Dubin Clark & Company has acquired BBJ Rentals (dba BBJ Linen), a provider of special event linen rental products and services to weddings, social and corporate events. Doron Levy, one of the company’s former owners, will remain active at BBJ as its CEO.
“BBJ is a leading specialty linen rental company. The company was very attractive to Dubin Clark based on our prior investment experience in the specialty rental industry,” said Brent Paris, Partner of Dubin Clark. “Bonnie Dannen and Judy Goldberg, two of the original founders, built an innovative company focused on the customer. We look forward to backing Doron Levy as CEO and the rest of the management team in continuing to build upon BBJ’s success.”
In December 2014, Dubin Clark acquired Peterson Party Center (later renamed PPC Event Services), a renter of party and event equipment including table linens, tents, and chairs. PPC is based near Boston in Woburn, MA (www.petersonpartycenter.com). In April 2016, PPC acquired Chicago-based Rentals Unlimited, a renter of party and event equipment. Earlier in 2016, PPC also acquired Canton, MA-based Reserve Modern, a renter of tables and chairs.
In March 2016, Dubin Clark acquired M&M Event Rentals, an event service company that provides tables, chairs, linens, tents, lighting, and other equipment for weddings, social parties, and corporate events in the Chicago metropolitan and Dallas Ft. Worth metro areas. M&M is headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Carol Stream (www.mmspecialevents.com).
M&M and BBJ Rentals have not been consolidated with PPC and stand as a separate portfolio investments in Dubin Clark’s portfolio.
Dubin Clark invests in companies that have from $10 million to $100 million in sales and at least $2 million of EBITDA. Sectors of interest include manufacturing, value-added distribution, and services. The firm was founded in 1984 and has two offices, one in Boston and the other near Jacksonville in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (www.dubinclark.com).
BBJ Rentals was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Niles (www.bbjlinen.com).
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