PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orca Capital Securities, LLC (www.orcacapitalsecurities.com), has facilitated the acquisition of Green Diamond Sand Products by a newly created group, Green Diamond Performance Minerals Inc. The acquiring consortium includes MSI Capital Partners and AAVIN Equity Advisers. Riddle, OR based Green Diamond Sand Products is a national leader in industrial minerals. Their environmentally friendly and inert product array provides consistent customizable solutions to many sectors, from foundries to abrasives. Green Diamond Sand Products controls the only substantial reserve of laterite nickel smelter by-product material in North America.
Both sides are pleased. Green Diamond Sand Products CEO Art Schweizer noted: “Orca saw us through every step of the way. Thanks to their capabilities executing this complex transaction we were able to realize a long-planned exit while preparing the company and its employees for continued success under new ownership.”
MSI’s Managing Principal Bill Wilkins, a minerals industry veteran, stated: “We are excited to partner with a highly capable management team and by the market potential for the Company’s proprietary and uniquely effective portfolio of products.”
Headquartered in the Philadelphia area, MSI is an operationally focused lower-middle market investment firm that makes control investments in process minerals and specialty chemical manufacturers. AAVIN Equity Advisers, a private equity firm based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has a long history of specializing in late-stage and expansion stage financings, and have made investments in over 300 companies.
About Orca Capital Securities
Orca Capital provides high level, expert corporate finance services to emerging growth and middle market companies in the Pacific Northwest. Through its global relationships, Orca Capital is able to bring both domestic and international strategic buyers as well as institutional equity investors. Whether buying or selling a business or raising capital, Orca Capital focuses on providing client specific corporate finance solutions. With a highly disciplined approach to the capital markets, Orca Capital's investment banking team has an extensive track record of successful transactions valued at over $12 billion.
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