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Blackford Capital invests in Aqua-Leisure Industries
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Auq-Leisure Industries is a designer and distributor of multiple lines of performance-based products under a variety of brand names and proprietary designs, including swim goggles, “Learn to Swim” products for children and pool floats, among other categories.
Courtesy Aqua-Leisure Industries
Courtesy Aqua-Leisure Industries
The local private equity firm Blackford Capital invested in a water sport leisure and aquatic goods product developer, creating a new portfolio company platform in the process.
Grand Rapids-based Blackford Capital said Wednesday it invested in Avon, Massachusetts-based Aqua-Leisure Industries.
Founded in 1970, Aqua-Leisure primarily serves the aquatic consumer products industry. The company is a designer and distributor of multiple lines of performance-based products under a variety of brand names and proprietary designs, including swim goggles, “Learn to Swim” products for children and p