Founded in 1988, JLL Partners is a private equity investment firm that since inception, has managed a series of private equity funds aggregating approximately $4 billion in committed capital. JLL seeks to make control equity investments in middle market companies by extricating good companies from complicated situations or building strong companies in partnership with exceptional managers. JLL seeks to invest in fundamentally strong companies across a wide range of manufacturing and service industries. The firm has invested in healthcare services, medical products, food and consumer products, chemicals, broadcasting, transportation, automotive, industrial manufacturing, and distribution.