Press Release · Quad-C
Quad-C Announces Sale of Boulder Scientific Company
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 11, 2026 — Quad-C Management ("Quad-C"), a leading middle market private equity firm, announced that it has closed the sale of Boulder Scientific Company ("Boulder Scientific" or the "Company") to Iron Path Capital. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Longmont, Colorado, Boulder Scientific is a leading manufacturer of high-performance organometallic compounds and a provider of complex synthetic chemistry capabilities. For more than six decades, the Company has supplied specialty chemicals to customers in the plastics, microelectronics, defense and aerospace industries in the United States and around the world.
Quad-C partnered with Boulder Scientific's founding family and management team to support the Company's transition from family ownership and to accelerate its growth. During Quad-C's ownership, Boulder Scientific fortified its leadership team, made significant capital investments in its production facilities to expand capacity and extend capabilities, and expanded its technical and commercial capabilities to serve a broader set of customers and end markets including semiconductor materials and aerospace & defense.
Rich Preziotti, CEO of Boulder Scientific, commented, "Quad-C has been an exceptional partner, providing the resources and strategic support that positioned us to grow and expand into new markets. Boulder Scientific's chemistry is truly differentiated, and in partnership with the Quad-C team, we have strengthened the company's global market position while maintaining our technical excellence and commitment to quality and safety."
"It has been a privilege to partner with Rich, Scott Birmingham, and the entire Boulder Scientific team," added Tom Hickey, Quad-C Senior Partner. "We believe that Boulder Scientific's unique technical capabilities in organometallic and complex synthetic chemistry position the company to drive growth and we wish them continued success in their next phase."
"Boulder Scientific is a differentiated company in the specialty chemicals industry," stated Anders Grorud, a Vice President at Quad-C. "Quad-C has a long history of successful investments in the sector, and this continues to be an area of focus."
Piper Sandler served as exclusive financial advisor to Boulder Scientific and White & Case acted as legal counsel to Boulder Scientific. The transaction terms were not disclosed.
About Quad-C Management:
Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, Quad-C is a middle market private equity firm focused on investing in established services and industrials companies. In its three-decade history, Quad-C has invested over $5 billion of capital in 92 platform companies and over 425 add-on acquisitions. The Quad-C team is committed to partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams to accelerate growth and create long-term value. For more information, please visit www.quadc.com.
About Boulder Scientific:
Headquartered in Longmont, Colorado, Boulder Scientific Company is a manufacturer of organometallic compounds and specialty chemicals used in a range of applications and industries. Organometallics are mainly used as metallocene catalysts in polyolefin production, but Boulder Scientific's products are also used in the pharmaceutical, electronics, industrials and aerospace & defense industries. Boulder Scientific also produces activators, ligands, air and moisture sensitive compounds, pyrophoric materials and other co-catalysts. Serving customers around the globe, Boulder Scientific operates two sites in Colorado More information is available at https://www.bouldersci.com/.
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Tom Hickey
Senior Partner
434-979-2070
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