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BlackArch Partners Advises on Sale of GroQuip

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – BlackArch Partners is pleased to announce the sale of Groth Equipment Corporation of Louisiana (“GroQuip” or the “Company”), a business unit of Critical Flow Solutions, to John H. Carter Company. Critical Flow Solutions is an affiliated portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners, Inc.

Headquartered in Geismar, Louisiana, GroQuip (www.groquip.com) provides products and services for various pressure-related processes that ensure safe operation and regulatory compliance. The Company is a manufacturer's sales representative for a variety of products, including pressure relief valves, rupture discs, vent panels and blanket gas regulators. GroQuip also provides field and in-shop service and repairs for pressure relief valves and a variety of specialty valves.

BlackArch was retained by Critical Flow Solutions to serve as its financial advisor.

About Sun Capital Partners, Inc.
Sun Capital Partners is a global private equity firm focused on identifying companies’ untapped potential and leveraging its deep operational and financial resources to transform results. Sun Capital is a trusted partner that is recognized for its investment and operational experience, including particular expertise in the consumer products and services, food and beverage, industrial, packaging, chemical, building products, automotive, restaurant and retail sectors. Since 1995, Sun Capital has invested in more than 320 companies worldwide across a broad range of industries and transaction structures. Sun Capital has offices in Boca Raton, Los Angeles and New York, and affiliates in London, Frankfurt, Stockholm and Shenzhen.

About BlackArch Partners
BlackArch Partners is a leading middle-market investment bank offering a full spectrum of advisory services to financial sponsors, private companies and diversified corporations. BlackArch addresses the needs of owner-operators, founders and shareholders of private companies with specialized services that include M&A advisory, strategic advisory and private capital solutions. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, with offices in Houston, TX, BlackArch features a total of 12 industry-focused practices that cover all sectors of interest to middle-market investors; BlackArch professionals have closed more than 340 transactions in 16 countries on four continents. Please visit our website, blackarchpartners.com, for more details.


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