DreamLine

Company Overview

Technology-driven designer, manufacturer, and marketer of premium shower products, including frameless glass shower doors, shower enclosures, and acrylic shower bases.

DreamLine offers over 4,000 products across over 60 models including a number of top selling frameless shower doors. DreamLine’s disruptive technology has enabled it to offer a large variety of stock shower doors to meet the diverse style and appearance preferences of consumers, designers and builders, at a fraction of the cost of custom shower door options. DreamLine will continue to invest in cutting edge technology to enhance its market leading position.

Investment Status

Active. Seeking add-on acquisition to enter new end markets, add new products and capabilities, and expand geographically.

Transaction Overview

MPE partnered in the transaction with the Founders who retained significant ownership.

Investment Thesis
  • Leading position in online frameless shower door market
  • Leverage market leading, technology-driven capabilities in new product design, process technology, and global supply chain management
  • Capitalize on industry trends, including the shift from bath tubs to shower stalls, from framed to frameless shower doors, and the growth of the online building products channel
  • Expand presence in adjacent markets (builders/new construction, commercial and hospitality) and geographies (Europe)
  • Utilize the Company’s disruptive technology to expand into complementary, bathroom and glass-related products
  • Pursue add-on acquisitions that present opportunities to enter new end markets, add new products and capabilities, and expand geographically
Website
MPE Partners Contacts: Joe Machado and Graham Schena
Headquarters:
Warminster, PA
Sector:
Commercial & Industrial Services
Transaction Type:
Leveraged Recapitalization
Investment Year:
2017
Fund:
MPE Partners II, L.P.