Outdoor Industry  June 4, 2019

Bestop acquires Lousville-based Softopper

BOULDER and LOUISVILLE — New York-based Kinderhook Industries LLC didn’t have to look far to find the latest acquisition for Bestop Inc., its Louisville-based portfolio company.

Bestop has acquired Softopper LLC, a Boulder-based company that designs, manufactures and distributes convertible soft tops for light-duty pickup trucks and SUV’s. Softopper represents the sixth acquisition for Bestop and the 74th automotive-related transaction for Kinderhook. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Bestop manufactures soft tops and fabric accessories for Jeep and UTV vehicles.

Softopper was founded in 2000 and has grown from offering a single product to manufacturing and selling 38 different models of…

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Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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