Perspectives

Meet our Senior Team in Aerospace & Defense, Building Products & Industrials

Charles de Fels

Charles has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, specializing in the industrial market in France. Through a hands-on, collaborative approach, he advises companies on cross-border M&A, corporate divestitures… Read More

Jeffrey Corum

Jeff provides mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services to companies in the building products and materials industry through his global leadership of Lincoln’s building products focus. He has more than… Read More

Platinum Equity has sold a majority stake in Fabcon Holding Corporation to Solace Capital Partners

Platinum Equity has sold a majority stake in Fabcon Holding Corporation to Solace Capital Partners

Lincoln International (“Lincoln”), a leading global mid-market investment bank, is pleased to announce that it has represented Platinum Equity on the sale of a majority stake in Fabcon Holding Corporation… Read More

Scott Molinaro

Scott Molinaro

As co-head of Lincoln’s building products offering, Scott advises owners and operators of assets on a variety of transactions. He has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, including sell-side, buy-side,… Read More

Building & Infrastructure Market Update Q2 2018

The Lincoln building products index has traded at a premium to the S&P 500 for the last nine years as investors have been willing to pay for the anticipated earnings… Read More

Tesa, a subsidiary of Beiersdorf, has acquired Functional Coatings

Tesa, a subsidiary of Beiersdorf, has acquired Functional Coatings

Client: Tesa SE (Beiersdorf) Client Location: Germany Target: Functional Coatings Target Location: U.S. Buyer: Tesa SE (Beiersdorf) Buyer Location: Germany Target Description: Functional Coatings produces adhesive tape and sealing products

New Enterprise Stone & Lime has sold Work Area Protection to Hill & Smith Holdings

New Enterprise Stone & Lime has sold Work Area Protection to Hill & Smith Holdings

Client: New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. Client Location: U.S. Target: Work Area Protection Corp. Target Location: U.S. Buyer: Hill & Smith Holdings PLC Buyer Location: U.K. Target Description: Work Area Protection Corp, a US supplier… Read More

Frontenac has sold A.H. Harris & Sons to HD Supply

Frontenac has sold A.H. Harris & Sons to HD Supply

Client: Frontenac Company Client Location: United States Buyer: HD Supply [NASDAQ:HDS] Buyer Location: United States Target: A.H. Harris Construction Supplies Target Location: United States Target Description: A.H. Harris is a distributor… Read More

Parksite has acquired Atlantic Plywood Corporation

Parksite has acquired Atlantic Plywood Corporation

Client: Parksite, Inc. Client Location: United States Buyer: Parksite, Inc. Buyer Location: United States Target: Atlantic Plywood Corp. Target Location: United States Target Description: Atlantic Plywood Corporation is the leading… Read More

Nixen, Pechel Industries and minority shareholders have sold Groupe Babeau-Seguin to Ardian

Lincoln International advised NiXEN Partners, Pechel Industries and other historic shareholders on the sale of the Babeau-Seguin Group (“Babeau-Seguin” or the “Group”), leader in the construction of detached houses, to… Read More

OpenGate Capital has acquired Hufcor

OpenGate Capital has acquired Hufcor

Client: OpenGate Capital Client Location: U.S. Target: Hufcor, Inc. Target Location: U.S. Buyer: OpenGate Capital Buyer Location: U.S. Target Description: Hufcor, Inc. is the world leader in the design, manufacturing and installation of movable partitions and flexible… Read More

Swiss Arbonia has sold Schekolin’s metal packaging coatings business to Italian Salchi Metalcoat

Swiss Arbonia has sold Schekolin’s metal packaging coatings business to Italian Salchi Metalcoat

Building supplier Arbonia AG (“Arbonia”) in April 2017 sold the metal sheets and aluminium tubes and monoblocs packaging coatings business of Schekolin AG (“Shekolin”) to Salchi Metalcoat S.r.l. (“Salchi Metalcoat”).… Read More

Guard Hill Holdings has sold S.R. Smith to Champlain Capital

Lincoln International (“Lincoln”), a leading global mid-market investment bank, is pleased to announce that S.R. Smith, LLC (“SRS” or the “Company”), a portfolio company of Guard Hill Holdings (“Guard Hill”),… Read More

JMH Capital has sold Parterre to Tower Three

Lincoln International (“Lincoln”), a leading global mid-market investment bank, is pleased to announce that it represented JMH Capital (“JMH”) in the sale of Parterre Flooring Systems, LLC (“Parterre” or the… Read More

Fulham & Co. has sold EMSEAL to Sika Corporation

Lincoln International (“Lincoln”), a leading global mid-market investment bank, is pleased to announce that it represented Fulham & Co. (“Fulham”) in the sale of EMSEAL Joint Systems, Ltd. (“EMSEAL” or… Read More

One Equity Partners has acquired Intren

One Equity Partners has acquired Intren

Client: One Equity Partners Client Location: United States Buyer: One Equity Partners Buyer Location: United States Target: Intren, LLC Target Location: United States Target Description: Intren is a leading provider… Read More

Equistone Partners Europe has acquired Willerby Group from Caird Capital

Equistone Partners Europe has acquired Willerby Group from Caird Capital

Lincoln International (“Lincoln”) is pleased to announce that Equistone Partners Europe (“Equistone”) has completed the acquisition of Willerby Group (“Willerby” or the “Company”), the U.K.’s leading manufacturer of static holiday… Read More

Building & Infrastructure Market Update Q2 2017

The relationship between existing home sales and remodeling growth is expected to be less pronounced in 2017 due to homeowners staying in current homes and spending more on remodeling to… Read More

Swiss Arbonia has sold Feyco Treffert to Teknos Group

Swiss Arbonia has sold Feyco Treffert to Teknos Group

Building supplier Arbonia AG (“Arbonia”) has sold its global wood coatings division Feyco Treffert (the “Company”) and Schekolin AG (“Schekolin”), including the manufacturing facility in Bendern (Liechtenstein), to Finnish coatings… Read More

HELLA Group has sold its innovative LED outdoor and industrial lighting business to Wünsche Group

HELLA Group has sold its innovative LED outdoor and industrial lighting business to Wünsche Group

In the course of a portfolio optimization in the Special Applications segment, HELLA KGaA Hueck & Co. (“HELLA”), one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers for lighting and electronics, has… Read More

HIG Europe Losberger Glide 2016

H.I.G. Capital has sold Losberger GmbH to Gilde Buy Out Partners

H.I.G. Europe, the European arm of global private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, has sold their shares in Losberger GmbH (“Losberger”) to funds advised by Gilde Buy Out Partners. H.I.G. is… Read More

Next Wave Partners has acquired Roof-Maker

Next Wave Partners has acquired Roof-Maker

Lincoln International (“Lincoln”), a leading global mid-market investment bank, is pleased to announce that it has represented Next Wave Partners (“Next Wave”) in its acquisition of Roof-Maker Ltd. (“Roof-Maker” or… Read More

Duchossois and Chamberlain have sold HeathCo to Transom Capital

Duchossois and Chamberlain have sold HeathCo to Transom Capital

Lincoln International (“Lincoln”), a leading global mid-market investment bank, is pleased to announce the sale of HeathCo LLC (“HeathCo” or the “Company”) for The Chamberlain Group, Inc. (“Chamberlain”), a member… Read More

Marwit Capital and Saybrook have sold Western Emulsions to Idaho Asphalt

Marwit Capital and Saybrook have sold Western Emulsions to Idaho Asphalt

Lincoln International (“Lincoln”), a leading global mid-market investment bank, is pleased to announce that Western Emulsions Corporation (“Western Emulsions” or the “Company”), a portfolio company of Marwit Capital and Saybrook… Read More

Bilfinger SE has sold its Polish and German offshore business units to VTC Group and the Dutch Van Oord Group

Bilfinger SE has sold its Polish and German offshore business units to VTC Group and the Dutch Van Oord Group

Bilfinger, a leading international industrial services provider, divested its offshore wind business units in two separate transactions to the German financial sponsor VTC Group and the Dutch Van Oord Group.… Read More