Blackford Capital, a leading lower middle market private equity firm, recently acquired Southern California-based Eight12 Automation, an automation and controls engineering leader. This is the second add-on to the PACIV Industrial Automation platform in the past 12 months. Terms of the transaction are not disclosed.
Eight12 represents a variety of end markets including life sciences, medical device, food and beverage, steel processing, automotive assembly, consumer products, and water filtration.
Founded in 2011 by Witney Johnson, Eight12 joins Blackford Capital’s PACIV Industrial Automation Platform five months after the January acquisition of Pennsylvania and Ohio-based Data Science Automation (DSA). With offices in Puerto Rico, Indiana, and the EU, PACIV is a leading full-service provider of an extensive slate of industrial process automation and systems integration services including validation, instrumentation, and turnkey solutions, primarily for manufacturers in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. It was acquired by Blackford Capital in June 2023.
The industrial automation sector is projected to reach a market size of USD 395.09 billion by 2029.
Witney Johnson, founder of Eight12, assumes the position of Principal Engineer/West Coast Region Manager at PACIV USA. All other engineering staff will retain their positions.
L&F Brown, P.C. served as legal advisor to Eight12. Varnum LLP served as legal advisor and DPO&Co served as the financial advisor to PACIV.
Eight12 represents a variety of end markets including life sciences, medical device, food and beverage, steel processing, automotive assembly, consumer products, and water filtration.
Founded in 2011 by Witney Johnson, Eight12 joins Blackford Capital’s PACIV Industrial Automation Platform five months after the January acquisition of Pennsylvania and Ohio-based Data Science Automation (DSA). With offices in Puerto Rico, Indiana, and the EU, PACIV is a leading full-service provider of an extensive slate of industrial process automation and systems integration services including validation, instrumentation, and turnkey solutions, primarily for manufacturers in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. It was acquired by Blackford Capital in June 2023.
The industrial automation sector is projected to reach a market size of USD 395.09 billion by 2029.
Witney Johnson, founder of Eight12, assumes the position of Principal Engineer/West Coast Region Manager at PACIV USA. All other engineering staff will retain their positions.
L&F Brown, P.C. served as legal advisor to Eight12. Varnum LLP served as legal advisor and DPO&Co served as the financial advisor to PACIV.
