Why the Name Arise?Arise implies a "new beginning" which we felt served us well coming from our roots helping the private family business we have helped grow.
What is the Background of Arise?The owners of Arise, Andy Billman and Zac Guisinger both were members of the Tri-W Group, a family investment firm based on Columbus, Ohio. Tri-W was formed in August of 2016 after the majority sale of the W. W. Williams Company, who has been in business since 1912. Tri-W remains owned by the Williams family and seeks to diversify the family's wealth with direct investments in operating companies. Over the last six years as teh firm has continued to grow and diversify it's holdings, Tri-W has continued to evolve, creating the opportunity to support Arise as we focus on value-added metals based companies across the U.S. Arise has invested in and manages three separate metal manufacturing companies, Olympic Industries in Cordova, TN, FabriFast in Hartfod, WI and R&M Manufacturing in Buffalo, MN.
Prior to joining Tri-W Group, both Andy and Zac have spent the last 30 years in and around the metals industry, in the Midwest, including working for Worthington Industries, a large, publicly held and fully integrated steel processor. Both Andy & Zac bring executive leadership experience including significant roles as President of various, different global units. |
Why Partner with Arise?
Like Tri-W before us, we believe in partnering with great companies and teams to help them grow, both personally and professionally. At the end of the day, we invest in people who have demonstrated the ability to grow their business profitably, and over a reasonable period of time. It's the goal of Arise to perpetuate the legacy of companies we have the benefit to partner with. At Arise, we like to invest alongside the teams we work with, and have a long-term focus to any investments we make. We also seek to help our combined investments by openly sharing data and information for the benefit of the groups we support.
If you are interested to learn more about Arise, you can contact us here:
Andy Billman: [email address]
Zac Guisinger: [email address]
If you are interested to learn more about Arise, you can contact us here:
Andy Billman: [email address]
Zac Guisinger: [email address]
Arise Team
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Andrew J. Billman, Managing Director
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Zac Guisinger, Managing Director
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Timothy A. Burke, Vice President of Sales
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Melissa Rowe, Director of Human Resources
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Chad O'Connor, COO?
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What We Are Looking For In Portfolio Partners
We're looking for good long-term partnerships. Companies that can benefit from being part of a larger portfolio for stability and growth. Our goal is to support growing what is already in place and help our partners transition what they've built to larger scale.
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