Brunswick Corporation has agreed to sell its Retail Bowling business to Bowlmor AMF for $270 million, contingent upon customary closing procedures. Brunswick also announced its intention to divest its Bowling Products business. Brunswick is ...
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North Castle Partners and its co-investors have agreed to sell Ignite USA, LLC, which makes thermal mugs and hydration bottles under the Contigo and Avex brands, to Newell Rubbermaid for a purchase price of $308 million. ADVERTISEMENT ...
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AVEX, makers of performance water bottles and travel mugs, announced an acquisition by Newell Rubbermaid. Newell Rubbermaid has signed a $308 million deal with North Castle Partners, set to take effect in September, to purchase Ignite ...
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Implus has acquired DryGuy, a leading supplier of footwear dryers and thermal layering systems. This latest addition to the Implus family of brands will fall under the company’s Outdoor Division, which also includes Yaktrax, ...
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With interconnect, passive and electromechanical IP&E component suppliers about to announce their quarterly earnings over the next few weeks, one fact is certain: several are now fatter companies thanks to a second quarter buying spree of ...
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MALVERN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components, today announced the acquisition of Holy Stone ...
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Beijing-based clean-energy power generating firm Hanergy Holding Group Ltd (parent of thin-film photovoltaic module maker Hanergy Solar) has completed the acquisition of Alta Devices of Santa Clara, CA, USA. Founded in 2007, Alta is a ...
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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer closed on his acquisition of the Los Angeles Clippers Tuesday from The Sterling Family Trust. The NBA Board of Governors previously approved the $2 billion sale, but a California court had to rule on ...
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Performance Sports Group Ltd, (PSG) which recently acquired the Easton diamond sport business, reported revenues in the fiscal fourth quarter ended May 31 increased 30 percent to $112.9 million compared to $86.7 million in the same year-ago ...
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Like the kid on the playground who watches others hop on and off the spinning merry-go-round, Boston Scientific says it will sit out the current whirl of medtech mergers. Following last week’s second-quarter earnings report, ...
CR Bard execs know they have a gorilla of a competitor in the proposed $43 billion Medtronic acquisition of Covidien, particularly in the vascular business. They aren’t predicting the effects of that business combination on Bard, ...
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The medtech jobs picture looked rosy in 2013, with the top 15 device makers in hiring mode, according to an EP Vantage report out this week. Excluding pharmaceutical spinoffs, these companies expanded their collective workforce by 6%, the ...
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President Obama clearly doesn’t like Medtronic’s plan to move its headquarters to Ireland through the acquisition of Covidien. Medtronic’s $43 billion acquisition of Covidien would be the largest tax inversion deal yet. ...
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Hormel Foods has completed the acquisition of sports nutrition products firm CytoSport Holdings in a $450m deal announced in June. CytoSport is expected to have sales of approximately $370m in 2014 but the benefits of the acquisition ...
The Valspar Corporation reported fiscal third quarter 2014 net sales of $1.2 billion, an increase of 10 percent over the prior year. Reported net income and earnings per diluted share for the current year include nonrecurring items, which ...
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