Feb 17, 2015
Myers Industries Lawn and Garden Group Sold, RenamedSource: The HC Companies

The company management of Myers Lawn and Garden Group along with Wingate Partners V, L.P. have acquired the Lawn and Garden business from Myers Industries, Inc.

The new company name is The HC Companies, Inc.

The HC Companies, Inc. will continue as North Americas leading provider of horticulture containers supplying the greenhouse, nursery and tetail markets under the brand names Dillen, ITML, ProCal, Listo, Akro-Mils Lawn & Garden and Planters Pride.

Myers Industries announced its intent to sell the Lawn and Garden business in June of 2014 and announced a definitive agreement with Wingate Partners in January 2015. Wingate Partners, a Dallas, Texas-based private equity firm, was founded in 1987 to purchase controlling equity investments in manufacturing, distribution and services businesses.

The acquisition of the Lawn and Garden business includes manufacturing facilities and offices located in Twinsburg and Middlefield, Ohio, Sparks, Nevada, Sebring, Florida, and Brantford and Burlington, Onario.

For more information, please visit www.hc-companies.com.