{"id":12115,"date":"2015-10-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/transaction\/livingstone-grinds-solution-for-precision-machining-pioneer\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:14:46","slug":"livingstone-grinds-solution-for-precision-machining-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/it\/transaction\/livingstone-grinds-solution-for-precision-machining-pioneer\/","title":{"rendered":"Livingstone affina soluzioni per la societ\u00e0 leader nel precision machining, Abrasive-Form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Livingstone, societ\u00e0 internazionale specializzata in M&amp;A e debt advisory per il mid-market, \u00e8 lieta di annunciare la vendita di Abrasive-Form, Inc. (&#8220;Abrasive-Form&#8221;) a Calvert Street Capital Partners (&#8220;Calvert Street&#8221;). I termini della transazione non sono stati resi noti.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fondata nel 1976 e con sede a Bloomingdale, Illinois, Abrasive-Form \u00e8 uno dei principali produttori indipendenti al mondo di &#8220;precision creep-feed grinding&#8221; (rettifica ad alta precisione), servendo i settori delle turbine industriali a gas (IGT), aerospaziale, automobilistico e industriale. Il portafoglio prodotti dell\u2019azienda comprende oltre 400 componenti metallici personalizzati, tra cui palette e vani di turbine, carter, rotori e pignoni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karl Freimuth<\/strong>, <strong>Director di<\/strong> <strong>Livingstone<\/strong>, ha dichiarato: <em>&#8220;Sotto la guida di Ken Kummer, John Harig e del team di gestione di Abrasive-Form, l\u2019azienda ha raggiunto una posizione di leadership globale nel settore di nicchia del precision form grinding. Siamo orgogliosi di aver assistito Abrasive-Form in questa vendita di successo e di aver individuato in Calvert Street il partner ideale per sostenere il piano di crescita ambizioso della societ\u00e0.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calvert Street, sin dalla sua fondazione nel 1995, si \u00e8 concentrata sulla collaborazione con imprenditori e manager di aziende a conduzione familiare e ha identificato Abrasive-Form come una priorit\u00e0 di investimento gi\u00e0 nelle prime fasi del processo di vendita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John Harig, Presidente di Abrasive-Form<\/strong>, ha aggiunto: <em>&#8220;Siamo entusiasti di aver trovato un partner che condivide la nostra visione per la prossima evoluzione di Abrasive-Form. Grazie al loro orientamento alla crescita e alla loro esperienza operativa, Calvert Street ci aiuter\u00e0 ad accelerare l\u2019implementazione del nostro piano strategico per servire meglio la nostra clientela globale.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ken Kummer, Fondatore e CEO di Abrasive-Form<\/strong>, ha commentato: <em>&#8220;Il team Industrial di Livingstone ha approfondito le complessit\u00e0 del nostro business, sviluppando un pacchetto di offerta eccezionale e fornendo consulenza strategica durante tutto il processo. Il loro approccio attento e la professionalit\u00e0 dimostrata dall\u2019inizio della trattativa fino alla chiusura sono stati fondamentali per il successo della transazione.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questa operazione rappresenta l\u2019ultima operazione di Livingstone nel settore della generazione di energia, un&#8217;area di crescente attenzione per il team Industrial della societ\u00e0. Livingstone ha precedentemente assistito operazioni come la vendita di <strong>Ultravolt<\/strong> a <strong>Advanced Energy Industries<\/strong>, <strong>Professional Power Products<\/strong> a <strong>Power Solutions International<\/strong>, <strong>Koontz Wagner Custom Controls<\/strong> a <strong>Global Power Equipment<\/strong>, e <strong>Applied Kilovolts<\/strong> a <strong>ITT Exelis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Godfrey &amp; Kahn S.C. ha fornito consulenza legale ad Abrasive-Form, mentre Willkie Farr &amp; Gallagher LLP ha assistito Calvert Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Informazioni su Calvert Street Capital Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calvert Street Capital Partners \u00e8 una societ\u00e0 di Private Equity specializzata nel lower-mid market, con sede a Baltimora, Maryland. Nel corso della sua storia, Calvert Street ha sviluppato una forte competenza negli investimenti nei settori servizi Industrial, Business Services, Healthcare IT e Specialty Manufacturing. Dal 1995, la societ\u00e0 si \u00e8 concentrata su partnership con imprenditori e team di gestione esperti di aziende a conduzione familiare, con l\u2019obiettivo di guidare la crescita redditizia e la trasformazione organizzativa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":3130,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"client-type":[],"region":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"transaction-type":[],"class_list":["post-12115","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"team_members":[1486],"date":"20151027","client_type":49,"type":[1118],"region":[393],"services":[448],"sectors":[741,779],"related_transactions":"","related_testimonials":"","contacts":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Livingstone affina 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