Houlihan Lokey Advises Rosboro Holdings, Inc.

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Rosboro Holdings, Inc. (Rosboro), the premier North American manufacturer of glulam and a portfolio company of Wynnchurch Capital, LP, has been acquired by One Equity Partners (OEP), a global middle-market private equity firm. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The transaction closed on December 30, 2021.

Rosboro, founded in 1906 and headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, is a leading manufacturer of engineered wood products, including stock and custom glued laminated timber (glulam) and lumber used in the residential and light commercial construction end markets. The company’s core product, X-Beam, is differentiated as the only architecturally finished framing width product on the market. Rosboro is poised to benefit from several growth drivers, including single-family residential housing starts, net migration to the U.S. West, increasing residential repair and remodel, and glulam’s increasing share against structural wood alternatives and other engineered wood products.

Wynnchurch Capital, LP, headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, with offices in California, New York, and an affiliate in Canada, was founded in 1999 and is a leading middle-market private equity investment firm. Wynnchurch’s strategy is to partner with middle-market companies in the United States and Canada that possess the potential for substantial growth and profit improvement. Wynnchurch manages a number of private equity funds with $4.2 billion of committed capital under management and specializes in recapitalizations, growth capital, management buyouts, corporate carve-outs, and restructurings.

One Equity is a middle-market private equity firm focused on the industrial, healthcare, and technology sectors in North America and Europe. The firm builds market-leading companies by identifying and executing transformative business combinations. One Equity is a trusted partner with a differentiated investment process, a broad and senior team, and an extensive track record of generating long-term value for its partners. Since 2001, the firm has completed more than 140 transactions worldwide. One Equity, founded in 2001, spun out of J.P. Morgan in 2015.

Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive sellside financial advisor to Rosboro and assisted in initiating and negotiating the transaction on its behalf. This transaction builds on Houlihan Lokey’s successes and expertise in the building products sector.