Group Profile

CF Gear Holdings was formed in December 2004 as a limited liability company.  Our vision is to build value in the US small-mid market manufacturing strata through organic and inorganic growth.

Rishi Chandra and Salisha Chandra are the principal members of CF Gear Holdings LLC, which currently holds two subsidiaries: CF Metals LLC DBA Process Gear and CF Plastics LLC DBA Bengal Industries.
CF Gear Holdings LLC acquired the sister companies Process Gear and Bengal Industries in February 2005. Since then the principals of CF Gear have been focused on fixing and growing these two businesses to their full potential through capital investment and change initiatives at each company.
CF Gear also has access to a global network of companies spanning most of Africa, India and China. Strategic alliances have already been formed, Process Gear routinely sources partially processed parts from a supplier in India and Bengal obtains high quality tooling from a supplier in China.

Rishi and Salisha both have very strong backgrounds in finance, strategy and consulting which they bring to bear in advising and directing the companies.

Rishi has significant experience in business strategy and change management earned while working for Booz Allen Hamilton, a premier global strategy-consulting firm. Prior to his consulting work, Rishi built a strong engineering and technology foundation through his experiences at private IT consulting firms and as an associate at the National Institutes of Health. He specialized in strategy and change management projects while working engagements at Fortune 500 companies.  Functional projects over this period included detailed strategic planning, operations consulting, turn-around strategies, and financial analysis.

Salisha also has a strong background in finance, corporate strategy and turnaround management from her employment with Marakon associates in London, U.K., a strategic management-consulting firm. During her time with Marakon she focused on financial analysis pertaining to strategic business development, technology curve management, corporate restructuring, and new market analysis.  Prior to working for Marakon, Salisha worked at JPMorgan in a number of varied positions, her last was as a risk manager/controller for their emerging markets and foreign exchange trading desks.