The Bolingbrook company makes automotive accessories like heavy-duty floor mats, pet accessories and more.
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BOLINGBROOK, IL — Bolingbrook-based WeatherTech is in the early stages of gauging interest in a private equity buyout of the company, according to a report from PE Hub.
MacNeil Automotive Products, doing business as WeatherTech, recently began soliciting interest from private equity firms, the report said, noting the company is “an attractive acquisition” with most of its floor mat products manufactured in the US
The company, headquartered in 841 Remingtonn Boulevard, offers automotive accessories from all-weather floor mats to sun shades and phone and tablet holders, as well as pet products from car seat protectors and safety harnesses to pet feeding systems .
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Locally, WeatherTech is known for its Super Bowl ads, including one that paid tribute to the veterinarians who cared for its late golden retriever mascot, Scout.
WeatherTech began in 1989 when CEO David MacNeil began importing floor mats from England.
“However, MacNeil was convinced that he could make a better product right here in America, using American materials, American machines and American workers,” the company’s website notes. “In 2007 he made the decision to move production of his entire line of automotive accessories to America, opening facilities within the suburbs of Chicago.”
