Leading Transportation Executive To Provide Operating Management Expertise

    NEW YORK, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Arsenal Capital Partners, a leading
 New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market healthcare
 and specialty industrial product and services companies, today announced
 that it has named John M. Dupuy, a leading executive in the transportation
 and logistics sector, as an Operating Director. He joins Arsenal's other
 diverse and talented operating executives who help to support the firm in
 its sector- focused investment strategies.
     "We are pleased that we continue to attract superior management talent
 to our firm. We look forward to benefiting from John's expertise and
 extensive relationships in the transportation and logistics arena where he
 helped to run large organizations both in the U.S. and around the world,"
 said Terrence Mullen, Managing Director of Arsenal. "John will assist us in
 both sourcing transactions and providing management teams with operational
 support."
     Prior to joining Arsenal, Mr. Dupuy served for the past six years in
 various senior executive positions with SIRVA, a publicly traded
 relocation, moving and logistics company with sales of $3.7 billion. During
 his tenure at SIRVA, Mr. Dupuy ran the company's domestic and international
 moving and logistics businesses. As President of Moving Services and
 Specialized Transportation North America, he was responsible for the iconic
 Allied Van Lines and North American Van Lines brands, as well as North
 American Logistics. Prior to joining SIRVA he held senior management
 positions with Maytag and was also a Principal at A.T. Kearney and Booz,
 Allen & Hamilton. He began his career at Litton Industries in 1979.
     Mr. Dupuy received his MBA from Southern Methodist University and his
 Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of
 Technology.
     About Arsenal Capital Partners
     Arsenal Capital Partners is a New York-based private equity firm that
 makes investments in middle-market healthcare and specialty industrial
 product and services companies. Arsenal makes investments in sectors where
 the firm has prior knowledge and experience, and targets businesses that
 have the potential for further value creation by working closely with
 management to accelerate growth and leverage the firm's operational
 improvement capabilities. Arsenal targets growing, niche market leading
 companies in the specialty manufacturing & services, specialty chemicals
 and materials, aerospace & defense, transportation and logistics, and
 healthcare industries. The firm currently has $800 million of committed
 equity capital. For additional information on Arsenal Capital Partners
 please visit www.arsenalcapital.com.
 
 

SOURCE Arsenal Capital Partners