“The leadership
characteristics we
look for in ourselves
and in our portfolio
company leaders are
passion, creativity,
persistence, sense of
humor, compassion,
and above all else,
integrity.”
Ralph (Roy) R. Whitney Jr.
HKW
Chairman of the Board

Current Portfolio Companies

Most of HKW's companies are across North America. HKW considers itself to be a generalist fund in industrial manufacturing, service and distribution companies, but does have a variety of sector expertise in automotive, medical devices, specialty vehicles, aerospace, defense, utility related infrastructure, energy, oil/gas, nuclear, coal, niche manufacturing, among others.

HKW is pleased to be partnered with the following portfolio companies:

HKW Capital Partners III
Aero-Metric
www.aerometric.com • Patrick M. Olson, President & CEO (bio)

Aero-Metric is the leading provider of high-quality geospatial services to corporate and governmental clients.

airWorx
www.airworxcorp.com • Richard Kagy, President (bio)

AirWorx is the largest independent aerial equipment rental, sales, and service company in the Central and Northern Indiana markets

Arnold Engineering
www.arnoldeng.com • Walter M. Stender, President 

Arnold Engineering is a contract manufacturer of complex machined parts and assembly structures for leading military and commercial aerospace customers.

Contract Land Staff
www.contractlandstaff.com • Brent G. Leftwich, CEO (bio)

CLS is the leading provider of land and right of way ("ROW") services and land records management in the United States.

Corporate Visions, Inc.
www.corporatevisions.com • Joe Terry, CEO (bio)

Corporate Visions, Inc. is a leading provider of marketing and sales messaging, tools and training products and services.

Crane Rental Corporation
www.cranerental.com • Alan A. Ashlock, President 

Crane Rental Corporation is one of the largest and most prominent crane rental, hauling and rigging companies in the United States.

PetCare Products, Inc.
www.Furminator.com • Timothy W. Petsch, President 

PetCare Products, Inc. is the worldwide leading provider of branded deShedding products to the pet industry.

NaturMed, Inc.
www.ivlproducts.com • William D. Ruble, President (bio)

NaturMed, Inc. is the leading developer, marketer, and distributor of specialized nutritional and health supplements.

Nesco, LLC
www.nescosales.com • Bradley Todd, President; Robert J. Troxel, CEO 

Nesco, LLC is the leading provider of fleet equipment sales, rental and service for the electric and telecom utility industries.

Special Application Robotics, Inc.
www.sarobotics.com • Michael W. Cappello, CEO (bio)

Special Application Robotics, Inc. is the leading provider of highly engineered remote and semi-remote operated composite robotics systems and equipment primarily used in the decontamination and decommissioning of nuclear sites in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain.

Visioneering, Inc.
www.vistool.com • Marc O. Strandquist, President & CEO (bio)

Visioneering, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of medium-sized tooling systems for the aerospace/defense markets.

HKW Capital Partners II
Duncan Systems, Inc.
www.duncansys.com • Shane Duncan - President & COO (bio)

Duncan Systems, Inc. is the leading aftermarket value-added distributor of windshields and side glass to the recreational vehicle (“RV”) and over the road truck markets.

Flutes, Inc.
www.flutesinc.com • Tony Reilly - President 

Flutes, Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of micro flute corrugated sheet products for the packaging industry.

Navis Global
www.navisglobal.com • William J. Motchar, President & CEO (bio)

Navis Global is a technological leader in the manufacture and sale of knit fabric compactors and other finishing equipment for the worldwide textile industry.

Nyloncraft, Inc.
www.nyloncraft.com • James M. Krzyzewski, President & CEO (bio)

Nyloncraft, Inc. is the leading supplier of engineered plastic components for the automotive industry.

OakRiver Technology, Inc.
www.oakriver.biz • Rick S. Shand, President & CEO (bio)

OakRiver Technology, Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of high precision automation equipment to the medical device industry.

Qualis Automotive, L.L.C.
www.qualisauto.com • Marvin J. Fudalla, President & CEO 

Qualis Automotive, L.L.C. is a leading supplier of brake products and chassis components to the North American automotive aftermarket.

Total Equipment and Service
www.total-equipment.com • Barry Beadle, President 

Total Equipment and Service is the leading manufacturer of coil tubing, pressure pumping and nitrogen equipment systems for the oil and gas industry.

HKW Capital Partners I
Grobet File Company of America, Inc
www.grobetusa.com • John Canzoneri, President (bio)

International distributor and manufacturer of precision hand tools, supplies, accessories and capital equipment for special end-use applications in the jewelry, industrial, electronic, dental, optical and hobby/craft markets.

 

Do you have an add-on opportunity or need to discuss investment opportunities?

Ted Kramer
Partner, Deal Generation
(317) 705-8824; tk@hkwinc.com

or

Andrew Gustin
Associate, Deal Generation
(317) 428-1944; ajg@hkwinc.com

Download HKW Portfolio Brochure PDF.

 

Past Portfolio Companies

HKW Capital Partners II
C&J Spec-Rent Services, Inc
www.cjenergy.com

C&J Spec-Rent Services, Inc. (“C&J”) provides coiled tubing and pressure pumping services to the natural gas industry in South Texas. C&J’s customers include large multi-national gas companies requiring well stimulation services to increase production of their wells. C&J was founded in 1997.

C&M Conveyor, Inc.
www.cmconveyor.com

C&M Conveyor, Inc. (“C&M”) is a leading manufacturer and supplier of material handling systems to the corrugated sheet and container industry. C&M’s broad product offering includes heavy-duty conveyor systems, operator-controlled and automated transfer cars, rotating and pivoting devices and palletizing systems.

Coast Composites, Inc.
www.coastcomposites.com

Coast Companies, Inc. (“Coast”) is a leading designer and manufacturer of large, tight tolerance tooling systems for the defense, commercial aerospace and space/satellite industries. The tooling systems produced by Coast are used to fabricate composite parts for such large military and commercial programs as the Boeing 787 and the Joint Strike Fighter.

Coeur, Inc.
www.coeurinc.com

Coeur, Inc. (“Coeur”) is a leading designer and manufacturer of proprietary disposable medical products used primarily in imaging labs during diagnostic and therapeutic imaging procedures, such as angiography, computed tomography (“CT”) and magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”). Coeur maintains a blue chip customer base and sells to both the OEM and retail markets.

Maxon Corporation
www.maxoncorp.com

Maxon Corporation (“Maxon”) is a worldwide leading manufacturer of industrial combustion equipment and shut-off valves with manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe and a sales and assembly facility in China.

Midwest Engineered Products Corporation
(d/b/a CentraSep Technologies)

www.centrasep.com

CentraSep Technologies (“CentraSep”) designs, manufactures and markets centrifuge fluid filtration equipment. CentraSep’s products are sold to large manufacturing customers that require filtration equipment to clean processing fluids, used during the manufacturing process.

Signstrut, Ltd.

Signstrut, Ltd. (“Signstrut”) designs, manufactures, installs and services on-premise electrical signs. The company’s primary customers are petroleum stations/convenience stores, which predominantly purchase flexible fascia, pump dispenser valances and accent bands.

HKW Capital Partners I
Baldwin Technology Company, Inc.

Baldwin Technology Company, Inc. (“Baldwin”) is a leading international manufacturer of material handling, accessory and control equipment for the printing industry. Baldwin’s products include cleaning systems, fountain solution and ink control systems, web control and press protection systems, drying systems, web and material systems and newspaper inserter equipment.

Control Devices, Inc.

Control Devices, Inc. (“Control Devices”) designs, manufactures and markets circuit breakers, electronic optical sensors and electronic ceramic component parts used by original equipment manufacturers in the automotive, appliance and telecommunications markets.

Effox, Inc.

Effox, Inc. (“Effox”) is a manufacturer of dampers and non-metallic expansion joints used to control the flow of flue gases created by coal fired generating plants of electric utilities. The company serves a global market.

Excel Industries, Inc.

Excel Industries, Inc. (“Excel”) designs, engineers and manufactures a wide variety of metal-framed and plastic-framed windows and other assembled products for sale to vehicle manufacturers in the Americas and Europe.

Holbrook-Patterson, Inc.

Holbrook-Patterson, Inc. (“Holbrook”) was a market leader in the manufacture of wooden furniture and play equipment for the pre-school and early childhood marketplace.

Horton Enterprises, Inc.

Horton Enterprises, Inc. (“Horton”) manufactured high-quality modular and van ambulances, and specialty emergency vehicles under the brand names Horton Emergency Vehicles, American Emergency Vehicles and Leader Industries. Horton marketed its vehicles through a network of independent dealers and corporate representatives to domestic and international public and private customers.

Maine Industrial Tires Limited

Maine Rubber Company (“Maine Rubber”) was acquired in 1992 and is one of the three leading producers of lift trucks in North America. In 1999, Maine Rubber Company purchased two subsidiaries of Cascade Corporation, one of which was one of the two leading producers of the lift truck tires, and changed the resulting company’s name to Maine Industrial Tires Limited (“Maine Industrials”).

Miltco Enterprises, Inc.

Miltco Enterprises, Inc. (“Miltco”) was the parent of The Morehouse Group, Inc. (formerly Miltco Corporation) (“Morehouse”), a leading ecumenical publisher doing business under the imprints of Morehouse Publishing, Living The Good News, and Trinity Press International. Morehouse is the leading publisher for the Episcopal Church.

Polymer Technologies, Inc.

Polymer Technologies, Inc. (“Polymer”) was the parent of Poli-Twine Western Inc. and Poli-Twine Canada Ltd. (collectively “Poli-Twine”). Poli-Twine was a leading manufacturer of synthetic baler twine and also manufactured industrial twine, cable filler and twisted rope for the agricultural, retail, industrial, commercial and fishing industries.

Reinhold Industries, Inc.

Reinhold Industries, Inc. (“Reinhold”) (OTC Bulletin Board: RNHDA) is a leading manufacturer of composite components for the aerospace, defense and commercial lighting industries.

Seneca Enterprises, Inc.

Seneca is a specialty printer of high quality labels for consumer products such as oil containers, beverage containers, and wine bottles. GT is a specialty printer which makes event tickets to sporting events and other large venue events.

 

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