Bertram Capital Completes $235 Million Sale

By Author: Amit Kothiyal
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Nothing in business speaks better than money, and if this is the case then few equity firms are speaking as loudly as Bertram Capital. Just this past October, Bertram Capital successfully sold Power Distribution, Inc. to Smiths Group for an impressive $235 million dollars. It was an all-cash sale that was announced in September and closed the following month.

Jeff Drazan , Managing Partner at Bertram Capital, couldn't have been more pleased with the success. "PDI's exceptional growth and the highly favorable outcome of the transaction represent the unique model central to our buy and build approach at Bertram Capital: combining venture-like operating methodologies with private equity discipline," he said. "We started with a well-positioned, but under-optimized, company in the power quality solutions market and created a market leader in less than five years. I could not be more proud of the Bertram Capital team and our partners at PDI for developing and executing the plan."

The success of the sale of PDI to Smiths Group only emphasizes the effectiveness of what has come to be known as the Bertram High ...
... Five, a proven and systematic approach to building businesses. The steps are as follows:


*Enhance the management team
*Teach companies to insource and outsource
*Build barriers to entry using intellectual property and technology
*Broaden channels of distribution
*Seek out strategic acquisitions

With this process in mind, Bertram Capital has managed to build the capacities of mid-level companies and find incredible success while doing so. Another unique component to the Bertram Capital approach is their ability to use conservative debt leverage to enable companies to have flexible growth plans. It's this kind of innovation and felicity of thought that allows Bertram Capital to assist the growth of companies as well as they do. In today's tough market, every advantage needs to be leveraged to boost the health of mid-sized companies--Bertram Capital is primed to make this happen.


For more information on Bertram Capital and Jeff Drazan, be sure to visit their website to learn more. Bertram Capital is a powerful, private equity investment firm--you might be surprised to learn what they can do for your mid-level company. Visit Bertramcapital.com for more information.