Aerospace & Defense
- Aerospace components machining and assembly
- Aircraft hardware and fasteners Aerospace Composites
JC Koinon Industries, LLC (“JC Koinon Industries”) makes equity investments in lower middle market private companies in targeted industry sectors where the experience and networks of the firm’s principals enable it to create significant long-term value.
JC Koinon manages private equity funds with committed capital. The firm focuses on companies with enterprise values ranging from $5 million to $50 million.
JC Koinon’s team comprises operating and investing expertise in the firm’s target sectors, including serving as CEO, President and Board of Directors for numerous private companies. This relevant experience brings meaningful value to the firm’s portfolio company managers.
Industry Intelligence and Execution
JC Koinon is focused on specific industry sectors where our team possesses experience, access, and a unique competitive advantage.
Healthcare
- Focus on Healthcare product distribution
- Specialty Packaging and Differentiated Services
- Government and Private Sector
Consumer Products
- Specialized focus on products in the gift and giftware niche
- E-Commerce and Specialty Distribution
- Sectors of interest include: Baby/juvenile, Food/Beverage, Electronics, Many Others
Strategy
JC Koinon writes equity checks between $1mm-$10mm per transaction. The firm’s investment strategy focuses on the following key parameters:
Industry & Company Approach
- Invest in industries with compelling long-term macro trends
- Target companies with strong incumbent management teams who have identified the need for an active, value-added partner
- Pursue investments with a long-term ownership perspective
- Commit capital to buy-and-build strategies
Management Buyouts
- Execute control investments in management buyouts and recapitalizations
- Selectively make minority equity investments in companies in need of growth capital, to fund add-on acquisitions or to bridge ownership transitions
Conservative Balance Sheet
- Facilitates navigation through business cycles
- Enables appropriate operating and capital investments to drive growth
- Focuses on generating superior returns through earnings growth and by building larger companies with improved operations
Post Investment Strategy
Assist portfolio companies across a broad spectrum of strategic, operational and financing initiatives:
- Framing strategic direction
- Developing operating and capital budgets
- Evaluating, executing and integrating complementary add-on acquisitions
- Recruiting key managers
- Assisting with operating performance improvements
- Implementing performance evaluation metrics
Principals’ Investment Experience
Aerospace & Defense
Fibreform has been a leader in the aerospace and commercial manufacturing industries for nearly 70 years. Specialties include engineering, pre-production planning, programming, precision machining, bonding, pressure testing and complex assemblies, including a particular focus on tight-tolerance radar assemblies.
Founded in 1957, Orlando Spring Corporation is a manufacturer of highly engineered, customized, precision springs and wire forms for the aerospace, defense, medical and precision commercial industries. The Company has developed a long-standing customer base that exceeds 500 accounts, including Boeing, Honeywell, Moog, Eaton and Parker Hannifin, amongst others.
Healthcare
Golden State Medical Supply, (“GSMS”) is a value-added distributor and packager of generic pharmaceutical products. GSMS provides unique packaging in mail order PresciptionReady™ sizes and formats. GSMS operates out of a 95,000 square-foot facility in Camarillo, California. It features a proprietary pedigree system and some of the most sophisticated packaging equipment available on a global basis.
Credence MedSystems is a medical technology and specialty pharmaceutical company focused on delivering medications safely for the benefit of our patients, caregivers and partners.
The Credence Companion Safety Syringe System has changed the paradigm for commercializing an injectable drug in a differentiated safety delivery system by enabling Innovation Without Change™.
Gold Coast Medical Supply (GCMS) is a leading sales and marketing organization with over 50 years of experience. GCMS provides the highest quality Pharmaceuticals and Medical/Surgical Supplies at outstanding value and service to government organizations, correctional facilities, wholesale distributors, physicians, pharmacies, hospitals, and clinics.
Consumer Products
Headquartered in Van Nuys, California, Little Giraffe designs, manufactures and markets luxury soft goods for children and adults under the brands Little Giraffe and Giraffe at Home. Since its founding in 2000, the Company established Little Giraffe as a collection of premium baby products and soon became one of the most desired high-end gift brands in the industry. The Company’s products are sold in high-end department stores and over 3,000 specialty stores throughout the country.
Industrial, Energy Products & Services
ASA is a manufacturer of forged and spun aluminum products for the automotive, motorcycle, truck, military and aerospace market segments. Since its inception, ASA has experienced significant growth as numerous products associated with its advanced forming technologies have been introduced into the marketplace, including wheels, pulleys, gears, tubular products and compressed natural gas cylinders.