Portfolio Companies
Air Transport Components, LLC
Management Buyout of Owner
Air Transport Components, LLC is a Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) licensed repair shop which overhauls, repairs, and evaluates commercial airliner parts for the world jet-powered civil aviation fleet. The Company operates under an FAA 145 license which authorizes the operation of a repair station within the U.S air transport maintenance, repair, and overhaul (“MRO”) industry. The Company competes in a fragmented market, but has the expertise and diverse capabilities necessary to provide service for most major commercial aircraft companies. The Company is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona and was founded in 1998. 
Street & Co., LLC
Management Buyout of Owner
Street & Co., LLC is a multimedia systems integration firm focused on the engineering, design, installation and service of audiovisual, videoconferencing, data center cabling, video-streaming, and digital signage solutions. The Company serves both commercial and not-for-profit clients in all industries, with a special focus on the education and government markets. The Company is headquartered outside Richmond, Virginia and was founded in 1991.
Lamm Food Service, LLC
Management Buyout of Owner
Lamm Food Service, LLC is a full line foodservice distributor. The Company distributes food to institutions such as prisons, schools and hospitals throughout Louisiana. Lamm also distributes food into many local and regional retailers such as restaurants and small grocery and convenience stores. The Company is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and was founded in 1972.
Advantage Nursing Services, LLC
Management Buyout of Retiring Owner
Based in New Orleans, LA, Advantage Nursing Services, LLC is a nurse staffing company that has Louisiana offices in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Shreveport, and Covington; Texas offices in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio; and a Mississippi office in Gulfport. The company was founded in 1984.
Van Pool Transportation LLC
Management Buyout of Retiring Owner
Based in Wilbraham, MA, Van Pool Transportation LLC provides transportation to and from school for special needs children. Van Pool is the dominant provider of this service in its region. Van Pool serves more than 35 school districts across New England. The company was founded in 1980.
Thomas Pipe & Supply, LLC
Management Buyout of Retiring Owner
Thomas Pipe is a value added distributor of industrial pipe, valves, fittings and flanges (PVF) to the MRO and industrial markets. The company is the largest PVF distributor in the state of Arizona. Customers include industrial contractors, manufacturing facilities, hospitals, schools, service contractors, power plants and original equipment manufacturers. Founded in 1983, Thomas is located in Phoenix, Arizona.
Calling All Ships, LLC
Management Buyout of Owner
Established in 1986, Calling All Ships is a distributor of health and beauty aids, candy and sundry products to the cruise line industry and other hospitality industries. The company is based in Miami, Florida.
Belt Power, LLC
Management Buyout of Owner
Established in 1989, Belt Power is the Southeast's leading value-added distributor and fabricator of conveyor belts, belting accessories, conveyer components as well as a full line of rubber, hose and gasket products. The company's primary customers are in the food processing markets. Belt Power has its headquarters and main operations in Smyrna, GA (a suburb of Atlanta) and also has a facility in Charlotte, NC.
Myco Trailers, LLC
Management Buyout of Owner
Myco is a leading provider of custom designed boat trailers marketed exclusively to the high performance (offshore racing and poker run recreation) boating industry and to various governments for military use. The company distributes to both a national and international client base. Founded in 1974, Myco's headquarters and manufacturing facility is located in Bradenton, Florida.
Metro Boiler Tube Company, Inc.
Management Buyout of Retiring Owners
Established in 1989, Metro distributes, fabricates, and cuts tubing used in boilers serving a diverse group of industries including electrical utilities, pulp and paper, petrochemical, sugar, and numerous mechanical contractors. The company has its headquarters and main operations in Ringgold, GA and also has a facility in Gonzalez, LA.
Target Distributing
Management Buyout of Retiring Owners
Established in 1975 and located in Germantown, MD, Target is one of the top telecom equipment distributors in the nation. The Company specializes in the sale of telecommunications products, Audio/Video hardware, security equipment, and blank audio/video/data media. Target complements its product offering by providing its customers high value-added services such as leasing, extended warranties, training, and technical support. Target's customers include Resellers, Interconnects, Value Added Resellers and various Government entities.
Southern Filter Media, LLC
Management Buyout of Owner
Founded in 1973 and located in Chattanooga, TN, Southern Filter Media is a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality wet and dry environmental filtration products for application in various industries including aluminum, asphalt, cement, chemicals, foodstuffs, furniture, grain, mining, pharmaceuticals, steel, and woodworking.
Douglas Machines Corp.
Management Buyout of Corporate Spin-off
Douglas Machines is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of stainless steel washing and sanitizing equipment and systems principally for Bakery, Food Processing, Food Service and Distribution industries. Founded in 1979, Douglas is based in Clearwater, Florida.
Wes-T-Rans
Management Buyout of Corporate Spin-Off
Wes-T-Rans is a leading provider of remanufactured truck parts as well as a distributor of a broad range of heavy-duty truck parts. The company is headquartered in Winnipeg and has branches in Regina, Thunder Bay, Dryden and Saskatoon.
Fleet Acquisitions, LLC (dba Fleet Products)
Management Buyout of Corporate Spin-Off
Fleet Products is a leading bumper-to-bumper distributor of heavy duty truck parts with locations in Tampa, Clearwater and Lakeland, Florida. The company was founded in 1985 and has approximately 90 employees. Fleet's primary customers include municipalities, utilities, and construction companies.
TU L.L.C.
Recapitalization
TU L.L.C., consisting of two affiliated companies, Telephone Repair Innovations and Development, Inc. ("Triad") and Universal Communications, Inc. ("Universal"), is a leading telecommunications equipment repair, refurbishing and sales company. Through Triad, the company tests, repairs, refurbishes and sells electronic customer premises equipment, primarily multi-line and single-line business phones. Through Universal, the company repairs, refurbishes and sells public communications telephone equipment (payphones). Company headquarters are in Warren, Ohio, and other facilities are located in North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
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AmBath/ReBath, LLC
Management Buyout of Retiring Owners 
Headquartered near Phoenix, Arizona, AmBath manufactures and installs bathtub liners, wall systems, shower liners and vanity tops in hotels. The company began operations in 1979. AmBath now controls an estimated 80% of the hotel bathroom liner retrofit industry. Every major hotel and motel chain in the country uses AmBath products. In 1991, AmBath created ReBath to sell the same products to residential customers through a network of franchisees. With locations nationwide ReBath was ranked #1 in its category by Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 listing.
Keltner Enterprises, LLC/KK&T Inc. Management Buyout of Retiring Owners 
Keltner is a leading distributor of motor oil, chemicals and parts to an expansive customer base. KK&T is a transportation company that serves as a freight provider to Keltner Distribution. Founded in 1952, Keltner is located in Springfield, Missouri
Hobby-Lobby International, Inc.
Management Buyout of Owner
Hobby Lobby is a leading distributor and retailer of model airplanes, helicopters, boats and accessories. The company was founded in 1964 and is located in Brentwood, Tennessee. Hobby Lobby sells its merchandise over the Internet, through mail-order catalogs, walk-in traffic and other smaller hobby shops.
Gammaloy Holdings, L.P.
Management Buyout of Retiring Owner
Gammaloy Holdings, L.P. primarily rents non-magnetic drill collars, subs and stabilizers to directional and horizontal drilling companies, oil and gas companies, and non-conventional users, such as river and utility crossing companies. Gammaloy also has machine shops, which support operations as well as perform work for other oil service companies. Additionally, the company rents steel stabilizers and subs plus provides inspection services for all down-hole drilling tools and equipment. Gammaloy was initially founded in 1952 as National Directional Service Company with the purpose of distributing non-magnetic drill collars for the National Supply Company. In 1955, the Cree family purchased the company and changed its name to Gammaloy, Ltd.
Tennessee Mat Company, Inc.
Family Succession Buyout
Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and founded in 1950, Tennessee Mat Company manufactures commercial matting products -- everything from entrance mats to anti-fatigue products to wheel chocks. In the fifty years since its inception, Tennessee Mat Company has significantly contributed to the advancement of matting technology and was the first to introduce anti-fatigue matting in 1963.
Hackett Precision Company
Management Buyout of Corporate Spin-Off
Hackett Precision Company ("HPC") was established in 1960 as a tooling and special machinery builder in Nashville, Tennessee. In June 1989, GCA and HPC management purchased HPC from Gleason Corporation. HPC's niche since its founding has been to provide top quality and on time deliveries. HPC has built on this track record and progressively grown its manufacturing operations. The services HPC performs, be it furnishing small replacement parts or complex robotics, have made it as diversified as its customers' requirements.
Cumberland Optical Company, Inc.
Management Buyout of Retiring Owner
Founded in 1959, Cumberland Optical, Inc. is middle Tennessee's largest independently owned full service optical lab. The company grinds, tints and coats eyeglass lenses as well as distributes eyeglass frames to individually owned and operated ophthalmologist and optometrist offices. The company primarily serves the area within a 400-mile radius of Nashville, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
Dayton Parts Holdings, L.L.C.
Management Buyout of Public Division Spin-Off
Dayton Parts is a leading manufacturer and distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer replacement parts. The company manufactures aftermarket leaf springs and is a full-line distributor of heavy-duty undercarriage replacement parts, such as springs, brake and wheel-end suspensions, and steering components. Dayton was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
EFT Source, Inc.
Management Buyout of Retiring Owners
EFT Source, Inc. was established in 1986 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee. EFT personalizes plastic cards, primarily financial institution debit cards. The company's services include card graphics design, printing, encoding, embossing, and data processing services related to plastic card management and issuance. EFT primarily targets small to medium sized financial institutions.
S&K Associates, Inc.
Add-On Acquisition for EFT Source
S&K Associates is located near Boston, Massachusetts, and has been in business since 1979. The company performs card conversion work for financial institutions as well as embosses ATM cards and debit cards. EFT has been a vendor to S&K for a number of years providing services relating to debit cards. This acquisition provides EFT with New England presence as well as an entrance into the card conversion business.
Narcote, L.L.C.
Management Buyout of Corporate Spin-Off
Located in Piney Flats, Tennessee, Narcote L.L.C. coats and laminates a variety of fabrics such as cotton, polyester, nylon and rayon. These fabrics are used in various end user markets including allergy bedding protection, infant bibs, outerwear, and incontinent items. Narcote was created in 1955 as a division of North American Rayon to treat knitted rayon with polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Narcote coats and laminates for a variety of customers on a commission basis as well as offers a complete line of finished barrier fabrics.
Ouimet Industries, Inc.
Management Buyout of Absentee Owner
Ouimet Industries, Inc. ("Ouimet") was formed in Massachusetts in 1940 by Emil Ouimet to produce leather shoe trim products for the footwear industry. The Nashville, Tennessee, operations were commenced in the late 1940's. By 1989 the manufacturing operations in Massachusetts had been fully relocated to Nashville. Ouimet has expanded its product lines and customer base and today manufactures and sells vinyl and canvas material to the medical, shoe, belt, bookbinding, and small leather products industries. Products are sold in rolls of various thickness, colors, and patterns to companies manufacturing knee braces, footpads, canvas sneakers, boots, notebooks, and other items.
Buford Bros., Inc.
Management Buyout of Retiring Owner
Buford Bros., Inc. is a distributor of industrial supplies that was founded in 1837, making it one of the oldest businesses in Nashville, Tennessee. Buford Bros. carries an inventory of over 15,000 items including air equipment, cutting tools, abrasives, machine tools, hydraulic systems, lubrication equipment, material handling equipment, and electric and pneumatic tools.
Greer Stop Nut, Inc.
Management Buyout of Corporate Spin-Off
Greer Stop Nut, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of specialty metal and treaded female fasteners. Greer was established in 1963 as a manufacturer of nylon insert prevailing torque nuts. GCA purchased Greer in 1992.
Gaines Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Management Buyout of Corporate Spin-Off
Based in McKenzie, Tennessee, and founded in 1952, Gaines Manufacturing Company, Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes low to medium price upholstered furniture. The furniture line consists of sofas, loveseats, chairs and sectional sofas, and the upholstery comes in a variety of fabrics and patterns.
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