Align Capital Partners Announces Partnership with Trident Solutions

CLEVELAND & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Align Capital Partners (“ACP”) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Trident Solutions (“Trident” or the “Company”), a manufacturer of branded safety marking, identification and damage prevention solutions serving over 1,700 customers across utility, commercial and industrial end markets. Trident will continue to be led by CEO Blair Cook and the existing management team as the Company enters its next chapter in partnership with ACP.

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Trident provides a comprehensive portfolio of products used to locate and protect critical infrastructure and assets. The Company's solutions include tracer wire, markers, signs & tags, custom marking posts, stake flags, labels and engineered film products that help customers increase safety, maintain regulatory compliance and prevent costly infrastructure damage.

“Trident embodies the qualities we look for in a platform investment at ACP, including a talented leadership team, a strong market position and multiple avenues for continued growth,” said Chris Jones, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at ACP. “The Company operates in attractive end markets supported by powerful long-term tailwinds, including infrastructure investment, utility modernization, fiber deployment and increasing safety requirements.”

"I'm extremely proud of what our team has built at Trident and excited about what lies ahead," said Blair Cook. "We have significant opportunities to expand our business, broaden the solutions we provide our customers and continue investing in our people and capabilities. ACP shares that ambition, and I look forward to partnering with their team as we take Trident into its next phase of growth."

The Company’s acquisition strategy will focus on expanding its geographic footprint, enhancing its manufacturing capabilities and broadening its portfolio of solutions to address increasingly complex customer challenges. Ross Fuller, Dave Modi, Ryan Schmidt and Andrew Ameen worked alongside Chris Jones on the transaction. ACP was advised by Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP. Trident Solutions was advised by Baird and Holland & Knight.

About Trident Solutions
Trident Solutions manufactures safety identification, marking and damage prevention products for the utilities, infrastructure, construction, energy, industrial and OEM markets. The Company's portfolio of trusted brands — including Presco, Pro-Line Safety Products, William Frick & Company, Rhino Marking & Protection Systems, LEM Products and Uticom Systems — delivers RFID and barcode labels, engineered films, marking products, tags, wire & cable and test stations, all manufactured across five U.S. facilities. Guided by a mission to protect what powers our everyday lives, Trident supports customer zero-harm goals and regulatory compliance through rigorous field testing and adherence to the industry's toughest safety standards. For more information, visit tridentproducts.com.

About Align Capital Partners
ACP is a growth-oriented private equity firm that partners with business owners and management teams to help create shared success. ACP manages $3.2 billion in committed capital with investment teams in Cleveland and Dallas. ACP brings experience and resources to help lower-middle market companies accelerate their growth, to the benefit of management, employees and the firm’s investors. ACP makes control investments in differentiated companies within the business services, technology, specialty manufacturing and distribution sectors. For more information, visit aligncp.com.

Disclosures: This press release is not an offer to sell securities or interests in any fund managed by ACP. The statements quoted above were made by persons who are not clients of ACP and they have not received compensation for the above statements. These statements are solely their opinion and representative of their experience with ACP.