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AFC Industries

Supply-chain and inventory management solutions partner to OEMs

AFC Industries

Invested

April 2021

Headquarters

West Chester, OH

Status

Current

“AFC has established itself as a real partner to customers through its high-touch and value-added distribution model, alleviating many of the pain points related to sourcing C-parts and inventory management. AFC’s success reflects their extensive technical and industry expertise, deep domestic and international sourcing network, and vast national distribution footprint.1 ”

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KEVIN YAMASHITA

Partner, Bertram Capital

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Company Overview

AFC Industries is a leading distributor of fasteners and other C-parts, offering highly customized supply chain management programs to a diverse base of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers.

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Company Overview

AFC Industries is a leading distributor of fasteners and other C-parts, offering highly customized supply chain management programs to a diverse base of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers.

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1 Set forth on this website are statements of certain officers of select portfolio companies in which the Bertram Funds have invested or currently invest. The portfolio company officers were not selected on the basis of performance criteria. This is not a complete list of all officers associated with the portfolio companies in which the Bertram Funds have invested or are invested. Other portfolio company officers may not have the same experience as those individuals identified on this website. This website is intended solely to provide information about Bertram’s potential capabilities for prospective portfolio companies, and is not an offer to sell to any person, or a solicitation from any person of an offer to buy, any securities. The statements presented on this website are not statements of any Bertram client fund or investor and do not describe any experience with or endorsement of Bertram as an investment adviser by any such client or investor.