BlackArch Advises Featheringill Capital and VanZandt Controls/Eagle Automation
BlackArch is pleased to announce that VanZandt Controls/Eagle Automation, a portfolio company of Featheringill Capital, has a new lead investor in and been recapitalized by ShoreView.
CHARLOTTE, NC (July 30, 2026) – BlackArch Partners (“BlackArch”) is pleased to announce that VanZandt Controls/Eagle Automation (“VZE” or the “Company”), a portfolio company of Featheringill Capital (“Featheringill”), has a new lead investor in and been recapitalized by ShoreView Industries (“ShoreView”).
VZE is a lifecycle provider of products, solutions, and services to oil & gas and industrial-process end markets. Product categories include valve automation, flow measurement, instrumentation, and controls. Solution and services offerings include automated valve packages, electrical and control panels, skids, field services, board repair, and vendor-managed inventory. An application-focused sales approach makes the Company a trusted partner to both its end customers and channel partners.
BlackArch was retained by VZE and Featheringill to serve as the Company’s exclusive financial advisor. The transaction builds upon BlackArch’s process and flow control expertise, including businesses serving the industrials and oil & gas sectors, and is a continued example of the firm’s ability to deliver successful outcomes for industry-leading distribution businesses.
Don Maness, Chief Executive Officer of VZE, stated, “BlackArch helped VanZandt Controls/Eagle Automation identify investors that aligned with our values, vision, and strategy. Their team coached us around how to communicate our unique value during the process. The end result was finding a partner that is willing to invest in our platform for industrial flow control + process instrument & automation. Thanks to the BlackArch team for helping us secure the future for both our company and our employees.”
Conner McCabe, Director of M&A at Featheringill Capital, added, “BlackArch was an outstanding partner throughout the transaction process. Their team combined thoughtful strategic guidance with disciplined execution, helping us run a highly competitive process that ultimately delivered an excellent outcome for our shareholders and the Company. We appreciated their senior-level attention, responsiveness, and unwavering commitment from launch through closing.”
About VanZandt Controls/Eagle Automation
Headquartered in Fort Worth, TX, VZE is a lifecycle provider of products, solutions, and services to oil & gas and industrial-process end markets. Product categories include valve automation, flow measurement, instrumentation, and controls. Solution and services offerings include automated valve packages, electrical and control panels, skids, field services, board repair, and vendor-managed inventory. The VZE brand promise is “First to Quote, First to Deliver, Reliable Service.” This promise is supported by top tier product manufacturers, a highly skilled sales force, inventory in every branch location, vendor managed inventory solutions, a panel shop, board repair shop, valve production, machine shops, and branch service teams. For more information, please visit https://vzcontrols.com/.
About Featheringill Capital
Featheringill Capital is an operator-led investment firm focused on partnering with and growing high-quality services and technology businesses. Featheringill works alongside founders and management teams to provide the operational expertise, strategic guidance, and long-term capital needed to build more resilient businesses while preserving the legacy that made them successful. For more information, visit www.featheringillcapital.com.
About ShoreView
Founded in 2002, ShoreView is a Minneapolis-based private equity firm that has raised over $1.8 billion of committed capital across five funds. ShoreView partners with family and entrepreneur owned companies across many sectors, including niche manufacturing, value-added distribution, business services, residential services, industrial services, niche consumer, and aerospace/defense. Shoreview structures various acquisition, recapitalization, and build-up transactions, typically in businesses with revenues ranging between $20 million and $300 million. If you are interested in speaking with ShoreView about platform or add-on investment opportunities, please contact Garrett Davis at [email protected].
About BlackArch
BlackArch is a leading middle-market investment bank offering a full spectrum of advisory services to financial sponsors, private companies and diversified corporations. BlackArch addresses the needs of companies with specialized services that include M&A advisory, strategic advisory and private capital solutions. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, BlackArch features 10 industry-focused groups that cover all sectors of interest to middle-market investors; BlackArch professionals have closed more than 500 transactions in 16 countries on four continents. Please visit our website, https://blackarchpartners.com/, for more details.
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