TriWest Capital Partners

Founded in 1998, TriWest is one of Canada’s leading private equity firms. Having raised over $775 million of committed capital, they are entrepreneurial, independent and based in Western Canada. TriWest provides more than just capital. The managing directors of TriWest have significant operational and transactional expertise, making us effective partners in creating shareholder value.
DA

Duncan Adams

Principal

MA

Mitch Allen

Associate

JB

Jeff Belford

Senior MD

BB

Brett Butler

VP

CC

Cody Church

Senior MD and Co-Founder

DC

Dave Connolly

MD

LC

Luke Copithorne

Associate

CD

Chad Danard

Senior MD

DD

Dino DeLuca

COO

TE

Taylor Ethans

VP

RG

Ryan Giles

Senior MD

RJ

Ron Jackson

Co-Founder

LJ

Lorne Jacobson

Vice Chairman and Co-Founder

MM

Mick MacBean

Senior MD

LM

Logan Miller

VP

AM

Allie Moran

Associate

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Norman (Norm) Rokosh

Senior MD

Jon Spencer

MD

SW

Sean Walsh

Associate

JW

John Watkins

VP, Finance

BW

Brenda Weiss

SVP, Finance

YY

Yang You

Associate

Past deals in Mining

Primex

Acquisition in 2008
Established in 1971 and headquartered in Langley, British Columbia, Primex Manufacturing Ltd. (Primex) is a molder of plastic injection products. From its roots as a small custom injection molder and through the combination of Primex’s predecessor companies, Vanguard Plastics, Premo Plastics and VPL Enterprises Ltd., Primex has developed broad capabilities in the design, engineering and mold fabrication of a number of proprietary, patented in-house plastic products.

TerraLink Horticulture Inc.

Private Equity Round in 2000
TerraLink provides growers with a wide range of fertilizers, seeds, agrochemicals, equipment, plastics, amendments and other inputs. TerraLink is a manufacturer and distributor of fertilizer, seed and crop protection products. We strive to improve farm productivity by offering superior fertilizers and other crop input technologies with unparalleled agronomic support.

Bull Moose Capital Ltd.

Private Equity Round in 2016
Bull moose capital is a natural gas compressor rental and leasing businesses with a focus on high horsepower reciprocating natural gas compression units. Bull moose provides its customers value through financial, technical and sales solutions for natural gas compression and related infrastructure. The company is manufacturer agnostic, and can structure its contracts with varying terms, thereby tailoring its agreements to the specific needs of the customer.

Driving force

Private Equity Round in 2010
Driving force is an vehicle rentals, sales, and leasing company. Driving Force’s core business is in supplying commercial vehicles, mainly light-duty trucks and customized vans.

RTL-westcan

Private Equity Round in 2006
RTL-Westcan is also engaged in civil and industrial construction. The Company provides LTL service to all communities in the Western Arctic and scheduled LTL service between Edmonton, Enterprise and Yellowknife. The Company also utilizes its logistical expertise and its vast fleet of trailer configurations for a variety of unique contract hauling projects.

Coast Appliances

Private Equity Round in 2017
Coast Appliances want your home or kitchen appliance buying experience to be fantastic. No matter what your needs are, they all help you choose the right kitchen appliances and home appliances in a fashion that is convenient, comfortable and budget-conscious. Their Coast kitchen appliance experts will build a solid relationship with you by understanding your needs and following through with the best solutions and alternatives to meet those needs. Coast Appliances’ purchasing power of 15 locations across Canada means you will get competitive pricing that is second to none. Visit us today and see why they are fast becoming the top choice for kitchen and home appliances.

Kidoodle

Private Equity Round in 2022
Kidoodle.TV provides unlimited streaming of the very best children’s TV shows, movies and educational programming for only $4.99 a month. Children can watch Kidoodle.TV on all of their favorite devices including: tablets, smartphones, laptops, computers and televisions.

Primex

Private Equity Round in 2004
Established in 1971 and headquartered in Langley, British Columbia, Primex Manufacturing Ltd. (Primex) is a molder of plastic injection products. From its roots as a small custom injection molder and through the combination of Primex’s predecessor companies, Vanguard Plastics, Premo Plastics and VPL Enterprises Ltd., Primex has developed broad capabilities in the design, engineering and mold fabrication of a number of proprietary, patented in-house plastic products.

California Trusframe, LLC

Acquisition in 2018
California Trusframe, LLC manufactures engineered and prefabricated trusses and wall panels. The company offers roof trusses, floor trusses, timber trusses, engineered wood products, shear wall elements and wall panels, and smart components for residential, commercial, and multi-family projects. California Trusframe, LLC also exports its products to customers in the Far East. The company was formerly known as California Truss Company, Inc. and changed its name to California Trusframe, LLC in 2011. California Trusframe, LLC was formed in 2005 and is based in Perris, California.

Colter energy

Acquisition in 2013
Colter energy is a provider of production testing equipment and services to the oil and gas industry. Colter energy service supports all aspects of the upstream oil and gas industry with a primary focus on efficiency and safety.

Prostar Energy

Acquisition in 2015
Prostar manufacturing is an industry leading designer, manufacturer, and provider of highly innovative, automated well servicing equipment and solutions. Prostar well service is an innovative well service company providing experienced, knowledgeable crews and purpose built automated service rig packages.

Fraser River Pile & Dredge (FRDP)

Private Equity Round in 2008
FRDP is a provider of marine construction and dredging services. Also involved in both land foundation and marine environmental remediation work.

HPC Energy Services

Private Equity Round in 2018
Lithion Power Group is an integrated oil and gas service company with a product base uniquely geared to support the constantly changing drilling environment. Our focus is to increase efficiencies for our customers by integrating tools from the drilling rig to the drill bit.

Cover-all building systems

Private Equity Round in 2000
Cover-all building systems is an manufacturer of steel-framed, engineered fabric buildings, offered a variety of building structures that sold into industrial, commercial, and residential markets.

Gardewine

Private Equity Round in 2008
Gardewine is a service transportation company. Which offers trucking services through five different brands and three operating entities.

Morphotek

Series C in 2004
Morphotek is one of the leading companies in the life science industry that develops novel classes of biological-based products to treat cancer, inflammation and infectious diseases. Since its founding in 2000, Morphotek has made extraordinary progress in discovering and developing monoclonal antibodies (mABs) to treat these diseases and continues to develop additional antibody products using its proprietary technologies. Post-graduate research executed by Morphotek’s President and CEO, Dr. Nicholas Nicolaides, during his studies at Johns Hopkins Medical School was the basis for the company’s inception. It was there that Dr. Nicolaides co-invented the company's legacy technology called morphogenics. Along with the honed applications for applying morphogenics for product development refined by the company’s other co-founders, Dr. Philip Sass and Dr. Luigi Grasso, morphogenics has taken Morphotek an incredible distance in the advancement of novel pharmaceutical products and targets.

Triple M Housing Ltd.

Acquisition in 2013
Triple M Housing Ltd. operates as a home building company that provides integrated housing for individuals and companies in North America. The company specializes in manufactured and modular housing. Its products include modular and ready to move homes, manufactured homes, modular homes for urban markets, meridian homes, cottages, maple wood homes, worksite offices, and workforce housing. The company serves commercial contractors and residential homebuilders. It offers its products through dealers in North America. Triple M Housing Ltd. was formerly known as Alma Homes Ltd. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Lethbridge, Canada.

KMC Mining

Private Equity Round in 2008
KMC Mining is a contract road builder mining company. KMC expanded its operations to include railroads, dams, mines and other major earthworks. KMC has an extensive fleet comprised of the most well-maintained and cost-efficient heavy mining equipment in the industry and is a leader in developing and promoting a safe workplace.

Swiss Water

Private Equity Round in 2000
Swiss Water Process removes caffeine from coffee for leading coffee roasters throughout the United States and 56 different countries around the world. As the only consumer-branded decaffeination process, Swiss Water Process stands for environmentally responsible, chemical-free caffeine removal for Specialty Coffees.

PRT

Acquisition in 2018
PRT is North America’s largest producer of container-grown forest seedlings. They have capacity to custom grow more than 180 million seedlings at 13 nurseries located in Canada and the United States. PRT also provides a variety of ancillary services to support the reforestation needs of its customers.

International Fitness Holdings

Acquisition in 2014
International Fitness Holdings Inc. (IFH) has been inspiring Albertans to live a healthy and active lifestyle for over 30 years. IFH operates World Health, SPALADY, and Bankers Hall Club brands with 14 fitness club locations in Calgary and Edmonton. IFH fitness centers offer gym goers convenient health club facilities with flexible membership options, dynamic Group Exercise classes and Personal Training.

Kayden Industries

Acquisition in 2014
Kayden Industries Ltd. designs and manufactures solids control, centrifuges, and dewatering systems for the drilling industry. It offers mammoth centrifuges for handling oilfield solids control requirements; predator centrifuges; and auxiliary equipment, which include centrifuges, premix tanks, shale bins, floc tanks, pumping stations, and other auxiliary equipment. The company also provides field support and related technical services, including routine and research laboratory testing; delivery, installation, setup, and maintenance of centrifuges; and rig servicing and on-site inspections. Kayden Industries Ltd. was founded in 1995 and is based in Calgary, Canada. It has locations in Edson, Beaverlodge, Estevan, Nelson, and Calgary, Canada; and operations in New York, New York.

Con-force

Private Equity Round in 2006
Con-force is a precast concrete industry. Con-Force’s in-house design and engineering group and field services team provide customers with value-added solutions for a wide range of projects. Con-Force specializes in the custom project design and manufacture of precast and prestressed structures including bridges, parkades, architectural cladding and standard products utilized in the construction industry.

SCM Insurance

Private Equity Round in 2004
SCM Insurance Services is the largest independent, privately owned provider of claims management, risk management, and related services in Canada. It is their commitment to strategically evolve their services and expertise to support the ever-changing challenges of their clients. Innovative technology, expert staff, and solid customer service are the hallmarks that distinguish SCM Insurance Services.

Peloton Computer Enterprises

Private Equity Round in 2017
At Peloton, they’re 'well focused' on bringing small, mid-size, and large oil and gas operators the world's best well data and drilling software—equipping your business with the tools and information necessary to manage, simplify and optimize your operations. Their software gives your personnel a deeper insight and total control over data acquisition, analysis and visualization through the entire integrated well lifecycle. Since launching WellView® in 1991 for well operations and schematic visualization, they’ve continued to evolve. Today, our software provides a full well lifecycle data management solution for operations, drilling, production and construction/reclamations.

Bull Moose Capital Ltd.

Acquisition in 2016
Bull moose capital is a natural gas compressor rental and leasing businesses with a focus on high horsepower reciprocating natural gas compression units. Bull moose provides its customers value through financial, technical and sales solutions for natural gas compression and related infrastructure. The company is manufacturer agnostic, and can structure its contracts with varying terms, thereby tailoring its agreements to the specific needs of the customer.

Strike Group

Acquisition in 2015
Strike Group Inc., an energy service and construction company, provides services for the oil and gas industry in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It offers pipeline construction; production and process facility construction and maintenance; electrical construction; instrumentation; module fabrication and assembly; plant maintenance and turnaround; and plant and facility construction services. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Calgary, Canada.

Royal camp

Private Equity Round in 2006
Royal Camp Services Ltd. provides camp and catering services for remote location short term and long term projects. Its catering services include personnel, menu planning, and daily food preparation and service, as well as custodial support services for camp accommodations. The company owns and operates various open camps in Western Canada. It carries a fleet of dormitories, kitchen/diner units, wellsites, medic quarters, command centers, and recreation units. Royal Camp Services Ltd. was founded in 1991 and is based in Edmonton, Canada.

Zytech Building Systems, Inc.

Private Equity Round in 2014
Zytech Building Systems, Inc. provides building supply products to one-time home builders and the track builders, and general contractors in Canada. It supplies roof trusses, joint floor systems, lumber packages, pre-fabricated stairs, and featured products for residential, commercial, or farm projects in Alberta and Saskatchewan markets. The company also provides decking materials, wall panes, and other building materials. Zytech Building Systems, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Balzac, Canada with sales and engineering centers in Red Deer and Stony Plain, Canada; sales and production facility in Leduc, Canada and commercial location in Calgary, Canada.

DryAir

Private Equity Round in 2002
Dryair is a manufacturer of climate control solutions that are versatile, reliable and cost-effective. The Dryair product was aimed at the agricultural industry with the introduction of an innovative grain drying system.

Source Energy Services

Private Equity Round in 2013
Source Energy Services Ltd. produces, supplies, and distributes Northern White frac sand used primarily in oil and gas exploration and production in Western Canada and the United States. It also provides storage and logistics services for other bulk oil and gas well completion materials; and develops wellsite mobile sand storage and handling system. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Innova Global Limited

Acquisition in 2015
ATCO Emissions Management provides noise control and waste heat recovery system solutions for industrial sites worldwide.
Landmark Cinemas operates as a theatre exhibition company. Landmark Cinemas offers alternative programming and special events, on screen digital advertising, theatre rental, and online booking services.

Concreate

Private Equity Round in 2011
Concrete rehabilitation, concrete protection, and new construction projects. Bridge and overpass rehabilitation services comprise the largest service category for the company.

NSC Minerals

Private Equity Round in 2008
NSC minerals is a salt and liquid calcium chloride suppliers company. supply of Quality Products and Customer-Focus. The company also supplies salt for retail, animal feed, and hide curing applications.

Northern Mat & Bridge LP

Private Equity Round in 2012
Northern Mat & Bridge is providing temporary access solutions for resource and construction based industries. The company provides sales, rentals and turn-key servicing of wooden access mats, steel frame rig mats, and both temporary and permanent bridge structures. Northern Mat maintains a modern fleet of transport trucks, excavators and wheel loaders, which are used to install access mats quickly, safely and efficiently.

Broda group

Acquisition in 2014
Broda Group is a heavy construction civil industry, Which specializes in four main areas: earthwork, civil construction, aggregate processing and concrete production. The aggregate processing division uses the latest in specialized equipment to blast, excavate and haul in excess of three million cubic meters of rock material per year.

Trimlite

Acquisition in 2016
Trimlite Mfg. Inc. manufactures and distributes stile and rail doors; fiberglass doors; decorative glass; and other home building products for the building materials industry across North America. The company also offers decorative glass inserts for steel door fabricators. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Surrey, Canada. The company operates additional manufacturing plants in China, Vietnam, Canada, and the United States.

NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul

Acquisition in 2014
NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul Corporation offers crane rental and heavy haul services in western North America. It offers operated and maintained cranes, bare rental cranes, contract lifting, heavy hauling, on-site transportation, hoisting and transportation-related engineering, logistics coordination, jack-and-slide, oilfield and boom truck, and specialty rigging services, including gantries and heavy forklifts. The company has a fleet of mobile cranes, conventional trailers, and lines of hydraulic platform trailers. It also provides equipment sale. The company offers its products and services for oil and gas, infrastructure, wind energy, and mining projects. NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul Corporation was formerly known as NC Services Group Ltd. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.