Shore Capital Partners Names Aurelio Banda to Lead Automation Hardware & Components Distribution Platform

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shore Capital Partners ("Shore" or "Shore Capital"), a Chicago-based private equity firm with offices in Nashville, today announced that Aurelio Banda has joined the firm as an Executive Operating Partner, where he will lead Shore’s platform strategy to build a premier value-added industrial automation distributor. In this role, Banda will be responsible for sourcing and evaluating prospective acquisition partners, while developing a commercial and operating strategy focused on deep technical expertise, applications support, and manufacturer relationships across high technology product classes.

Banda brings more than 35 years of experience across the full automation value chain, spanning distribution, manufacturing, and private equity-backed operations. He most recently served as President and CEO of Turck USA, a global leader in sensor, fieldbus, and connectivity products for factory, process, and logistics automation. Prior to Turck, Banda was Group Vice President of Automation at Motion Industries, where he led the company's automation business unit with P&L responsibility across OEM, integrator, and end user channels. Before that, he held CEO roles at PHD Inc. and Beckhoff Automation North America.

Earlier in his career, Banda founded Controls Plus Inc., a wholesale distributor and software application engineering company serving process and industrial manufacturing customers across the U.S. and Mexico for 15 years.

Banda has served as a member of the Board of Directors of ONDEX Automation, Shore Capital’s industrial automation systems integrator platform, since 2024.

“I’ve had the privilege of watching Aurelio’s capabilities as a Board member of ONDEX Automation over the past several years,” said John Sznewajs, Partner and Co-Head of Shore Capital’s Industrials Fund. “What sets Aurelio apart is a combination of deep technical fluency across the automation hardware stack, first-hand experience in building strong channel relationships at both the manufacturer and distributor level, and a track record of scaling businesses. We believe his partnership will be defining for this strategy.”

"Shore takes a differentiated approach to the industrial automation landscape and understands the strategic discipline required to operate as a true channel partner to manufacturers and end users," said Banda. "I am excited to lead this effort backed by Shore’s operational infrastructure, Board network, and track record of building durable founder-led partnerships.”

About Shore Capital Partners

Shore Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm with an office in Nashville, is an investor in lower-middle market companies in the Healthcare, Food and Beverage, Business Services, Industrial, and Real Estate industries. Shore’s strategy is to support management partners to grow faster with less risk through access to capital, world-class board and operational resources, and unmatched networking, development, and shared learnings across the portfolio. From 2020-2025, Shore received recognition from Inc. Magazine as a 6x Top Founder Friendly Investor and by Pitchbook Research for leading U.S. Private Equity deal volume for the past 10 years, from 2015-2024. Shore targets investments in proven, successful private companies with superior management teams, stable cash flow, and significant potential to grow through industry consolidation and organic growth to generate value for shareholders. Shore has approximately $17 billion of assets under management and in additional investment platforms to which it provides business and operational consulting services. To learn more about Shore Capital Partners, and for more information on these awards and investment platforms, please visit www.shorecp.com.