DALLAS, April 24, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orion Group ("Orion"), a commercial and industrial field services company backed by Alpine Investors ("Alpine"), announced today that it has partnered with Academy Locksmith ("Academy"). Academy provides mechanical and electronic locksmithing, door, and other access control solutions to multi-site commercial customers throughout the country. Orion is building a national facilities maintenance business by partnering with exceptional founder-owned facility services businesses and supplying the resources needed to fuel their next chapter of growth. Academy joins Orion’s facilities maintenance service provider network, Leo Facilities Maintenance ("Leo FM"), as its eighth partnership since its founding in 2022.Founded in 1991 by Tim Braun, Academy has over three decades of expertise in the access controls industry, providing full-service security and loss prevention solutions to national multi-site customers. Academy’s skilled team ensures coverage across a wide breadth of mechanical and electronic services, from locks & door hardware to key systems to specialized vault solutions. Kenny Friede will lead Academy as president."Our partnership with Orion will help us better serve not only our customers but also our team members," said Tim Braun

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orion Group (“Orion”), a commercial and industrial field services company backed by Alpine Investors (“Alpine”), announced today that it has partnered with Academy Locksmith (“Academy”). Academy provides mechanical and electronic locksmithing, door, and other access control solutions to multi-site commercial customers throughout the country. Orion is building a national facilities maintenance business by partnering with exceptional founder-owned facility services businesses and supplying the resources needed to fuel their next chapter of growth. Academy joins Orion’s facilities maintenance service provider network, Leo Facilities Maintenance (“Leo FM”), as its eighth partnership since its founding in 2022. Founded in 1991 by Tim Braun, Academy has over three decades of expertise in the access controls industry, providing full-service security and loss prevention solutions to national multi-site customers. Academy’s skilled team ensures coverage across a wide breadth of mechanical and electronic services, from locks door hardware to key systems to specialized vault solutions

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cobalt Service Partners (“Cobalt”), a platform focused on buying and operating commercial access solutions businesses and backed by Alpine Investors, today announced that it has acquired four more businesses since its launch in December 2023. Joining Cobalt are Automated Door Ways (“ADW”), Toepfer Security (“Toepfer”), Industrial Door Company (“IDC”), and Homeland Safety Systems (“HSS”). With these four acquisitions, Cobalt has expanded its geographical footprint to include the West Coast and Midwest, and its core capabilities to include access control, video surveillance, and overhead doors, among other commercial access and security service offerings. About the recent acquisitions:ADW was founded in 2005 by Ed Gaffney, who has run the business since its inception. Based in Columbus, Georgia, ADW installs and supports automatic and manual doors for customers across the Southeast. Toepfer was originally founded as Toepfer Lock Safe in 1862