Founded in 1890, The D.S. Brown Company is a manufacturer of critical, specialty components for bridges, elevated roadways, highways, airfield pavement structures and other elements of the transportation infrastructure.

Investment Rationale

• Strong industry fundamentals driven by the recognized need to repair and replace the nation’s aging and increasingly insufficient bridges, roads, airports.
• Serves as a strategic acquisition platform in a highly-fragmented market with superior management team.

Value Creation

• Added significant manufacturing capacity at Ohio facility, including increased structural bearing product expansion.
• Significantly improved workflow generating manufacturing efficiencies.

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April, 2011
Altus exits bridge parts manufacturer for $96 M

April, 2011
Altus Capital Partners closes sale of D.S Brown to Gibraltar Industries; sale reflects Altus' investment focus on successful U.S.-based manufacturing companies

April, 2011
Altus Capital sells D.S. Brown to Gibraltar

March, 2011
Altus Capital Partners signs definitive agreement to sell D.S. Brown Company to Gibraltar Industries

February, 2011
D.S. Brown company announces partnership with Chase Construction Products

August, 2010
D.S. Brown's cableguard wrap helps bring the Manhattan bridge into its second century

August, 2010
D.S. Brown featured in Wall Street Journal online

August, 2010
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September, 2008
Altus Capital Partners acquires the D.S. Brown Company, the leading manufacturer of specialty components for bridges, highways and airfield pavement structures, to take advantage of opportunities to revitalize public infrastructure