Acquisition is one of the key pillars to the future of our success. In collaboration with our equity partners, we concentrate on acquiring complementary businesses and offer business proprietors the chance to leverage their accrued equity while also providing an avenue for career advancement for themselves and their current team members, all while ensuring the long-term operation of these acquired companies.
o Our focus is to partner with our customers to enhance their capacity to pioneer and manufacture world class medical device technology. Machine Solutions has taken this same partnership approach to other leading solutions providers, completing over ten acquisitions to build the most comprehensive suite of solutions in the industry.
Crimping, Balloon folding
& Lamination
Catheter Tipping
& RF Bonding
Catheter
Braiding
Catheter Tipping
& RF Bonding
Sealing
Bonding (laser, thermal) lamination, balloon forming, lamination
Automation & UV Curing
We are patient investors who are deeply committed to long-term value creation, the implementation of sustainable business strategies, and continued investment in and development of people and culture. Our goal is to successfully operate our companies indefinitely. Some transaction types include:
Machine Solutions focuses on acquiring and building enduring businesses through a people-centric approach to culture, programmatic acquisitions, and operational strategy deployment.
We're was established with the premise that abetter option existed for family and owner operated businesses
We are patient investors who are deeply committed to long-term value creation, the implementation of sustainable business strategies, and continued investment in and development of people and culture. Our goal is to successfully operate our companies indefinitely. Some transaction types include:
Our goal is to establish a nurturing culture characterized by trust, optimism, individual accountability, and fulfillment, all fostered by a foundation of well-defined values.
• Leading with heart and head
• Helping team members
• Fostering teamwork
• Recognizing employees
• Listening
• Sharing good times and bad times together
Quotes from Business Owners who entrusted us with their business:
OUR EQUITY PARTNER
BW Forsyth Partners is a St. Louis based investment firm focused on making long-term investments in middle-market companies operating in the manufacturing and investment sectors. Forsyth’s investment approach offers a balanced blend of private equity fundamentals and significant operational expertise made possible by its strategic relationship with Barry Wehmiller Companies, a diversified capital equipment manufacturer. Because of its unique relationship with an active operating company, BW Forsyth Partners offers many of the value-added resources of a strategic partner, while maintaining the entrepreneurial sprit and autonomy of the Machine Solutions leadership team. Since becoming the majority shareholder in 2011, Forsyth has provided significant investment in operational improvements and a strategic vision for growth through acquisition. The addition of Vante (2013), SteegerUSA (2014), PlasticWeld Systems (2015) and SEBRA (2017) has created a more stable and vibrant business platform to ensure that Machine Solutions and their team members have platform for continue growth.
OUR CULTURE PARTNER
Barry-Wehmiller’s ten separate operating companies are a blend of the rich legacies and capabilities of those businesses, offering meaningful work to 12,000+ team members around the world. Through our continued commitment to a shared vision, unrelenting dedication to outstanding products and services, and ardent attention to the people who make our business possible, Barry-Wehmiller has become a thriving $3 billion and growing global industry leader. Machine Solutions has adopted Barry-Wehmiller’s cultural principles and created a list of Guiding Principles that we strive to meet each day. Open and honest communication, continuous improvement, teamwork, professional development, strong partnerships, wellbeing and balance, innovation and personal growth. Step inside any one of our locations around the globe and you’ll feel it: a culture of care, compassion and human connection. Our commitment to our people-first culture runs deep and has inspired a leadership model that places a priority on improving the lives of the people who make our business possible.