ZCG-Backed Eppinger Technologies Appoints Chris Smith as Chief Financial Officer

Experienced Global Business Leader to Drive Operational Excellence and Spearhead Future Growth

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eppinger Technologies (“Eppinger”), a leading manufacturer of highly engineered OEM and aftermarket CNC tooling products and precision automation solutions, today announced that Chris Smith has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer.

As CFO, Mr. Smith will lead Eppinger’s global financial functions, including overseeing and managing strategic corporate planning initiatives and acquisition execution. His contributions will be particularly vital as the company accelerates its growth trajectory and integrates Eppinger Group, following its recent acquisition of Techniks Tool Group (“TTG”).

Mr. Smith brings over 30 years of senior global leadership experience at both public and private manufacturing businesses. Most recently, he held a number of senior global leadership roles at Colson Medical, a Marmon Holdings/Berkshire Hathaway company, over an eight-year span, including as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and, ultimately, President. Prior to Colson Medical, Mr. Smith served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Acumed LLC, where he was responsible for the company’s global finance, accounting, and IT functions. His career also includes financial leadership roles at Colson Group Holdings, AMTEC Precision Products, and Deloitte.

“We are excited to welcome Chris to the team and look forward to benefitting from his multifaceted global financial leadership experience and expertise implementing highly successful operational and strategic business initiatives on a global scale,” said Jason Struthers, Chief Executive Officer of Eppinger Technologies. “With the completion of our recent acquisition of TTG, Eppinger is well positioned to continue to scale our business and capture long-term growth opportunities.”

“As Eppinger continues to grow and support customers around the world, ensuring the team is operating within a best-in-class corporate and financial reporting infrastructure will have an immeasurable long-term impact,” Mr. Smith said. “I’m excited to work closely with Jason and the entire executive team to bring unique experience that will support Eppinger in professionalizing and streamlining key corporate and financial processes to drive efficiencies and unlock new value.”

About Eppinger Technologies

Eppinger Technologies is a global leading mechanical engineering company supplying sophisticated, high precision automation solutions and tooling systems across the manufacturing space with expertise and product offerings across the aerospace, robotics, medical, automotive, defense, and energy industries.

Eppinger Technologies is a portfolio company of Z Capital Partners, L.L.C., the private equity fund management arm of Z Capital Group, L.L.C. ("ZCG").

For more information, please visit https://eppingertechnologies.com.

About ZCG

ZCG is a leading, privately held merchant bank comprised of private markets asset management, business consulting services, technology development and solutions.

For almost 30 years, ZCG Principals have invested tens of billions in capital and have industry leading track records in private equity and credit.

ZCG has approximately $7B of AUM in asset management and its investors are some of the largest and most sophisticated global institutional investors including pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, and insurance companies.

ZCG has a global team comprised of over 400 talented professionals. For more information, please visit www.zcg.com.