Beyer, Kurt H.

Kurt Beyer joined New York private equity firm Red Diamond Capital (www.reddiamondcapital.com) in 2002 as an associate. Prior to that, he spent five years as an associate and financial analyst with Pedersen Kammert & Co. LLC, a middle market investment banking firm. At Pedersen Kammert, he worked on numerous middle market divestitures, corporate sales, acquisition searches and financing assignments.  Beyer previously worked at Janney Montgomery Scott and Robert Morris Associates.

Beyer earned his bachelor of science degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania's WhartonSchool.

Red Diamond's portfolio companies include flexible packaging converter Interflex Holdings Inc. and the Viapack Inc. holding company it created four years ago to build a leading presence in the plastic film extrusion industry. 

Formed in 2002, the New York-based Red Diamond is an independent, $150 million fund that invests in middle market manufacturing, distribution and service businesses in North America. Through its partnership with Mitsubishi Corp., one of Japan's leading businesses, Red Diamond offers a mix of strategic resources, industry-focused capital, and management expertise to fuel the growth of its portfolio companies.

Together with a private equity sponsor, Red Diamond in March 2004 acquired Hi-Tech Group, an Anaheim, Calif.-based molder of precision elastomeric components. A year later Hi-Tech acquired the stock of Inland Technologies Inc., a molder of precision injection molded thermoplastic components for the medical and commercial segments. Red Diamond then sold Hi-Tech in April 2008.