The Cook & Boardman Group Acquires McBride Door Hardware, Inc. and Eight Ten Commercial, Inc.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (July 2, 2024) – The Cook & Boardman Group LLC ("Cook & Boardman" or "C&B"), the leading specialty distributor of commercial entry solutions and systems integration services, has announced the acquisition of McBride Door and Hardware Inc. and Eight Ten Commercial, Inc. (“McBride”) located in Poway, CA. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 2000, McBride Door and Hardware (and Eight-Ten Commercial), a material distributor and installer, provides a wide variety of commercial doors, frames, and hardware. McBride and Eight-Ten proudly serve California and Nevada.

“We are thrilled to welcome McBride to the Cook & Boardman family of companies. They have a well-established reputation as a quality supplier and installer of Division 8 and 10 products and will help expand C&B's geographical reach in their local market as we continue to enhance our customer service offerings nationwide." said David Eisner, Chief Executive Officer of C&B.

"McBride has long history of providing exceptional service to its customers through a high touch service model, unprecedented communications, and dedicated project management teams. We are excited to join the Cook & Boardman family of companies as they transform the industry.” said Rick McBride, co-founder of McBride.

The company will continue to operate under the McBride and Eight-Ten names and points of contact for customers at McBride will remain unchanged as a result of the acquisition.

Platinum Equity acquired a majority interest in Cook & Boardman in 2023. Littlejohn & Co., LLC remains a significant minority shareholder. McBride and Eight-Ten represent C&B’s fourth acquisition under Platinum Equity’s ownership.

K&L Gates LLP served as legal advisor to Cook & Boardman.