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The company makes starter motors and alternators for heavy-duty vehicles, like buses, emergency vehicles, off-road rides, and trucks, as well as for industrial and military big rigs. Prestolite Electric sells its line to US defense agencies, OEMs, and aftermarket suppliers under the Indiel, Leece-Neville, and Prestolite Electric brands. The company's operations (in the US and UK, Argentina, Mexico, and China) ride on the economic ripple pressuring truck demand. Russell Ford resigned as the company's CEO in 2009, Joseph Lefave, formerly CEO of Precision Parts, has taken the helm. First Atlantic Capital owns Prestolite Electric and Precision Parts.

Prestolite is creating sparks. Ignition wire sets by Prestolite Wire come as original equipment in the worldwide production of Chrysler and Ford vehicles, as well as on Hondas and Nissans built in North America. Other automotive uses for Prestolite's wiring and cables include antilock braking systems, automotive primary wire, and body and battery harnesses. Non-automotive offerings include industrial wires and cables for the appliance, construction and agricultural equipment, and rail markets. In 2007 Prestolite bought Mr. Gasket, Inc., a maker of performance automotive aftermarket products. In 2008 the company changed its name from Prestolite Wire Corporation to Prestolite Wire LLC.

Proliance International wants to help you and your car keep cool. The company manufactures radiators, radiator cores, heater cores, and other heat transfer parts. It builds air conditioning components, too, such as compressors, condensers, and evaporators. Its products are sold to automotive, light- and heavy-duty truck aftermarkets as well as aftermarket retailers, such as AutoZone and Advance Auto Parts, radiator shops, and warehouse distributors. The company was formed in 2005 when TransPro was combined with Modine Aftermarket Holdings, a spinoff from Modine Manufacturing. It filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2009, and its North American assets were acquired by Centrum Equities XV the following month.

Punch International nv (‘Punch’), now a diversified industrial holding company, was founded in 1982 following the acquisition of the Gent-based company New Impriver. More than 25 years later, the group bears little resemblance to the small enterprise of the early days. However, two things that have remained unchanged through all those years are the passion for technology and attention to quality.

Qualitor, Inc., Thayer Capital Partners' portfolio company since Dec 21, 2004, is a supplier of automotive and heavy duty replacement parts. The company's wiper products, brake kits and heavy duty businesses are Tier I suppliers, whereas its engine controls and brake parts businesses are Tier II. Based in Southfield, MI, with seven manufacturing facilities located in four states, the Company was created in April 1999 in conjunction with the purchase of five divisions of MascoTech's automotive aftermarket business. Subsequently, in July 1999, in order to expand its product offering and customer base in aftermarket brake components, the Company acquired Anstro, a leading supplier of aftermarket brake parts.

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