Private equity firm Graham Partners has acquired Desser Tire & Rubber Co. LLC and its affiliated companies, Aero Wheel & Brake Service Corp. and Cee Bailey’s Aircraft Plastics. Desser is primarily a supplier of aircraft tires and ...
IQMS Backing from the leading technology growth equity firm, Technology Crossover Ventures, highlights IQMS' leadership position and technology innovation in the manufacturing ERP software market PASO ROBLES, CALIF. – IQMS, a ...
Sensata Technologies B.V. has reached an agreement to buy tire pressure monitoring systems manufacturer Schrader International Inc. from private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC for $1 billion. Sensata Technologies B.V. is a ...
Kinderhook Industries, a private equity firm based in New York, has purchased The Schawbel Corporation, maker of the zone mosquito defense brand, Thermacell. William Schawbel, founder and owner of The Schawbel Corporation, will continue to ...
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Destination Maternity Corporation announces that it does not intend to make an offer for Mothercare plc and is withdrawing its proposal for a possible combination with Mothercare. On 2 July 2014, Destination Maternity made an ...
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Tommie Copper Holdings, Inc., the original innovator and first-mover in the new category of copper-infused performance apparel, announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Tengram Capital Partners ("Tengram"), a private ...
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US-based private equity firm CHS Capital could be eyeing to sell its rigid packaging supplier TricorBraun, which is valued at $1.3bn, including debt. TricorBraun, which is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of the largest ...
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Saxco International, a portfolio company of Texas-based middle market equity firm The Sterling Group, has completed the acquisition of packaging and printing company Square Peg Packaging and Printing. Square Peg designs and supplies a ...
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UK car parts supplier Unipart Automotive has entered into administration with the loss of 1,244 jobs. KPMG's Mark Orton, Will Wright and Jonny Marston have been appointed as joint administrators. The administrators have sold part of ...
Private equity firm Arbor Investments has completed the sale of its Fund I portfolio company Truco Enterprises, a producer of tortilla chips, salsa and queso, to Insignia Capital Group for an undisclosed amount. Truco, which was founded ...
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Company expected to look at returning business to online-only presence. Morrisons has sold its childrenswear business, Kiddicare for £2 million to private equity firm Endless. According to reports this morning, Endless - which ...
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Private equity firm KKR, along with three other investors, has agreed to invest $270m for 70% stake in integrated pork company COFCO Meat, a unit of China's state-run COFCO Group. While KKR is the lead investor, paying $150m, other ...
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BASF has successfully closed the previously announced transaction to divest its PolyAd Services business unit to Edgewater Capital Partners, L.P., a private equity firm based in Cleveland, Ohio. Edgewater Capital Partners intends to further ...
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If TPG Capital LP decides to take American Tire Distributors Holdings Inc. public, it might recoup its initial investment and more. Recent acquisitions, however, will make an initial public offering (IPO) less profitable. The private ...
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Dubai International Capital (DIC) has signed a $1.7bn (£1bn) agreement for the sale of Germany-based packaging group Mauser to private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) Mauser, global producer of rigid industrial packaging ...