XLCS Partners, Inc., a leading middle market investment bank, is pleased to announce it served as exclusive advisor to R&D Fasteners, R2 Precision Machining, LLC, and The LAB Material Testing, Inc. in its sale to Alloy & Stainless Fasteners, Inc.

R&D Fasteners, R2 Precision Machining, and The LAB Materials Testing are Southern California based vertically integrated affiliated companies providing a one-stop solution for OEM, military, and standard specification fasteners and other machined component products. The Companies provides all primary and secondary manufacturing and testing, including hot forging, heat treating, CNC machining, and testing. The primary products manufactured include hex bolts, heavy hex bolts, cap screws, sockets, nuts, cut thread and roll thread fasteners.

Alloy & Stainless Fasteners, Inc. is a manufacturing and distribution company servicing the oil, gas, petrochemical, chemical and energy industries with bolts, studs, nuts and threaded rod for use in extreme environments. Fasteners are manufactured to ASTM, ASME, API, and customer standard specifications. The Company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas with additional locations in Oregon and Pennsylvania.

XLCS acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to R&D Fasteners, R2 Precision Machining, and The LAB Materials and the transaction was led by Anthony Contaldo, Partner and Eric Schoendorf, Senior Associate. The transaction was completed July 2, 2021.

About XLCS Partners, Inc.
XLCS Partners is an investment banking firm providing M&A advisory services to select clients globally. More information is available at www.xlcspartners.com.