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Generac Holdings Successfully Acquires Country Home Products

JH Partners

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Headquartered in San Francisco, JH Partners, LLC, seeks out value-driven investment opportunities in consumer products and services companies. Over the years, JH Partners has made targeted investments in more than two dozen brands, ranging from J. McLaughlin to Peet's Coffee & Tea.

In August 2015, Generac Holdings, Inc., acquired Country Home Products, Inc., a well-established equipment enterprise that manufactures engine-powered products for diverse property maintenance uses. JH Partners held an 85 percent stake in the Vermont-based company.

Distributed under brand names such as Neuton and DR, Country Home Products’ leaf vacuums and field-and-brush mowers are sold throughout North America. At the time of its acquisition by Generac, which makes power-generation equipment, the firm employed 200 people across three Vermont locations.
With financial terms not disclosed, the transaction was described by Generac’s president and CEO as presenting an excellent strategic fit that would open up new markets for products associated with both companies.