How Diatron and Riverside Partnered For Growth

When private equity firm The Riverside Company acquired Budapest-based Diatron, the medical device company was “only in one half of the business” and need to go through a “big cultural change” in order to develop better systems for manufacturing, documenting and pursuing innovation. This is the story of how Diatron CEO Jim Schepp worked with Riverside Operating Consultant Howard Barnes to take the company from a commoditized set of revenue streams to a full-service, internationally competitive business.