May River Capital acquires Unibloc-Pump

Lower-middle-market industrial growth investor May River Capital LLC purchased Unibloc-Pump LLC, which recently relocated its U.S. operations to Kennesaw, Ga., from Marietta, Ga.

Unibloc founder Harry Soderstrom will remain with the company as chief growth officer and will be joined by Chris Stevens as CEO. Patrick Painter will serve as CFO and Brian Comiskey will be chief operating and technical officer.

Unibloc makes positive displacement pumps, strainers, valves, bubble traps and other solutions for sanitary flow control applications, including food and beverage, pharmaceutical and transportation sectors.

Paul Hastings LLP was legal adviser to May River, and Jones Day was legal counsel to Unibloc and its shareholders.