Pillars of Success
Partnering with entrepreneurs to take their businesses further than they thought possible.
Current Investments
Southwest Steel Fabrication
Southwest Steel Fabrication was founded in 1910 and is located in Bonner Springs, Kansas. The company has an immense 140,000 square foot plant that has the capacity for even the largest jobs. SSF successfully competes on the basis of its long standing reputation for excellence, the high quality of its workmanship, strong record of reliability in timely delivery, and perhaps most importantly, its rock bottom pricing.
Dart Casting
Dart Casting is a high-pressure aluminum die casting company located in the heart of America and dedicated to making their customers successful. With a passionate commitment to quality, Dart Casting continuously works to ensure that each unit is produced with accuracy, consistency, and efficiency.
Eagle Precision Sheet Metal
EPSM plays a key role in several high-profile projects and products around the world. EPSM’s mission is to help customers attain high-quality products in an efficient and cost-effective manner. EPSM is a technology-centric manufacturing company that produces a wide range of specialty products and can assist in 3D design, flat pattern, engineering, and design-for-manufacturability.
Turk Manufacturing
Turk Manufacturing is a full-service machining facility located in Hillsboro, Oregon. Founded in 1977, Turk has continued to grow into a 33,000+ square foot facility with climate control, clean rooms, and state of the art machinery. Turk’s primary business is manufacturing products to customer drawings and specifications, from prototype to high production quantities.
Exited Investments
Nell Hill’s
Founded in 1981, Nell Hill’s is a Kansas City staple and one of the most popular home interior stores in the Midwest. Located in Briarcliff Village in North Kansas City, Nell Hill’s welcomes guests from all over the country to find beautiful home décor, bespoke furniture and design inspiration. Nell Hill’s is the ideal place for a day of shopping or a fun getaway weekend.
Highlighted Stories of Success
Southwest Steel
A fresh perspective
Challenge: A mindset here was the common refrain, “that’s the way it’s always been done.” With a workforce that had been with the company for many years, in some cases decades, business processes and practices were not evaluated for improvement. The SOP was that if it has worked for all these years, no need to change it. While that was true in some cases, it was not true in all cases.
Dart Casting
Achieving a Vision
Challenge: The second-generation owners of the business wanted to diversify risk while partnering with a group that could help the company achieve growth and thus its full potential.
Eagle Precision
Trust exemplified
Challenge: As a new owner, it is difficult to show the former ownership group, as well as the existing management team, that the new leader is the right one to guide and grow the business.
Nell Hill’s
Preserve a legacy
Challenge: This iconic retail store was founded by a very dynamic lady that was/is revered within the industry. We sought to partner with an investment group with the goal of preserving what was so great about the business, but injecting new life.