The Industrial Distribution and Services team concentrates on
growing middle market companies that provide specialty distribution
and services to a broad group of customers in diverse end markets
regionally, nationally and globally. Clients in these respective
industries help their customers improve performance and
profitability by providing specialized products and services.
The Stephens’ team is unique in its specialization and combines
deep industry knowledge with a full suite of investment banking
services to deliver expert advice on mergers, acquisitions and
divestitures and capital markets transactions including public and
private equity and debt offerings. The team has extensive
relationships with many of the leading companies in targeted
sectors, including both public and private companies. In addition
to our corporate client relationships, we have a targeted effort
directed at private equity firms that have a specialized focus in
Industrial Distribution and Services.
Specialty Distribution
These clients are
first- and second-tier distributors of products sold to MRO and OEM
users in a variety of end markets including, but not limited
to industrial machinery and equipment, mining, power, energy,
food processing, services, chemicals and general
manufacturing. We strive to understand very specific product
verticals and the factors affecting each. Focus verticals
include:
- Pipes, Valves & Fittings
- Electrical
- Safety
- Fasteners
- Industrial & Commercial Lubricants and Fuels
- Power Transmission & Bearings
- Integrated Supply
- Pumps
- Fluid Power
- Aftermarket Parts
- Industrial Rubber
- Industrial Supplies
Industrial Services
Target clients are
companies that provide hard and/or soft craft services to
industrial and process facilities serving numerous end markets.
These companies may be single- or multi-craft providers. We focus
on many end market dynamics driving the growing demand for
outsourced service providers, including regulatory and
environmental, utilization, efficiency, infrastructure age and
capital spending cycles. We concentrate on service providers to
industries such as upstream, midstream and downstream energy, coal
and nuclear power, petrochemical, and paper and forest products to
name a few. Services we focus on include:
- Industrial Cleaning
- Welding Services
- Turnaround and Outage Services
- General Repair and Operating Services
- Production Analysis
- Specialty Construction and Installation Services
- Testing Services
- Tank and Pipeline Repair and Construction
- Scaffold Services
- Painting & Insulation Services