[April 4, 2023] River Associates Investments, L.P. (“River Associates”), a longstanding lower middle market private equity firm based in Chattanooga, TN, announced the acquisition of I&I Sling, Inc and Slingmax, Inc. (“I&I / Slingmax”).  This acquisition, in addition to River’s purchase of Yale Cordage in 2020, solidifies the combined businesses as an industry leader of innovative custom solutions in synthetic ropes and heavy lift slings serving the Utility/Electric, Energy/Off-shore, Infrastructure/Construction, Arborist, Inland Marine and Commercial Marine industries. Each company will continue to operate autonomously delivering the same level of commitment of relentless focus on serving customers, manufacturing in America,…