Chicago, Oct. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Warehouse on Wheels (“WOW”), formerly known as American Trailer Rental Group, is a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners (“Wind Point”), and a leading provider of mobile storage solutions pleased to announce the acquisition of Triton Assets Limited (“Triton”), a Toronto, Ontario-based provider of trailer rental solutions for the manufacturing, distribution and entertainment industries.”
The acquisition of Triton represents another step in WOW’s aggressive growth strategy and capabilities to serve customers in the greater Toronto region.
The addition of Triton represents WOW’s twenty-second acquisition, joining eight greenfield expansion sites since partnering with Wind Point.
“Triton represents an important addition to WOW that furthers our strategic goal of aggressive growth,” said Jonathan Brooks, CEO of WOW. “Dan Leslie has built a prosperous, customer-focused company that perfectly aligns with our customer-centric value proposition. Together with our partners at Wind Point, we continue to execute our growth strategy to build a leading mobile storage services provider. Triton strengthens our ability to serve the world’s best manufacturers and distributors across a wide range of industries and regions from the first mile to the second to the last mile.”
Triton has been a leading provider of trailer rental and full-service transport solutions for more than 15 years. Triton joins WOW, which specializes in solving business needs across a range of industries by providing storage, transportation and over-the-road trailers.
Dan Leslie, owner of Triton and now president of Warehouse on Wheels’ Canadian operations, commented: “We are excited to partner with Warehouse on Wheels as this will allow us to expand our capabilities and continue our mission to provide excellent customer service and flexible demand trailer rental and storage solutions across Canada”
Konrad Salaber, Managing Director at Wind Point, commented: “Triton represents another strategic acquisition for WOW, further strengthening its position as the leading mobile storage provider in the Greater Toronto Area. We look forward to continuing to support WOW’s growth strategy.”
WOW is seeking strategic acquisition opportunities, with a focus on leading storage and cart trailer providers in the US and Canada.
About WOW Warehouse on Wheels, formerly known as American Trailer Rental Group, is a mobile storage solutions provider specializing in solving business needs across a variety of industries by offering warehousing, carting and over-the-road trailers. WOW strives to simplify customers’ supply chains by providing high-quality solutions for a diverse customer base
basis, from the first to the last mile of their supply chain. WOW’s core values include doing the right thing and having a can-do attitude.
In 2017, WOW launched two locations in Evansville, Indiana and Memphis, Tennessee with approximately 5,400 units. Since then, WOW has expanded to more than 36 locations in the US, Canada and Mexico and its asset base has grown to more than 41,000 units. The current team has guided and integrated 28 acquisitions and launched 11 greenfield locations. Additional information about WOW is available at www.wowtrailers.com.
About Wind Point Partners
Wind Point Partners is a Chicago-based private equity investment firm with approximately $6 billion in assets under management. The company focuses on partnering with top-level management teams to acquire well-positioned middle-market companies where it can chart a clear path to value creation. Founded in 1984, Wind Point is one of Chicago’s oldest private equity firms and an early adopter in developing a partnership model to connect with top talent in private equity investing. Today, the firm’s Executive Advisor Partner (“EAP”) network consists of more than 40 high-caliber executives who are closely associated with Wind Point and contribute to all aspects of the firm’s investment process.
Wind Point focuses on investments in the business services, consumer products and industrial products sectors. Since its inception, Wind Point has deployed ten private equity buyout funds in partnership with leading institutional investors around the world, including government pensions, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, fund of funds and family offices. Additional information about Wind Point is available at www.windpointpartners.com.
CONTACT: Mischel Schonberg Warehouse on Wheels 513-617-9499 mischel@freemancommunications.biz
