Rotunda-backed Value Added Distributors merges with Exotic Automation & Supply

  • Value Added Distributors, backed by Rotunda Capital Partners, agreed to merge with Exotic Automation & Supply to form a larger industrial distributor and fabricator.
  • The combined business will operate 38 locations across the Midwest and South, combining VAD’s 18 sites with Exotic’s 20 in Michigan and Indiana.
  • VAD focuses on mobile fluid power distribution and fabrication services; Exotic supplies motion and control products for the industrial MRO market.
  • VAD CEO Mike Kostelnik will lead the combined company; Exotic President Steve Orlando will become president; Exotic CEO Tom Marino will join the board.
  • The deal targets scale benefits across vendors and customers, expanded value-added services, and upgraded back-office and warehouse systems.


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