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Transaction Goals

After 24 years of growing the company, RDD’s founder sought personal liquidity and a partner to accelerate future growth plans.

About RDD Associates

RDD Associates is a leading provider of sales, marketing, and brokerage services for perishables-focused food manufacturers in the northeast. Founded in 1998 in Totowa, New Jersey, RDD has since multiplied its portfolio of category-leading brands, and now represents more than 70 of the top U.S. perishables food brands across dairy, deli, meat, seafood, bakery, produce, and frozen categories.

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Transaction Goals

Solly Baby had experienced tremendous growth since inception and established itself as the market leader in the baby wrap category. Montage Partners supported the incoming CEO with equity to acquire a stake in Solly Baby with the goal of further accelerating growth through product expansion and innovation.

About Solly Baby

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Solly Baby is a premium infant products brand and leader in the baby wrap and carrier industry. In addition to baby wraps, the Company designs and markets sleep gowns, crib sheets, swaddles, loop carriers, and other baby products. Solly Baby has been featured in Vogue, Martha Stewart, and Parents Magazine and was named named “Best Wrap” by New York Times’ Wirecutter Magazine.

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United Right-of-Way (URW) owners had already stepped away from day-to-day operations and were looking for liquidity to fully exit the business, while company management wanted to unlock ownership and accelerate growth.

About URW

Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United Right-of-Way is a provider of comprehensive vegetation and landscape management services to government agencies, solar energy operators, railroads, and industrial companies. With more than 40,000 acres serviced annually, URW provides vegetation management services to some of the largest utility-scale solar farms in the United States.

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Craft Beverage Cooperative provides liquidity to founders and owners of craft beverage companies, while providing support to accelerate each brand’s growth.

About Craft Beverage Cooperative

Craft Beverage Cooperative^TM (CBC) was formed in 2019 by Montage Partners, in partnership with CEO John Reynolds, to provide successful craft breweries and distilleries across the Western U.S. with the resources needed to support increased production capacity, infrastructure, and world-class sales and marketing, while preserving each producer’s autonomy, authenticity and dedication to their local community.

CBC made its first investment in November 2019 in Moab Brewery. Founded in 1996 and based in Moab, Utah, Moab Brewery has won more than 45 craft beer medals and 3 distilled spirits medals and produces Utah’s #1 craft beer, Johnny’s American IPA. CBC invested in Heretic Brewing in 2021. Heretic was founded in 2010 and expanded into premium quality spirits in 2017, with distribution in 13 states and 12 countries.

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Montage Partners supported the incoming president with equity to nurture growth initiatives and acquire a stake in Advantco from the Company’s founder and CEO, who was seeking liquidity.

About Advantco

Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, Advantco serves leading global companies with best-in-class software adapters that automate the integration of various enterprise applications with ERP systems, including SAP and Oracle. Additionally, Advantco provides offshore software development services from the Company’s offices in Vietnam, and provides on-site enterprise software implementation and integration services to prominent companies across the U.S.

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METALfx operated as a non-core division of Avista Corporation since 1995, and METALfx’s management team sought a capital partner to help them grow the company independently and to facilitate their meaningful equity ownership going forward.

About METALfx

Founded in 1976 and headquartered in Willits, California, METALfx is a provider of precision sheet metal fabrications, enclosures, assemblies, and complex wood composite components across a variety of industries, including technology, healthcare, industrial, and others. The company is strategically focused on serving customers who demand quick turnaround times, prototype collaboration, engineering support, and rigorous product standards, and whose parts are highly engineered, complex, and subject to high precision and tight tolerances.

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Transaction Goals

The company’s founder sought personal liquidity for retirement after successfully growing the business for over 24 years. The founder also wanted to ensure a smooth transition of leadership to his management team.

About Puroflux

Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Simi Valley, California, Puroflux Corporation is a leading manufacturer of commercial and industrial water filtration systems and separators with a reputation for unsurpassed dedication to quality, innovation, and service.

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Transaction Goals

The company’s founder sought liquidity and growth capital to accelerate investments in growth initiatives and continue to build on the company’s 31-year track record of success.

About SWDP

SWDP is a leading manufacturer of data center infrastructure solutions including cabinets, racks, aisle containment systems, cages, cable management structures, and accessories. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in San Bernardino, California, SWDP serves many of the world’s largest and most innovative companies in technology, cloud services, and colocation. The Company prides itself on its differentiated focus on custom-manufactured products and speed of production and delivery. Montage successfully exited its investment in SWDP to Nucor Corporation in April 2024.

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Transaction Goals

The company’s founders sought partial liquidity and growth capital to support continued rapid growth.

About Boundary Devices

Boundary Devices is a global leader in designing and manufacturing ARM-based single board computers (SBCs) and system-on-modules (SOMs). Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Lake Forest, California, Boundary’s proprietary and custom-designed SBCs and SOMs are used by customers across a diverse range of industries with particular expertise in highly engineered connected devices and graphic-rich touch screen displays. Montage successfully exited its investment in Boundary Devices to Ezurio in December 2022.

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Transaction Goals

Founders and management sought partial liquidity and growth capital to accelerate investments in state-of-the-art equipment and recruitment of talented team members.

About Integrity Mold

Integrity Mold is a leading supplier of custom injection molding and tooling services for customers with highly engineered plastic components. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, Integrity serves customers across diverse end markets, including the medical, consumer durables, transportation and construction industries who share high standards for excellence in product quality, precision engineering, production efficiency and on-time delivery.

Integrity Mold is ISO 9001 certified and operates 24 hours per day, seven days per week to relentlessly pursue the Company’s ideal of zero-defect, tight tolerance production for the most discerning customers. Montage successfully exited its investment in Integrity Mold in October 2017 when the Company was acquired by Westfall Technik.

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Montage acquired FutureWeld in November 2013 and subsequently merged the company with Frontier Techni-Kote Industries in January 2018 to form Frontier Group. FutureWeld’s owner sought liquidity from a buyer who would build upon the company’s proud 34-year history. The subsequent merger with Frontier Techni-Kote Industries enhanced the combined company’s competitive position through greater scale, multiple facility locations, and a broader combined service offering.

About Frontier Group

Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Frontier Group provides metal finishing services including chemical processing, non-destructive testing and welding within the aerospace market. Frontier Group maintains multiple Nadcap certifications and for over 40 years has delivered uncompromising quality, reliability and industry-leading processing times to its customers, which has made Frontier Group a market leader in customer retention. Montage successfully exited its investment in Frontier Group in April 2021.

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Transaction Goals

The company’s founder and a prior private equity investor sought liquidity. Montage partnered with the company’s CEO and CFO to acquire the company and provide capital to support growth initiatives.

About Indo-European Foods

Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Glendale, California, Indo-European Foods is a leading importer and national wholesale distributor of the healthiest ethnic foods from around the world. With its roots beginning in 1966 as a retail store, Indo-European Foods has sourced the world for 50 years to bring the highest quality and healthiest ethnic foods, including feta cheese, red pepper spread and hummus to over 1,000 retailers and foodservice distributors across the U.S. Montage successfully exited its investment in April 2017.

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Transaction Goals

As a division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Equity Methods’ management sought capital to establish independence and to support investment in industry-leading IT and personnel.

About Equity Methods

Equity Methods is the international leader in equity compensation and human resources compliance solutions serving companies that range from emerging growth companies to the largest and most well-recognized companies in the world, including more than 25% of the S&P 500.

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Transaction Goals

After 24 years of success, the company’s founder sought personal liquidity for retirement.

About National Home Warranty

Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, National Home Warranty is a leading provider of warranty coverage for plumbing, HVAC, and electrical systems, providing policy holders with a way to mitigate the cost and inconvenience of unforeseen home repairs. Montage successfully exited its investment in National Home Warranty in December 2017.

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After 43 years of success, Clowe & Cowan’s founder sought to transition ownership and management to the next generation.

About Clowe & Cowan of El Paso

Founded in 1967 and headquartered in El Paso, Texas, Clowe & Cowan of El Paso has been distributing high performance water pumps, pipe, valves, and other water infrastructure equipment to utilities, municipalities, mines, contractors and state and federal government agencies in the U.S. and Mexico for over five decades. Montage successfully exited its investment in Clowe & Cowan in December 2012.

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After 48 years of family ownership, Cal-Sierra’s owner sought personal liquidity for retirement.

About Cal-Sierra Pipe

Founded in 1962 and headquartered in Stockton, California, Cal-Sierra Pipe is a leading value-added distributor of high quality steel pipe and other water infrastructure materials in the western U.S. Montage Partners successfully exited its investment in Cal-Sierra Pipe in March 2022.

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Transaction Goals

Desierto Verde’s founders sought personal liquidity for retirement.

About Desierto Verde

Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, Desierto Verde provides a full range of services to commercial and residential real estate developers and landscape contractors and operates one of the largest desert plant nurseries in the southwest.

Montage successfully exited its investment in Desierto Verde in June 2007 when the company was acquired by The Omnia Group.

Transaction Goals

Riggs’ management, including a member of the Riggs family, sought a capital partner with whom to buy the company from American Plumbing & Mechanical, Inc., which had acquired the company from the Riggs family in 1999.

About Riggs Plumbing

Founded in 1948 and headquartered in Mesa, Arizona, Riggs Plumbing is the largest residential plumbing contractor in Arizona. Montage successfully exited its investment in Riggs in April 2005 when the company was acquired by Building Materials Holding Corp.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SelectBuild Construction, Inc.

Transaction Goals

Integrated Stucco management sought a capital partner that could help catalyze the company’s growth.

About Integrated Stucco

Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Integrated Stucco, a stucco contractor serving the home building market, was formed in 2004 by an experienced and well-regarded management team within the residential construction sector in Arizona. Montage successfully exited its investment in Integrated Stucco in September 2005 when the company was acquired by Schuck & Sons Construction Co., Inc.