our consistent focus on growth, operational improvement and collaboration with management.
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- Website:www.plantationproducts.com
- Industry Niche:Business Services
- Description:Merchandiser of consumer vegetable and flower seed packets, seed starting kits (and other seed starting products), as well as lawn seed, exclusively through the retail channel
- Highlights:• Partnered with founder, CEO and majority shareholder
• Continue to build on successful marketing and sales efforts to increase penetration of existing accounts and gain new customers
• Broadening product line to include additional related products such as species-specific plant food, rooting enzymes, soil test kits, etc.
• Considering the addition of new distribution channels
• Actively pursuing strategic add-on acquisition opportunities
Add-on Criteria:
• Smaller companies with a strong brand, but limited distribution, merchandising lawn and garden seed and/or logical product line extensions
- AbelConn, LLC
- Advanced Technology Services, Inc.
- Baxter Manufacturing, Inc.
- Brook & Whittle Limited
- Cattron Group, Inc.
- CBT Technology, Inc.
- Commonwealth Business Media, Inc.
- ConsoliDent, Inc.
- DelStar Technologies, Inc.
- Flow Solutions, Inc.
- GA Communications, Inc.
- Great Clips, Inc.
- Health Watch Holdings, Inc.
- iMedX, Inc.
- Kenan Advantage Group, Inc.
- Lectrus Corporation (formerly Metal Systems, Inc.)
- McKenzie Sports Products, Inc.
- Metalico, Inc.
- Nudo Products, Inc.
- OK Industries
- Plantation Products, Inc.
- Pro Active Therapy, Inc.
- ResCare, Inc. (originally VOCA Corporation)
- Scandura Holdings, Inc.
- ShelterLogic Holdings Corp.
- Sun Healthcare, Inc. (originally Peak Medical Corporation)
- Washington Inventory Service, Inc.