PPE Supplier Estex Manufacturing Goes Private - Modern Distribution Management

PPE Supplier Estex Manufacturing Goes Private

Georgia-based Estex is a manufacturer of tool bags, safety products, baggage cart curtains and more, serving a wide range of sectors.
Estex Manufacturing

Fairburn, GA-based industrial sewn products manufacturer and supplier Estex Manufacturing was acquired by private equity firm Shorehill Capital.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Established in 1900 as a manufacturer for the horse and buggy market, Estex transitioned into the power utility industry in the 1940s. Today, Estex provides over 4,000 products to a wide range of sectors, including U.S. utilities, airlines, government/military and the sports industry. The company’s offerings include tool bags, personal protective equipment, baggage cart curtains, loading bridge solutions and more.

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We have built a legacy of trust, quality, and dedication to our employees and our customers,” Estex President Mike Scott said in a Feb. 25 news release. “This partnership with Shorehill marks an exciting new chapter for our company, providing the resources to drive growth and innovation while preserving the values that have defined our success. We look forward to the future with great enthusiasm and confidence in the opportunities ahead.”

Based in Chicago, Shorehill Capital is a private equity firm that specializes in making control investments in North American companies within the engineered industrial products, industrial services and value-added distribution sectors. Distributors in Shorehill’s current portfolio include Ascent Lifting, Belt Power, Flexpak and Triad Technologies.

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