Industrial
Ampersand sees opportunity in the Industrial sector where others don't. Ampersand's Industrial portfolio mirrors our long, successful history of partnering with innovators in specialty materials and chemicals, particularly surfactants and electronic interconnects. In other industries, like food processing, we've facilitated technological innovation to develop improved products at a lower cost. Product and process design software is also a core competency as is instrumentation for the chemical processing and environmental industries.
Current companies in our Industrial portfolio:
Selected companies from our past Industrial portfolio:
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Daniel Products Company
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Business: High performance additives for paints and inks
Result: Sold to Elementis (London: ELM.L)
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Eigner
Location: Waltham, MA and Karlsruhe, Germany
Business: Collaborative data management software
Result: Merged with Agile Software Corp. (Nasdaq: AGIL)
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Elmet Technologies
Location: Lewiston, ME
Business: Refractory metal products
Result: Sold to co-investor
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Endeca
Location: Cambridge, MA
Business: Enterprise search and business intelligence software
Result: Sold to Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL)
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INCON (Amex: ITC)
Location: Saco, ME
Business: Industrial measurement systems
Result: Sold to Franklin Electric
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Kroy Building Products
Location: York, NE
Business: Vinyl fencing
Result: Sold to Nortek (NYSE: NTK)
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LTI Lighting
Location: Baldwin Park, CA
Business: Specialty lighting products
Result: Sold to Philips
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Moldflow (Nasdaq: MFLO)
Location: Wayland, MA and Kilsyth, Australia
Business: Design software for injection-molded parts
Result: IPO
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Northfield Acquisition Corp. dba Sheldahl
Location: Northfield, MN
Business: Flexible circuits and laminates
Result: Sold to Flextronics (Nasdaq: FLEX)
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Nuvex Ingredients, Inc.
Location: Blue Earth, MN
Business: Functional food Ingredients
Result: Sold to Kerry Foods
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Protient
Location: St. Paul, MN
Business: Nutritional ingredients
Result: Sold to Associated British Foods (ABF)
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Tomah Products
Location: Milton, WI
Business: Specialty surfactants
Result: Sold; now owned by Air Products & Chemicals