{"id":14821,"date":"2025-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/transaction\/livingstone-cuts-deal-for-leading-industrial-mro-distributor\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:39:36","slug":"livingstone-cuts-deal-for-leading-industrial-mro-distributor","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/es\/transaction\/livingstone-cuts-deal-for-leading-industrial-mro-distributor\/","title":{"rendered":"Livingstone cierra un acuerdo con un especialista l\u00edder en cuchillas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>El equipo Industrial de Livingstone ha asesorado a&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/americancuttingedge.com\/\"><strong>American Cutting Edge<\/strong><\/a><strong> (\u00abACE\u00bb o la \u00abCompa\u00f1\u00eda\u00bb) en su venta a <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/pfingsten.com\/\"><strong>Pfingsten Partners, L.L.C.<\/strong><\/a><strong> (Pfingsten). Livingstone actu\u00f3 como asesor financiero exclusivo de ACE. Los t\u00e9rminos de la operaci\u00f3n no han sido revelados.<\/strong><\/p><p>Con sede en Miamisburg, Ohio, y una instalaci\u00f3n adicional en Akron, Ohio, ACE vende sus productos bajo las marcas American Cutting Edge, Better Tools y Great Lakes Industrial Knife. Adem\u00e1s de distribuir cuchillos, hojas y navajas, la empresa tambi\u00e9n ofrece servicios de valor a\u00f1adido, como afilado, grabado y gesti\u00f3n de inventarios. ACE vende a usuarios finales, distribuidores y fabricantes de equipos originales dentro de los mercados finales del reciclaje, la transformaci\u00f3n, la instalaci\u00f3n de suelos, la producci\u00f3n de pl\u00e1stico, la alimentaci\u00f3n y el embalaje, el cuidado de \u00e1rboles y el tiro con arco.<\/p><p><em>\u00abLivingstone dirigi\u00f3 un amplio proceso de subasta global que gener\u00f3 un inter\u00e9s sustancial por parte de un amplio conjunto de inversores potenciales. Desde el principio hasta el final, el asesoramiento del equipo de Livingstone, la gesti\u00f3n del proceso y el apoyo anal\u00edtico dieron un resultado excepcional para nuestra familia. Estamos orgullosos de haber encontrado en Pfingsten el socio adecuado para construir sobre la larga historia de la Compa\u00f1\u00eda y mantener el legado de la familia Biehn\u00bb<\/em>, dijo<strong> Chuck Biehn, Fundador de ACE.<\/strong><\/p><p>Pfingsten es una firma de private equity con un enfoque operativo, fundada en 1989. Desde su sede en Chicago, la entidad construye mejores empresas a trav\u00e9s de perfeccionamientos operativos, pr\u00e1cticas profesionales de gesti\u00f3n, capacidades globales y crecimiento empresarial rentable. Desde que complet\u00f3 su primera inversi\u00f3n en 1991, Pfingsten ha recaudado seis fondos de inversi\u00f3n con unos compromisos totales de aproximadamente 1.800 millones de d\u00f3lares y ha adquirido 173 empresas de fabricaci\u00f3n, distribuci\u00f3n y servicios empresariales.<\/p><p>ACE seguir\u00e1 estando dirigida por <strong>Gregory Billhardt, presidente y consejero delegado<\/strong> de la empresa. <em>\u00abEl equipo directivo est\u00e1 entusiasmado con la inversi\u00f3n de Pfingsten en la empresa, y seguimos comprometidos con mantener el elevado nivel de servicio, la profunda experiencia en el sector y la atenci\u00f3n que esperan nuestros clientes\u00bb,&nbsp;declar\u00f3 Gregory.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u00abFundada hace m\u00e1s de 60 a\u00f1os, ACE es el distribuidor l\u00edder del mercado de cuchillos, navajas y cuchillas industriales que sirve a una amplia gama de mercados finales con precisi\u00f3n, fiabilidad y disponibilidad\u00bb<\/em>, coment\u00f3 <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/es\/team\/andrew-isgrig\/\"><strong>Andrew Isgrig<\/strong><\/a><strong>, codirector del \u00e1rea Industrial de Livingstone<\/strong>. <em>\u00abLEste exitoso resultado demuestra el atractivo de los distribuidores de productos consumibles de alto margen con diversos mercados finales y un importante potencial de crecimiento al alza en los mercados existentes y nuevos\u00bb, a\u00f1adi\u00f3.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u00abACE ha construido un impresionante legado en la industria de las cuchillas industriales, y su nueva asociaci\u00f3n con Pfingsten marca un nuevo y excitante cap\u00edtulo de oportunidades. Estamos orgullosos de haber ayudado al equipo de ACE a encontrar un socio con ideas afines y comprometido a apoyar su visi\u00f3n y crecimiento a largo plazo\u00bb<\/em>, declar\u00f3 <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/es\/team\/david-modiano\/\"><strong>David Modiano<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Director de Livingstone.<\/strong><\/p><p>Esta operaci\u00f3n es la \u00faltima en el creciente curr\u00edculum de Livingstone en operaciones de distribuci\u00f3n industrial. Otras operaciones destacadas incluyen el asesoramiento a<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/es\/transactions\/ives-equipment-corporation-ha-sido-vendida-a-motion-control-enterprises\/\"><strong> Ives Equipment Corporation en su venta a MCE<\/strong><\/a> (sociedad de cartera de Frontenac), la venta de AC Controls a Kele, Inc. (sociedad de cartera de The Stephens Group), la <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/es\/transactions\/dwyeromega-respaldada-por-arcline-adquiere-miljoco\/\"><strong>adquisici\u00f3n de Miljoco por parte de Dwyer Omega <\/strong><\/a>(sociedad de la cartera de Arcline Investment Management), y <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/es\/transactions\/livingstone-asesora-a-engineered-specialty-products\/\"><strong>la venta de Engineered Specialty Products, Inc.<\/strong><\/a> (sociedad de cartera de Tonka Bay Equity Partners) a Flow Control Group (sociedad de cartera de KKR). Nuestras relaciones con los principales compradores estrat\u00e9gicos y de capital riesgo, nuestro enfoque basado en datos y nuestra creatividad en las operaciones son factores diferenciadores clave que permiten a nuestro equipo de distribuci\u00f3n industrial ofrecer excelentes resultados a nuestros clientes.<\/p><p>Auman Mahan Furry actu\u00f3 como asesor jur\u00eddico y Plante &amp; Moran, PLLC prest\u00f3 servicios contables relacionados con la transacci\u00f3n a ACE en relaci\u00f3n con esta operaci\u00f3n. Paul Hastings LLP actu\u00f3 como asesor jur\u00eddico de Pfingsten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asesora a ACE en su venta a Pfingsten Partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2319,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"client-type":[],"region":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"transaction-type":[],"class_list":["post-14821","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"team_members":[1782,1722],"date":"20250418","client_type":46,"type":[1022],"region":[402],"services":[462],"sectors":[844,884],"related_transactions":[16474,16435,16356],"related_testimonials":[53194],"contacts":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Livingstone cierra un acuerdo con un especialista l\u00edder en cuchillas - Livingstone Partners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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