Investment Date: September 2009
Exit Date: May 2011
Location: Greenville, SC
Sector: Automotive
SAGE Automotive Interiors, Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of automotive body cloth – seating fabric, door panels, and headliners. The Company serves major Original Equipment Manufacturers, such as GM, Toyota, Ford, Honda, Chrysler, Nissan, and Hyundai/Kia. SAGE has a broad global presence with manufacturing assets located in five plants in North America (SC & GA) and one in Brazil, with additional contract manufacturing arrangements in Europe, Japan, and China. In September 2009, Azalea partnered with management to purchase SAGE from Milliken & Co., where it was known as the Automotive Body Cloth Division.
