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On April 9, 2025, Frontline Road Safety (“Frontline”), the largest provider of pavement marking services in the U.S., announced that it has acquired InfraStripe, a leading specialty contractor focused on roadway safety solutions, from Soundcore Capital Partners.
Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, InfraStripe has built a network of locally known and trusted roadway safety providers across the U.S., offering a comprehensive suite of services including highway and runway striping, traffic control, barricade and sign fabrication, guardrail installation, product sales, and equipment rentals. Its safety-first practices, strong customer relationships, and operational scale make it a strong strategic fit with Frontline.
Financial terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.
InfraStripe
Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, InfraStripe is a leading regional provider of roadway safety solutions. The company specializes in highway and runway striping, traffic control, signage, guardrail installation, and work zone service solutions. InfraStripe combines safety-first practices, operational excellence, and local expertise to deliver high-quality infrastructure services across more than 10 states.
Frontline Road Safety
Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Frontline Road Safety Group is the nation’s largest pavement marking company. It proudly serves a wide variety of customers and industries, including airports, government agencies, public highways, roads, and private corporations. Committed to a deep local operational leadership strategy, Frontline’s team members have decades of industry experience and technical expertise at every level. Through its team of best-in-class local operating companies, Frontline serves customers across the United States. These companies have an unmatched reputation and average of over forty years of successful experience building long-term relationships with its customers.
Soundcore Capital Partners
Soundcore Capital Partners was founded in 2015 by Jarrett Turner and is based in New York, NY. Soundcore is a thesis-driven private equity firm that specializes in buy-and-build investments in the lower middle-market that are headquartered in the United States and Canada. Soundcore has completed 96 acquisitions across 12 platforms and focuses primarily on business & outsourced services, industrial services, specialty manufacturing and value-added distribution sectors. For more information, please visit: www.soundcorecap.com.
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