Year

Company

Business

 Location

Sales at 

Date of

Acquisition 

 1991

 

 1992

 Gelber Industries, Inc.* 

 R.W. Fox, Inc.

 (Gelber)

Industrial Pump

Distribution

Industrial Pump

Distribution

Chicago, IL

 

Philadelphia, PA

$16.0

 

$2.0

1992

Surface Systems, Inc.*

Roadway Weather

Information Systems

St. Louis, MO

$8.3

1993

Xymox Technologies, Inc.

Membrane Switches

Milwaukee, WI

$9.0

1994

Orval Kent Food Co., Inc. *

Prepared Salads

Wheeling, IL

$120.0

1994

Byerly Foods, Inc. (Orval Kent)

Prepared Salads

Dallas, TX

$3.0

1995

Weather Corporation of America (Surface Systems)

Utility Weather Information

St. Louis, MO

$0.8

1995

Image Conversion Systems, Inc. *

Document Conversion

Chicago, IL

$22.5

1996

Multiplex Display Fixture Co., Inc.*

Display Fixtures

St. Louis, MO

$19.6

1996

Mrs. Crockett’s Kitchens, Inc. (Orval Kent)

Prepared Salads

Fort Worth, TX

$40.0

1998

WinterQuest, LLC*

Snowshoes

Stowe, VT

$7.9

1998

Paneltec, Inc. (Xymox)

Membrane Switches

Santa Clara, CA

$7.6

1999

SilverCloud, Inc. (Xymox)

Membrane Switches

Middletown, NJ

$9.3

1999

Atlas Snow-Shoe Co. (WinterQuest)

Snowshoes

San Francisco, CA

 

$6.9

1999

Display Products Division of Raychem, Inc. (Xymox)

Membrane Switches

Sunnyvale, CA

$3.0

1999

Universal Blanchers, Inc.*

Peanut Processer

Peachtree City, GA

$7.8

 2000

Seabrook Enterprises, Inc.

(Universal Blanchers)

Peanut Processer

Sylvester, GA

$47.8

2000

Springbrook Mfg. Co.

(WinterQuest)

Snowshoes

Grand Junction, CO

$1.0

2001

Lantor, Inc.

Non-woven textiles

Boston, MA

$34.0

2005

Climax Portable Machine Tools, Inc.

Portable Machining Solutions

Portland, OR

$16.8

2007

 

Groeb Farms, Inc.

Honey Processing

Onsted, MI

$65.0

2009

 

Karl's Event Rentals, Inc.

Tent Rentals

Milwaukee, WI

$50.0

* -

Horizon Partners sold Gelber Industries in 1996, Image Conversion Systems in 1997, Multiplex Display  Fixture Company in 1998, Orval Kent Food Co. in 2000, Surface Systems, Inc. in 2001, WinterQuest, LLC in 2003, and Universal Blanchers LLC in 2007.