June 2026 The Anderson Group Partners with Sirchie CEO John Roby to Acquire Sirchie LLC

St. Petersburg, FL - The Anderson Group, LLC has acquired Sirchie (www.sirchie.com), in partnership with the business' highly regarded President and CEO John Roby. Headquartered in Youngsville, North Carolina (a suburb of Raleigh, NC), Sirchie is a 99-year-old premier manufacturer and distributor of forensic and crime scene investigative products for the global law enforcement and public safety market sectors. Since the founding of the business in 1927, Sirchie has become the global leader in supplying products used to locate, identify, collect, record, protect, analyze, and archive evidence for criminal investigations. Sirchie provides a one-stop-shop solution of high-quality products, training, specialty vehicles, technical services, and customer support, differentiated by its unmatched product breadth and a strong brand reputation.

This transaction provides Sirchie with a robust balance sheet free of any third-party debt, enabling it to invest in identified tactical and strategic initiatives focused on growing and diversifying its business while also improving service for its global customer base. Importantly, the transaction leaves intact the long-tenured and talented management team and workforce, which brings industry-leading institutional knowledge to the business.

Cory Gaffney, Managing Partner of The Anderson Group, commented on the acquisition, stating, "We are thrilled to partner with the wonderful team at Sirchie and, as a long term investor, look forward to building our business together over the coming years."

John Roby, continuing CEO of Sirchie, added, "As Sirchie prepares to celebrate 100 years of service to global law enforcement, I could not be more delighted to write the next chapter with a partner like The Anderson Group." He continued, "The investment provides Sirchie the capital structure to achieve both near term service level improvements as well as execute our long-term growth plans."

Furthermore, Scott Hukari of The Anderson Group stated, "What drew us to Sirchie was its strong brand name and enduring customer loyalty forged over the company's almost 100-year history as well as the long-tenured team at Sirchie who have deep institutional knowledge. The Anderson Group invests for the long term, and we're honored to support this team as it carries that legacy forward into a future shaped by innovation and growth."

Cherry Bekaert provided transaction accounting and tax support on the acquisition while Taft served as legal advisor to The Anderson Group.

About The Anderson Group

Founded in 1985, The Anderson Group is an operationally-oriented private equity investment firm focused on acquiring control positions in companies at the lower end of the middle market. Senior professionals at Anderson each have between twenty and thirty years of operational experience in various businesses and industries. Anderson specializes in three types of transactions: turnaround opportunities, special situation investments and recapitalizations. Though Anderson does not have a specific industry focus, it typically acquires businesses in the niche manufacturing, distribution or service industries. The Anderson Group is not an institutional fund; rather, it invests its own committed pool of capital. As such, Anderson is able to avoid investment approval processes, mandates and holding periods. Thus, Anderson can offer a faster approval/transaction process, certainty to close, flexibility in equity ownership and an ability to invest throughout the capital structure that other firms and funds often cannot. For more information about The Anderson Group, please visit https://www.andersongroup.com.