Acquiring Company
Gryphon
Acquired Company
Wittichen Supply Company
Description
Gryphon Investors ("Gryphon"), a leading middle-market private equity firm, today announced that it has acquired Wittichen Supply Company ("Wittichen" or the "Company"), a wholesale distributor providing heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC/R) equipment, parts, supplies, and customer service to residential and commercial customers in the Southeastern United States. This represents the second investment closed by Gryphon's Heritage Fund, a new small-cap fund offering launched by Gryphon in 2020. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
M&A Insights
Based on deal dataIntegration timeline
70% of M&A integrations take 12-24 months to complete
Tech stack consolidation
83% of merged companies consolidate technology vendors within first year
Post-acquisition investment
Companies increase IT spending by 23% on average after acquisitions
Success factor
M&A deals with strong technology integration plans are 2.5x more likely to succeed