We invest in profitable companies with strong niche positions within their industries. We are particularly interested in privately-owned companies in need of an ownership transition and divisions of larger companies that no longer fit their parent company's strategic direction.
Minco is a manufacturer, processor and value-added distributor of semiconductors used in military and aerospace applications as well as medical equipment, down-hole drilling equipment and other applications requiring high-reliability semiconductor components. Minco's products include new cutting edge technology as well as hard to find, obsolete and end-of-life semiconductors used in both new equipment and the replacement market.
- Location: Austin, TX
- Investment: May 2010
- Seller(s)/Deal Dynamic: Generational transfer; Rockwood partnered with the second generation of the founding family to recapitalize the business; founder retired and joined the Board of Directors while the second generation assumed operational control of the business
- Industries Served: Electronics / Defense / Aerospace / Medical Equipment / Oil and Gas
- Outside Directors:
- Keith Kolerus (Chairman) - Chairman of Agilysys; former SVP - Americas Division for National Semiconductor
- Robert Repass - Former Managing Partner of PWC’s Austin, TX, office; former CFO of Motion Computing, and former CFO of Ross Technologies, a VC-backed semiconductor company
- Keith Nootbaar - COO of Johnstech International; former Senior Business Unit Director of Honeywell's semiconductor business
- Website: http://www.mincotech.com