Union Park Capital

Union Park invests exclusively in industrial technology companies, targeting lower-middle-market businesses that manufacture specialized components, instruments, and automation equipment. The firm looks for companies with substantial installed bases and recurring aftermarket revenue from proprietary parts and service contracts. Its typical targets are founder-owned or family-owned businesses in segments like test and measurement, precision manufacturing, fluid handling, and industrial automation.

Union Park operates with a patient capital approach and does not impose fixed holding periods on its investments. Unlike traditional private equity firms that typically sell within three to five years, Union Park structures its investments to allow for indefinite hold periods where management teams can compound value without the pressure of a near-term exit. This long-duration philosophy is central to its pitch to entrepreneur-sellers.

Union Park typically pursues control investments where it can act as the lead equity partner rather than participating as a minority co-investor alongside other financial sponsors. The firm emphasizes direct partnerships with management teams and takes a hands-on operational approach, embedding resources inside its portfolio companies rather than managing them from a central office.

Union Park evaluates industrial technology investments across North America and Europe, with a preference for companies headquartered in manufacturing-intensive regions. The firm operates from a single Boston office and travels extensively to its portfolio company sites rather than maintaining satellite locations abroad.

The firm's investment team operates from Boston, though it has historically maintained a lower public profile than many peers. Its partners combine private equity experience with hands-on industrial operating backgrounds, reflecting the firm's emphasis on deep operational engagement with portfolio companies rather than pure financial engineering.