By Anirban Sen(Reuters) - Merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners, the owner of Alliance Laundry Systems, is exploring a sale of the U.S. laundry equipment manufacturer that could value it at nearly $5 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.
BDT & MSD Partners, Alliance Laundry, and Morgan Stanley declined to comment.
It supplies laundry systems to U.S. military facilities, laundromat chains, hotels, long-term healthcare facilities and clinics, restaurants, fire stations, residential apartments, and other businesses across sectors.
In 2015, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan sold its majority stake in Ripon, Wisconsin-based Alliance Laundry to BDT Capital Partners, prior to its merger with MSD Partners.
BDT & MSD Partners is run by former Goldman Sachs alumni Trott and Gregg Lemkau.
Persons:
Anirban Sen, Morgan Stanley, Michael, Byron, Primus, Goldman Sachs, Trott, Gregg Lemkau, Silver, Armour, Shari Redstone, Chizu Nomiyama
Organizations:
Reuters, Merchant, MSD Partners, Alliance Laundry Systems, Alliance, Laundry, BDT Capital Partners
Locations:
Ontario, Ripon , Wisconsin, New York