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Headquartered in Kansas City, MO, Midland Industries is a distributor and manufacturer of fittings, valves, clamps, hose, sheet rubber, and associated products. The company serves the hose, plumbing, fluid power, oil & gas, OEM, hardware wholesale and other general industrial end-markets.
TRANSACTION
Wynnchurch made its initial investment in the platform, alongside management, in January 2018.
OPPORTUNITY
Midland Industries represented an opportunity for Wynnchurch to create a market leader in the industrial distribution sector, with a broad product offering coupled with a strong customer service and innovative marketing programs.
STRATEGY
Wynnchurch is assisting management with organic growth initiatives and strategic add-on acquisitions to further expand the company’s product offerings and geographic reach.
The Company is actively seeking acquisition targets that are distributors / manufacturers of the following products:
Fittings and valves (brass, lead free brass, bronze, stainless steel, carbon steel, black and galvanized, malleable iron, and plastic), hose, tubing, clamps, and other related fluid power components.