It's said in baseball that you can be a five-tool player: throw, run, field, hit, and hit with power, and that gets you a reward: a higher salary. Likewise, in M&A there are four "tool players": add-on, add-on between $25-50 million in ...
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This week, TransForce announced two new deals, back-to-back: an agreement with Waste Management of Canada Corporation and the approved acquisition of Clarke Transport Inc. The agreement with Waste Management allows TransForce to use about ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, Transforce
Oracle is set to acquire business-to-consumer marketing software vendor Responsys for US$1.5 billion in a bid to flesh out its own capabilities as well as strike back at rivals such as Salesforce.com and Microsoft. Responsys’ ...
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Oman Oil Company (OOC) has successfully concluded the acquisition of Oxea which was announced in October. Oxea is one of the largest global manufacturers of Oxo chemicals. With the acquisition, OOC aims to become a vertically integrated ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Oil
Clariant recently announced the intention to acquire Plastichemix Industries, a masterbatch business in India, located in Vadodara with production facilities in Rania, Kalol and Nandesari in Gujarat (India). Plastichemix Industries is a ...
TTI, Inc., the leading global distributor of interconnect, passive, electromechanical and discrete components, has signed a distribution agreement with the PKC Group to become the first authorized distributor of their component products to ...
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Optical inspection tool manufacturer Nanotronics Imaging LLC of Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA has completed a $7m Series B financing round from San Francisco-based technology investment firm Founders Fund (which has previously backed companies ...
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Global Blue, the international retail tourism experts, report that total international tax free spend has surged up 21% to date this year with globe shoppers from South East Asian driving the growth. Thai spend in particular is up a massive ...
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Ukraine-based Interpipe, one of the world's leading producers of steel pipes and rail wheels, commenced sales of steel billets last October. Answering SteelOrbis' questions, Fadi Hraibi, chief commercial officer of the company, explained ...
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Altair continues to build the industry-leading ecosystem for computer-aided engineering (CAE) and high-performance computing (HPC) solutions via strategic technology partnerships in the Altair Partner Alliance (APA) for HyperWorks and the ...
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Over the next few years manufacturers producing medical devices or monitoring and control instrumentation will need to bring their products into compliance with the EU RoHS directive, as they are in Category 8 or Category 9 respectively, of ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, has announced distribution partnerships with Osaka-based Kyodo International Corp ...
Tags: Solar EnerPlex CIGS, Electrical, Electronics
Ukraine-based Interpipe, one of the world's leading producers of steel pipes and rail wheels, commenced production and sales of steel billets last October. Answering SteelOrbis' questions, Fadi Hraibi, chief commercial officer of the ...
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A&M Supply has acquired Atlantic Plywood's Richmond, Va. distribution center. A&M Supply, founded in 1951 and headquartered in Pinellas Park, Fla., currently operates 11 distribution centers servicing 10 states. With the addition of ...
Tags: A&M Supply, Atlantic Plywood Distribution Center, Acquiring
Israel-based flavor and fragrance company Frutarom has acquired Hagelin, a US-based flavor company, in a $52.4m all-cash deal, as part of its strategy to reinforce its presence in the US and in the emerging markets of Latin America and ...
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