Prolific multi-brand firm buys another Midwest manufacturing business

The Hoffmann Family of Cos. in Naples, one of the more prolific multi-brand organizations in Southwest Florida, has announced its second manufacturing company acquisition in the past 10 days. 

The latest deal is for Gladstone, Michigan-based Besse Forest Products Group. Besse Forest Products Group operates a network of sawmills, wood drying facilities and veneer and plywood factories across northern Michigan and Wisconsin. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. 

The deal for Besse follows the announcement last week that Hoffmann acquired Doonan Specialized Trailer, a custom semitrailer manufacturer based in Great Bend, Kansas with 57 dealer locations across North America,