Houlihan Lokey Advises Astro Shapes

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Astro Shapes LLC, a portfolio company of Monomoy Capital Partners (Monomoy), has been acquired by Wynnchurch Capital (Wynnchurch).

Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Struthers, Ohio, Astro Shapes is a leading manufacturer of custom aluminum extrusions. The company primarily serves the building products and recreational vehicle markets through three facilities across the Midwest and Northeast. For more than 50 years, Astro Shapes has been known for its market-leading lead times, excellence in quality, customer service, and value-added capabilities. Astro Shapes operates state-of-the-art, computerized extrusion presses capable of creating and manufacturing custom extrusions in more than 14,000 unique, cutting-edge shapes and sizes in painted, thermal, anodized, and other finishes.

Monomoy is a New York-based private investment firm with more than $5 billion in assets under management across a family of investment funds. Monomoy invests in middle-market businesses that can benefit from operational and financial improvement with a focus on manufacturing, distribution, and business services companies across industrial and consumer product sectors in North America.

Wynnchurch is a leading middle-market private equity investment firm with more than $9 billion in assets under management. The firm focuses on middle-market companies in the United States and Canada that possess the potential for substantial growth and profit improvement.

Houlihan Lokey served as the financial advisor to Astro Shapes and assisted in initiating, structuring, and negotiating the transaction on its behalf. This deal highlights Houlihan Lokey’s expertise and continued success in advising innovative, market-leading industrial, metals, and engineered materials businesses supporting critical infrastructure.

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