Industrial/Manufacturing

SixAxis LLC, a portfolio company of Falfurrias Capital Partners, has acquired West Chester, Ohio-based Upside Innovations, a provider of modular, customized aluminum stairs, ramps and canopies.

One Rock Capital Partners has acquired BASF's manufacturing site in Kankakee, Illinois site and its associated specialty chemicals businesses.

Vertellus, which is backed by Pritzker Private Capital, has agreed to acquire ESIM Chemicals' intermediates and specialties division.

Bedrock Industries, an affiliate of Lindsay Goldberg, has agreed to sell common shares in Hamilton, Ontario-based steelmaker Stelco Holdings to BMO Capital Markets.

The add-on is the 17th by Belcan since it was acquired by AE Industrial in 2015. 

Canadian steelmaker Algoma Steel is becoming a Nasdaq listed company through a merger agreed with New York-based blank-check firm Legato Merger Corp.

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners has made an investment in Jacksonville, Florida-based Nivel, a provider of branded aftermarket parts for personal transportation vehicles, utility terrain vehicles and heavy-duty equipment.

Cinven has agreed to sell Chryso, a French maker of concrete admixtures and cement additives, as well as construction systems, to Saint-Gobain.

Novatech Group, backed by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, has acquired the Terrebonne patio door plant of Energi Fenestration Solutions.

Peak-Ryzex, which is backed by Sole Source Capital, has acquired North Grafton, Massachusetts-based Bar Code Direct, a reseller of AIDC hardware and accessory equipment for the manufacturing, retail, consumer, and healthcare end-markets.