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American Securities LLC
Company typePrivate Ownership
IndustryPrivate Equity
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
FounderMichael G. Fisch
Headquarters299 Park Avenue
New York City, New York, United States,
USA
ProductsPrivate equity funds, Leveraged buyouts
AUM$23 billion
Websitewww.american-securities.com

American Securities LLC—originally named American Securities Capital Partners (ASCP) 1994 - 2008—is a leading U.S. private equity firm—based in New York with an office in Shanghai—that invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenues generally ranging from $200 million to $2 billion and/or $50 million to $250 million of EBITDA. American Securities and its affiliates have approximately $23 billion under management.[1] American Securities traces its roots to a family office founded in 1947 by William Rosenwald, the son of Julius Rosenwald (August 12, 1862 – January 6, 1932).

History

In 1994, American Securities (fka American Securities Capital Partners) formalized its private equity investment activities and opened them to outside investors. On June 8, 2009, American Securities Capital Partners officially changed its name to American Securities LLC.[2] As of May 2018, American Securities and its affiliates had approximately $23 billion under management. American Securities has invested in 60 companies across a variety of industries. As of May 2018, American Securities is currently partnered with 19 companies that have 50,900 collective employees worldwide.[1]

Affiliates

  • Ascribe Capital is an affiliate of American Securities LLC that manages approximately $2 billion of long-term capital focused on investing in the debt, and sometimes equity, securities of middle-market companies.[3]

Current Investments

Investments as of 2018:[4]

  • Air Methods
  • Aspen Dental
  • Blount International
  • Blue Bird
  • Chromaflo Technologies
  • Emerald Performance Materials
  • Fairmount Santrol
  • FleetPride
  • Frontier Spinning Mills
  • Global Tel Link (GTL)
  • Henry Company
  • Learning Care Group
  • Milk Specialities Global
  • Mortgage Contracting Services
  • MW Industries
  • North American Partners in Anesthesia
  • Prince
  • Ulterra Drilling Technologies
  • Unifrax Corporation

Previous Investments

Previous investments as of 2018.[5]

  • Anthony International
  • Arizona Chemical
  • Cambridge International
  • Caribbean Restaurants
  • Community Pacific Broadcasting
  • CTB International
  • Delphi Midstream Partners
  • Dr. Leonard's Healthcare
  • El Pollo Loco
  • FiberMark
  • General Chemical Corp.
  • GT Technologies
  • Healthy Directions
  • Ketema, Inc.
  • Lakeside Energy
  • Liberty Tire Recycling
  • MECS
  • Metaldyne Performance Group
  • Miltex Instrument Company
  • MVE
  • NEP Broadcasting
  • Oreck Corporation
  • PDM Bridge
  • Potbelly Sandwich Works
  • Presidio
  • Press Ganey
  • Primary Energy Ventures
  • Robertson Fuel Systems
  • Royal Adhesives and Sealants
  • SeaStar Solutions
  • SpecialtyCare
  • Tekni-Plex
  • TNP Enterprises
  • Unifrax Corporation
  • Unison Site Management
  • United Distribution Group
  • VUTEk
  • Weasler Engineering
  • Westward

References

  1. ^ a b "Our Firm | American Securities". American Securities. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  2. ^ "Terms of Use", American Securities, archived from the original on 2013-12-18, retrieved 2016-09-29
  3. ^ "Home | Ascribe Capital". Ascribe Capital. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  4. ^ "Companies | American Securities". American Securities. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  5. ^ https://www.american-securities.com/en/companies#?status= past