Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) is a leading independent investment bank and financial advisory firm focused on the global middle market. The firm advises private and public corporations and private equity firms on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructurings, business valuations and opinions, and other strategic matters.
Our Industrial Distribution team is active across a wide range of industrial subsectors, including specialty components, electrical, flow control, building products, aerospace, chemicals, packaging, and supplies. Distribution is essential to maintaining efficient supply chains, adding value to products, product availability, reliable delivery, and customer service, and our deep industry expertise and buyer knowledge and relationships are leveraged to facilitate ideal and efficient transaction structures. BGL has investment banking offices in Chicago, Cleveland, and Philadelphia, and real estate offices in Chicago, Cleveland, and San Antonio. The firm is a founding member of Global M&A Partners, enabling BGL to service clients in more than 30 countries around the world. Securities transactions are conducted through Brown, Gibbons, Lang & Company Securities, LLC, an affiliate of Brown Gibbons Lang & Company LLC and a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC. For more information, please visit www.bglco.com.
Riverside Paper Co.
Founded in 1973 and family owned, Riverside is a market leader in Florida offering a full range of manufactured and distributed industrial and business packaging and shipping products and supplies. Riverside’s proven manufacturing, sales, and distribution infrastructure enables the company to service more than 40,000 orders per year. Its best-in-class quality, ordering, logistics, fulfillment, and accuracy drives strong customer relationships, retention, and growth. In addition to custom corrugated and die-cut corrugated products, the company provides a comprehensive selection of shipping, packaging, warehouse, and maintenance products to their customers with next-day delivery and shipping from distribution centers in Miami, Tampa, and Orlando, Florida.
Pollock
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Pollock is a $260 million revenue solutions-oriented manufacturer and distributor of packaging and facilities supplies and equipment with a strong market position in Texas and the Southeast. Pollock supplies value-added packaging, packaging equipment, and JanSan and facilities supplies to a growing customer base in diverse end markets including retail/e-commerce, healthcare, food processing, food service, office, education, government, building service/property management, manufacturing, wholesale, and others. The company’s geographic footprint consists of 10 locations in 5 states encompassing more than 600,000 square feet of manufacturing and distribution space.
Simonds International
Founded in 1832, Simonds International is a leading supplier and marketer of cutting tools and related products to the wood, pulp, paper, and tree care industries. Simonds merged with B.G.R. Saws in May 2017, expanding its offering to provide customers with a complete solution through products, services, and equipment.
Wallover
Established in 1863, Wallover is one of the oldest independent formulators of customized and highly engineered metalworking fluids and industrial lubricants in North America. The company offers one of the broadest portfolios of custom oil and water-based fluid products in the industry, including metalworking fluids, aqueous cleaners, drawing and stamping compounds, rust preventives, electrical discharge machining (EDM) fluids, quenching oils, rolling oils, and industrial lubricants, with manufacturing applications in the automotive, aerospace, and medical industries. Wallover provides advanced technical and applications expertise directly to small and mid-sized general industrial metalworkers, stainless steel cold rolling mills, and large multi-national OEMs and component manufacturers. By leveraging its deep engineering capabilities, long legacy of market leadership, and industry expertise, the Company is able to rapidly develop customized solutions for its diverse base of customers. Customers rely on Wallover products to increase operational efficiency and extend the useful lives of capital equipment.
Specialty components
MRO products & supplies
Building products
Electrical products
Flow control
Aerospace parts and supplies
Chemicals
Packaging
Safety supplies & equipment
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Kevin Sargent
Managing Director
216.920.6639
ksargent@bglco.com
Kevin Sargent is a Managing Director on BGL’s Industrials team, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, private placements, and other strategic assignments across several sectors. Kevin has significant experience in Industrial Distribution and Building Products, as well as in the industrial technology, engineered materials, and manufactured products industries, among others. His clients include leading private equity sponsors and public and private companies. Prior to joining BGL, Kevin was with KeyBanc Capital Markets where he worked on mergers and acquisitions, private placements, and public equity offerings. Kevin began his career in macroeconomics and monetary policy with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
Daniel MacDonald
Vice President
216.920.6616
dmacdonald@bglco.com
Daniel MacDonald is a Vice President on BGL’s Industrials team. He received his B.S. in business administration and finance from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business. Dan has his Series 63 and 79 certifications and has passed the CFA Level 2.
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