About the Deal
HEIDEN INC., headquartered in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, specializes in precision custom metal fabrications for premier customers across diverse industries. Through its crane attachments segment, Heiden designs and manufactures proprietary, branded equipment attachments, including specialized grapples, forks, dump boxes, and clam buckets. The company employs nearly 75 employees across its two operating facilities.
TIGHTROPE CAPITAL PARTNERS, located in Chicago, Illinois, invests in middle-market companies. Leveraging decades of operating experience across an array of industries, the firm partners with business owners and management teams to support expansion, growth, and ownership transitions.
Heiden represents a new platform investment for Tightrope, with the strategic intent to grow the business organically and through acquisition.
BRIDGEWOOD ADVISORS initiated this transaction, assisted in negotiations, and acted as exclusive financial advisor to Heiden Inc.
