{"id":17657,"date":"2018-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/transaction\/livingstone-finishes-deal-for-metal-surface-treatment-leader\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:39:39","slug":"livingstone-finishes-deal-for-metal-surface-treatment-leader","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/livingstone-finishes-deal-for-metal-surface-treatment-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer Metal Finishing har f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvats av Aterian Investment Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Livingstones Industrial team har agerat r\u00e5dgivare till aktie\u00e4garna i Pioneer Metal Finishing, som innefattar Prairie Capital, LLC, vid f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljningen till Aterian Investment Partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Vi \u00e4r stolta \u00f6ver att ha rekommenderat Pioneer och Prairie p\u00e5 en framg\u00e5ngsrik transaktion och \u00f6ver att ha hittat en erfaren partner i Aterian f\u00f6r att st\u00f6dja bolagets tillv\u00e4xtstrategi, kommenterade Karl Freimuth partner p\u00e5 Livingstone.<\/p>\n<p>Pioneer \u00e4r en marknadsledande leverant\u00f6r i Nordamerika av ytbehandlingstj\u00e4nster som anodisering och plating. Bolaget har en bred kundbas inom allm\u00e4n och specialiserad industri. Pioneer har huvudkontor i Green Bay, Wisconsin, och syssels\u00e4tter totalt 800 anst\u00e4llda genom \u00e5tta anl\u00e4ggningar i USA och Mexiko.<\/p>\n<p>Efter en konkurrenskraftig global f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljningsprocess valde Pioneer en operativt inriktad partner i Aterian, ett medelstort private equity-bolag som investerar i f\u00f6retag genererande 25 till 500 miljoner dollar \u00e5rligen samt har starka franchise-varum\u00e4rken.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Livingstone genomf\u00f6rde en v\u00e4lsk\u00f6tt process f\u00f6r att hitta den b\u00e4sta nya partnern f\u00f6r Pioneer. Karl och hans kollegor valdes utifr\u00e5n deras kunskap om marknaden och f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att n\u00e5 ett stort universum av potentiella k\u00f6pare, inklusive internationella, sa Darren Snyder, partner p\u00e5 Prairie Capital.<br \/>\n\u2013 Prairie \u00e4r stolta \u00f6ver att arbeta tillsammans med den nya ledningsgruppen f\u00f6r att skapa en dominerande akt\u00f6r inom metallbearbetningsindustrin, och vi \u00e4r f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntansfulla \u00f6ver att se det framtida resultat drivet av nytt kapital, tillade Snyder.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Pioneer \u00e4r v\u00e4l positionerat f\u00f6r att forts\u00e4tta p\u00e5 v\u00e5r organiska tillv\u00e4xtplan och f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvsprogram i samarbete med Aterian. V\u00e5rt prim\u00e4ra m\u00e5l var att identifiera en partner f\u00f6r att st\u00f6dja Pioneers n\u00e4sta expansionsfas och Livingstone genomf\u00f6rde en professionell process samtidigt som de visade en djup kunskap om v\u00e5r verksamhet och en tydlig f\u00f6rst\u00e5else f\u00f6r v\u00e5ra aktie\u00e4gare, kommenterade Bob Pyle, VD f\u00f6r Pioneer.<\/p>\n<p>Aterian vill, i samarbete med ledningen, fokusera p\u00e5 den kritiska tillv\u00e4xten samt genomf\u00f6ra operativa och likviditets\u00f6kande initiativ f\u00f6r att skapa v\u00e4rdes f\u00f6r samtliga intressenter.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Vi \u00e4r glada \u00f6ver att samarbeta med Pioneer-teamet f\u00f6r att genomf\u00f6ra planerade tillv\u00e4xt- och optimeringsinitiativ i kombination med en f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntad aktiv M&amp;A-strategi. Vi utv\u00e4rderar redan till\u00e4ggsm\u00f6jligheter f\u00f6r Pioneer. V\u00e5rt m\u00e5l \u00e4r att genomf\u00f6ra flera f\u00f6rv\u00e4rv f\u00f6r att p\u00e5skynda bolagets tillv\u00e4xt, inf\u00f6ra nya produkter och marknader inom v\u00e5r befintliga etablering, diversifiera f\u00f6retagets slutmarknader samt ut\u00f6ka produktionskapaciteten f\u00f6r att forts\u00e4tta tillhandah\u00e5lla kvalitetstj\u00e4nster till Pioneers kunder, s\u00e4ger Brandon Bethea, Partner p\u00e5 Aterian.<\/p>\n<p>Pioneer-transaktionen exemplifierar Livingstones expertis inom industritj\u00e4nster och utg\u00f6r den 29:e aff\u00e4ren som slutf\u00f6rts av v\u00e5rt globala industri team de senaste tolv m\u00e5naderna, efter f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljningen av CapMans portf\u00f6ljbolag MPT Sweden till det norska investeringsbolaget Holta Invest och f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljningen av medtech-tillverkaren LaVezzi Precision till MW Industries, ett portf\u00f6ljbolag till American 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