Western Investment Company of Canada Limited (WI)

The Western Investment Company of Canada Limited, is a private equity firm specializing in buyout and middle market investments. It seeks investments in retail and distribution, human services, agriculture and related services and special situations. The firm prefers to invest in USA and Canada with a focus in companies which are headquartered in Western Canada like Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Through its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive glass service company in Canada. It provides repair and replacement of windshields, side windows, side mirrors, rear windows, and sun roofs; and wholesale of aftermarket glass parts and materials. The company also operates as a specialty retailer, which imports and sells household products through a marketing channel in North America; provides commercial, property, accident and sickness, boiler and machinery, marine, and automobile liability insurance services; and produces and distributes butter and ice cream products, and ice cream cones through grocery retail and food service network in Western Canada, as well as through two distribution facilities in Edmonton and Kelowna. It serves dealerships, auto-body shops, fleet companies, and car rental companies through 10 retail locations, and mobile repair and installation units. The firm seeks to invest in the companies having enterprise value between CAD10 million ($7.88 million) to CAD100 million ($78.84 million). The firm acquires significant ownership positions and seeks to take majority stakes in its portfolio companies. The Western Investment Company of Canada Limited was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.