Team Member: Benjamin Marks

  • Concrete Floor Coatings Market Overview – August 2024

    Concrete Floor Coatings Market Overview – August 2024

    Northborne Partners is pleased to announce the release of its latest industry report: Concrete Floor Coatings Market Overview – August 2024. This report provides insight into the following areas of the concrete floor coatings market:

    • Market trends and growth drivers
    • Technical breakdowns and applications of relevant coatings
    • Illustrative Middle Market coatings manufacturing landscape

    Northborne Partners continues to be very active in industrials M&A, with 22 transactions closed over the past three years.

  • Rail Services Market Perspectives

    Rail Services Market Perspectives

    Northborne Partners is pleased to announce the release of its latest industry report: Rail Services Market Perspectives. This detailed report provides insight into the following areas of the rail services market:

    • Industry dynamics and key market participants
    • Analysis of market and macro indicators impacting both the service line and end market operating environment
      • Service Lines: maintenance of way, maintenance of equipment, construction & engineering and in-yard / plant operations
      • End Markets: Class I, industrial and transit
    • Recent M&A activity

    Northborne is the most active firm in advising sellers of rail services and rail-related businesses across North America, having completed 10+ assignments over the last three years. Most recently, Northborne served as the exclusive financial advisor to Universal Rail Systems (a portfolio company of TorQuest Partners) on its sale to American Track (a portfolio company of DFW Capital Partners) – this combination created the largest industrial and Class 1 focused maintenance of way business in North America (now branded as North American Rail Solutions). Our recent experience in the market as well as frequent dialogue with key industry participants has provided us valuable insights into the rail services M&A market.

  • ARMA Market Perspectives – March 2024

    ARMA Market Perspectives – March 2024

    Northborne Partners is pleased to announce the release of its latest industry report: ARMA Market Perspectives – March 2024. This report provides insight into the following areas of the ARMA market:

    • Industry Dynamics and Statistics (Macroeconomic trends, funding detail, status of the residential market and overall growth outlook)
    • Valuation Overview (what drives value, summary of public heavy material companies and the status of the M&A market)
    • Recent M&A Activity (transactions since 2015)

    Northborne Partners continues to be active in the ARMA market, most recently serving as the exclusive financial advisor to Asphalt Concrete Solutions (“ACS”) (View Announcement). This deal marked the second ARMA transaction completed by Northborne Partners over the past two years. Along with this, Northborne holds continuous strategic dialogue with key players in the market.