Handgards

Overview

Deal Type Mergers & Acquisitions
Client & Transactional Partners HG Holding Company, LLC (Handgards)
Our Role Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor

Summary

On April 10, 2024, KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM) successfully advised HG Holding Company, LLC (Handgards, or the Company), a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners (WPP), on its sale to Wynnchurch Capital (Wynnchurch).

KBCM was selected to serve as Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor based on its industry-leading specialty distribution investment banking practice, deep industry expertise, extensive financial buyer relationships, relevant transaction experience, and track record of successful M&A execution. This transaction is the third successful sell-side transaction in which KBCM has advised WPP in the past three years.

Based in Texas, Handgards is a leading North American manufacturer and supplier of disposable food safety and hygiene-oriented products for the foodservice industry. The Company sells its product portfolio to an extensive base of broadline distributors, group purchasing organizations, and national foodservice accounts.

Founded in 1984, Wind Point Partners is a leading private equity firm focused on partnering with top-caliber executives to acquire well-positioned middle market businesses to drive maximum value creation. With approximately $7 billion in assets under management, and more than 100 platform companies and 300 add-on acquisitions completed since inception, WPP has a proven expertise within industrial products, business services, and consumer products.

Based in Chicago, Wynnchurch Capital is a leading private equity firm founded in 1999, focused on partnering with middle market businesses to achieve their next stage of growth. With $9.2 billion in regulatory assets under management, Wynnchurch seeks to make equity investments from $50 million to $750 million in companies across the aerospace and defense, building products, consumer, manufacturing, business services, and specialty distribution sectors.

KeyBanc Capital Markets is a trade name under which the corporate and investment banking products and services of KeyCorp and its subsidiaries, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., member FINRA/SIPC (“KBCMI”), and KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank N.A.”), are marketed. Securities products and services are offered by KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and by its licensed securities representatives. Banking products and services are offered by KeyBank N.A.

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