Specialized Technology Resources - Manufacturer of solar encapsulants, for the photovoltaic solar module industry & provider of quality assurance services for general consumer merchandise.
In October 2006, MFI sold its loss making MFI retail business to Merchant Equity Partners for £1, while retaining Howdens.
The Merchant of Venice | merchant | Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood | Merchant Taylors' School | Stephen Merchant | Silver Lake Partners | Merchant City | Lloyds Banking Group | Foster and Partners | United States Merchant Marine | Rothschild banking family of France | Providence Equity Partners | Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation | Greycroft Partners | United States Merchant Marine Academy | Thomas H. Lee Partners | Rothschild banking family of Austria | Norwest Venture Partners | Merchant | Hyundai Merchant Marine | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group | Zentropy Partners | United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation | Pei Cobb Freed & Partners | Oak Hill Capital Partners | Merchant Taylors' School, London | Merchant Ivory Productions | KPS Capital Partners | Islamic banking | Investment banking |
The firm, which is based in New York City, was founded in 2005 when a team of professionals, led by Thompson Dean and Steven Webster, completed a spinoff from Credit Suisse's private equity arm DLJ Merchant Banking Partners to form a new private equity firm.