The Right Specialty Manufacturing & Distribution Investments
The Riverside Company has invested in more than 280 specialty manufacturing and value-added distribution companies across a wide variety of end markets.
Specialty Manufacturing & Distribution Portfolio
Company Spotlight
DPA Microphones is a Danish manufacturer of high-quality microphones for professional applications in studio, broadcast, theatre, video/film and sound reinforcement environments. All DPA microphones and components are manufactured at the company’s purpose-built factory in Denmark.
Designing microphones with amazing sound, exceptional consistency and outstanding durability is no easy feat. DPA Microphones draws on more than six decades of world-class microphone design experience.
Portfolio companies are for informational purposes only and selected based on non-performance based criteria.
Specialty Manufacturing and Value-Added Distribution Companies
Riverside seeks to invest in special, market-leading companies with attractive EBITDA margins (15%+), strong customer value propositions and clear differentiation from competitors, with the objective that the companies deliver:
- Recurring-demand products
- Attractive growth opportunities – strong secular trends, add-on acquisitions and/or cyclical recovery
- Ownership of the key value driver in the value chain
- Diversified customer bases, end markets, suppliers, etc.
- Services – Many of our specialty manufacturing investments have a strong service component to complement the product offerings
The Right Choice for Adding Value & Growth
Riverside loves growth, particularly when it comes in the form of both revenue and margins. We support growth through:
- Investing in new product development
- Leveraging Riverside’s global footprint to enter new markets and/or develop low-cost production capabilities
- Introducing or building upon progressive manufacturing practices
- Adding new sales channels or horsepower in existing channels
- Building out the management team to prepare the company for the future
- Strengthening IT systems and processes
- Developing a targeted add-on acquisition strategy — on average Riverside completes one acquisition for each platform company acquired, helping drive strategic objectives
Select Specialty Manufacturing & Distribution Portfolio Highlights
BioDue
- Invested
- March 2023
- Status
- Active
- Industry
- Healthcare, Specialty Manufacturing & Distribution
- Region
- Europe
- Business Unit
- Riverside Europe
- Strategy
- Private Equity
Develops, manufactures and commercializes food supplements, medical devices, cosmetics and other products
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Dastex
- Invested
- May 2023
- Status
- Active
- Industry
- Healthcare, Specialty Manufacturing & Distribution
- Region
- Europe
- Business Unit
- Riverside Europe
- Strategy
- Private Equity
Distributor and supplier of disposable/reusable consumables for cleanrooms and other particulate controlled areas
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Il Pastaio di Brescia
- Invested
- May 2022
- Status
- Active
- Industry
- Specialty Manufacturing & Distribution, Consumer Brands
- Region
- Europe
- Business Unit
- Riverside Europe
- Strategy
- Private Equity
Producer of fresh and ambient potato-based gnocchi (Italian dumplings)
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