Four more acquisitions for Imperial Dade

North American jan/san reseller Imperial Dade has made further gains in Minnesota and California, and entered two new markets with its latest acquisitions.

Its most recent add is the Minnesota-based Apache Group. Founded by Joe Adrian in 1971 and headquartered near St Paul, Apache is a reseller of foodservice packaging products throughout the US Midwest. Imperial Dade said the business would enable it to grow its presence across Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Midwest region.

The private equity-backed business has also bought Atlantis Packaging, a distributor of industrial products based in Chino, east of Los Angeles. Atlantis—established 50 years ago—is headed by Eric Rodriguez, son of the company’s founder.

Next up, the reselling juggernaut has acquired Hawaii’s Triple F Distributing from US firm Inversion Diversified Holdings. Founded in 1978, Triple F is a supplier of janitorial and food service supplies that is particularly strong in the tourism and hospitality space. It has made several acquisitions over the years and now has locations on all the main Hawaiian Islands.

Its day-to-day operations are run by company president Paul Ah Cook and a long-tenured local management team, which will remain in place following the acquisition.

Meanwhile, Imperial Dade has made its first move into the Dallas market with the purchase of Lovan Industries. Lovan has been serving the Dallas area since 1980 and is currently headed by Mike Gilliam, son of the company’s founder.

These deals are the 65th, 66th, 67th and 68th acquisitions for Imperial Dade under the leadership of Bob and Jason Tillis.