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OK Industries

OK Industries

OK is a leading manufacturer of tools for the electronics assembly work bench, including soldering, rework and fume extraction systems. During RFE’s ownership period, OK completed two strategic acquisitions to expand the Company’s product line of hand tools for the rework of electronic products, then expanded market share and improved margins.

http://www.okinternational.com/

Nudo Products

Nudo Products

Nudo is a manufacturer of custom laminated panels and accessories used in agriculture, telecom, signage, decking, industrial furniture and architectural applications. RFE recruited a new CEO to lead Company upon acquisition, and then recruited several additional senior executives to strengthen the Company’s management team. We improved manufacturing efficiencies, achieved a significant reduction of excess working capital, expanded sales and marketing capabilities including establishing a significant new distribution channel and a larger, more geographically dispersed direct sales force. RFE also helped Nudo complete five add-on acquisitions to expand product lines and enter additional distribution channels.

www.nudo.com

Metalico

Metalico

Metalico is a leading provider of fabricated lead products and operator of a large network of scrap metal processing facilities. During RFE’s ownership period, Metalico completed and integrated ten strategic acquisitions, establishing a strong network of scrap metal processors in contiguous markets and creating the largest non-battery, lead product producer and became a publicly traded company.

www.metalico.com

McKenzie Sports Products

McKenzie Sports Products

McKenzie is a leading provider of forms and supplies to taxidermists used to mount trophies harvested by hunters and fishermen. RFE helped to complete and integrate six strategic acquisitions (including expansion into the fish reproduction market); expanded the Company’s geographic presence through the opening of a new distribution warehouse and the detailed planning of another; streamlined the business by divesting an underperforming ancillary product line; and developed a commemoratives product line to offer as a lower priced alternative to taxidermy products.

www.mckenziesp.com

Kenan Advantage Group

Kenan Advantage Group

Kenan is the largest independent provider of transportation and logistics services to the petroleum industry. During our ownership period, Keenan acquired and integrated five companies (one which more than doubled the size of the Company) to create a nationwide network of transportation and logistics services. RFE assisted in recruiting several key executives to strengthen the management team, helped the Company develop a world class safety program, and supported the initial implementation of a centralized dispatch system.

www.thekag.com

JSI Store Fixtures

JSI Store Fixtures

JSI designs and manufactures high-quality merchandising displays for the supermarket industry focused on the store perimeter. RFE partnered with management to acquire the Company and led the effort to further penetrate the current customer base while broadening the Company’s product line and adding new retail channels. With RFE’s help, JSI expanded its distribution network into the western half of the U.S., acquired four manufacturing facilities including two in the southeast, one in the western U.S., one in Canada, and opened a significantly larger refrigerated products manufacturing facility.

www.jsistorefixtures.com

Health Watch Holdings

Health Watch Holdings

Health Watch was the second largest provider of personal emergency response systems and monitoring services in the United States, providing services through home health-care agencies, hospitals, visiting-nurse associations, home-care companies and state and local governments. RFE partnered with management to acquire the Company from its senior lender following a bankruptcy. We completed and integrated numerous add-on acquisitions, almost doubling the size of the company and more than doubling the subscriber base.

Great Clips

Great Clips

Great Clips is a franchisor of the largest single-brand of discount/walk-in hair care salons in North America. RFE Partnered with the CEO to buyout his partners, then focused the Company on franchise services, as opposed to operating company owned salons. We reacquired the rights to two Master Franchise territories, and the Company grew from 800 salons to more than 2,500 salons during RFE’s ownership period.

www.greatclips.com

Flow Solutions

Flow Solutions

Flow Solutions is a leading value-added distributor of high purity filtration systems and related components to the high tech, biopharmaceutical, industrial, waste water and beverage industries throughout the Western United States. RFE completed and integrated three add-on acquisitions and transitioned leadership of the Company to a new CEO, promoted from within the senior management team, while the former CEO remained a board member.

DelStar Technologies

DelStar Technologies

DelStar is the world’s leading manufacturer of thermoplastic nets, nonwovens, laminates, and extruded components used in filtration, automotive, healthcare, industrial, food, electronics and textile markets. At the onset of our investment, RFE negotiated the acquisition of two companies simultaneously under a tight time deadline to create DelStar. We then successfully integrated the founding companies, expanded capacity, completed an additional add-on acquisition, and helped DelStar successfully enter the Asian market with a start-up manufacturing facility in China.

www.delstarinc.com