Butler Gear Company retained Heritage Equity Partners (HEP) to seek a buyer for the 55-year-old gear manufacturing business.

Butler, WI-based Butler Gear manufactures a wide variety of standard and custom gears and related products, including spur, helical, internal gears, worm and worm gears, racks, sprockets, face gears and timing belts.

Fred Cross, a managing director at HEP, says that “This is an excellent opportunity to partner with, invest in, or acquire an established gear shop with a strong history and ability to provide customers an easy one stop solution for all their metal parts needs.”

Easton, MD-based Heritage Equity Partners, formerly Equity Partners, provides investment banking services.