Private equity firm purchases Clearwater’s Koozie Group
April 21, 2025 - Miami-based HIG Capital, a $69 billion private equity firm, is selling Koozie Group, a Clearwater marketing products supplier it acquired in 2017. Garline LLC, which operates under private equity firm Mill Point Capital's umbrella, will purchase Koozie Group, founded in 1969, for an undisclosed sum and form one of the nation's largest promotional product manufacturers. Koozie Group sold three Pinellas County manufacturing facilities for $35.9 million last year.