Material handling is the backbone of American industry; every package and pallet moves on this equipment. It’s a fragmented business, built over decades by owners who know every customer by name and every forklift by serial number. Many are now facing the same question: who takes over when they’re ready to step back?

Too often the answer is a strategic buyer who rebrands and guts the service shop, or private equity on a five-year clock. With a family office behind us, we’re the patient alternative; buyers who pay a fair price, don’t retrade, and leave good businesses alone.