Briarcliff Manor, NY – August 15, 2012. Saw Mill Capital is pleased to announce that it has completed the successful sale of portfolio company Pexco LLC to Odyssey Investment Partners. William Blair & Company acted as the Company’s advisor.
Based in Alpharetta, GA, Pexco LLC is a leading multi-site custom extruder of thermoplastic profile, tube and sheet in North America, serving customers in life sciences, industrial and commercial end markets. The Company is one of the largest, independent operators with 170 extruders, 50 dedicated co-extruders and six sheet lines across approximately 920,000 square feet of production space across 10 facilities in the U.S. and Mexico.
“Neil Shillingford and his team did a terrific job expanding the Pexco organization and their capabilities, deploying new processes, and expanding into new products, markets and geographies, which resulted in improving the Company’s opportunities for continued growth on a global scale,” said Tim Nelson, Principal of Saw Mill. “Under the ownership of Saw Mill, Pexco increased revenues and EBITDA over 40% and 75%, respectively.”
“The Saw Mill team was an important corporate development partner to us, introducing processes and approaches that helped us develop and execute on our strategies, and providing access to the resources we required to implement our growth strategy,” commented Neil Shillingford, CEO of Pexco. “I especially appreciated their systematic and practical approaches to strategy deployment, lean business practices, sales force excellence, and acquisitions. Their counsel in these areas accelerated the expansion of our management team and internal processes in ways that fundamentally strengthened our business and improved our future prospects.”
About Saw Mill Capital LLC
Based in Briarcliff Manor, NY, Saw Mill Capital LLC is an operations-oriented private equity firm focused on acquiring businesses with $40-150 million in revenues that can be meaningfully grown organically and through acquisitions. Saw Mill Capital partners with senior leadership teams to make control investments in businesses headquartered in North America. Saw Mill brings capital and unique resources to help companies reach their full potential by working collaboratively with senior leadership to create effective business strategies, implement best practices, and provide global market expertise.