Kinderhook Announces the Sale of Kingwire to OmniCable

August 27, 2026

New York, NY - Kinderhook Industries, LLC ("Kinderhook") is pleased to announce the sale of Kingwire ("Kingwire" or the "Company") to Omni Cable, LLC ("OmniCable"), a Dot Family Holdings company and one of North America's largest redistributors of wire, cable, fiber, and other electrical and communications products. Kinderhook built the Company through the March 2021 recapitalization of Cameron Wire & Cable and the subsequent acquisition of Kingwire, combining the two businesses into a single national wire and cable distribution platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Kingwire is a leading value-added distributor of commercial and industrial wire, cable, and related accessories serving electrical distributors across the United States. The Company's product offering is built around company-branded aluminum products sold into the building wire, utility, data center, industrial, and renewable energy end markets, supported by distributor stock programs and value-added services including cutting, paralleling, striping, and same-day shipment.

During Kinderhook's ownership, the Company integrated Cameron Wire & Cable and Kingwire under a single management team, expanded its distribution footprint to eight facilities, broadened the product offering into the utility, data center, renewable energy, and industrial channels, and approximately doubled volume organically.

Andy Kessel, Chief Executive Officer of Kingwire, said, "With Kinderhook's support, we brought Cameron and Kingwire together and built a business with greater scale than either company had on its own. We expanded our footprint and inventory and entered new markets, all while maintaining the service levels our customers rely on. OmniCable is the right home for what this team has built, and we are excited about the value the two companies can deliver to electrical distributors."

"Andy and his team took two strong regional businesses and built a national platform," said Paul Cifelli, Managing Director at Kinderhook. "They successfully integrated the businesses while navigating a constantly evolving wire and cable industry. We are proud to have partnered with Kingwire, and we believe the Company is a natural fit with OmniCable."

"Kingwire embodies our investment philosophy: acquire a founder-owned business with a defensible niche, invest in its people and assets, and help it write the next chapter of its growth story," said Nate Druckenmiller, Managing Director at Kinderhook. "The end markets Kingwire serves continue to expand, and the Company enters this next chapter with the footprint, product breadth, and customer relationships needed to build on its strong trajectory."

"This successful outcome reflects the close collaboration between Kinderhook, Kingwire, and our lending partners," added Joe Mayer, Vice President at Kinderhook. "We want to thank Andy and the entire Kingwire organization for their dedication and hard work, and we look forward to watching the Company continue to grow in collaboration with OmniCable."

Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel and Lincoln International served as financial advisor to Kingwire in the transaction.

For additional information about this transaction, please contact:
Paul Cifelli
Managing Director
(212) 201-6797
[email protected]

Nate Druckenmiller
Managing Director
(212) 201-6791
[email protected]

Joseph Mayer
Vice President
(646) 775-9980
[email protected]