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April 10, 2025
Valor Exterior Partners Buys Doing It Right Roofing & Siding
Valor Exterior Partners has acquired Pittsburgh-based Doing It Right Roofing & Siding, expanding Valor’s operations in Pennsylvania. Founded in 1984, Doing It Right provides roofing, siding and other...
By Dealmakers Staff
April 10, 2025
Dissecting The Letter Of Intent
Tony Montanaro, transaction advisory partner with Louis Plung & Company, talks on the Smart Business Dealmakers Podcast about LOIs, and what sellers need to know about the terms within them before moving forward with a deal....
By Adam Burroughs
April 8, 2025
FNB To Buy Investment Bank Raptor Partners
The deal is intended to support FNB’s strategy to grow and diversify non-interest income with enhanced capital markets capabilities....
By Smart Business Dealmakers
April 4, 2025
Cerberus Invests In Aquatech
The minority investment is led by Cerberus’ Supply Chain and Strategic Opportunities platform, which invests in companies addressing critical long-term U.S. national security needs....
By Dealmakers Staff
April 1, 2025
One Equity Partners Closes Purchase Of Wheeler Fleet Solutions
Wheeler, which was owned by VSE Corp., distributes aftermarket parts and provides engineering solutions for medium- and heavy-duty fleets....
By Dealmakers Staff
March 17, 2025
Driving Company Value
Panelists John Lewis and Christopher Brodman of Metz Lewis Brodman Must O’Keefe, Rob Carskadden of 3 Rivers Capital, George Pilafas of Continuim Equity Partners and Patrick Patterson of Level Agency pull back the curtain on what drives growth in today’s deal-driven market....
By Dealmakers Staff
March 17, 2025
Announcing the Pittsburgh Smart Business Dealmaker Award Winners and 2025 Dealmakers Hall of Fame Class
We celebrated the accomplishments of the 2025 class of winners at the Pittsburgh Smart Business Dealmakers Conference. See who we recognized!...
By Dealmakers Staff
March 13, 2025
Enverus Acquires Pearl Street Technologies
Pearl Street was founded in 2018 as a spin-out from Carnegie Mellon University....
By Dealmakers Staff
March 11, 2025
Acrisure Buys Mockenhaupt Benefits Group
Founded in 1940, Mockenhaupt provides retirement plan design and administration to public employee benefit plans in Pennsylvania....
By Dealmakers Staff
March 7, 2025
Dogs 24/7 Buys Pampered Paw Resort
This is the company's first acquisition in the eastern United States....
By Dealmakers Staff
March 5, 2025
Liberty Energy Acquires IMG Energy Solutions
The acquisition is intended to strengthen Liberty Power Innovation’s power solutions offering by incorporating IMG’s advanced engineering designs, software control systems, utility interconnection experience, and power marketing expertise....
By Dealmakers Staff
February 6, 2025
Positivity reigns as dealmakers expect a bullish M&A market despite continued macroeconomic challenges
Dealmakers offer their perspective on the M&A environment and how they see the deal year wrapping up....
By Adam Burroughs
February 6, 2025
Jabil Acquires Pharmaceutics International
Jabil Inc. acquired Pharmaceutics International, Inc....
By SBN Staff
February 5, 2025
Legacy Architecture Firms Announce Merger
MCF Architecture merged with McKinley Architecture and Engineering....
By SBN Staff
January 28, 2025
Resco Acquires RHIM
The addition of Resco Group to the company’s North American operations will significantly increase local-for-local production....
By SBN Staff
January 6, 2025
HBK Acquires Acuity Human Resources
HBK has acquired Acuity Human Resources, a provider of human resources consulting services....
By SBN Staff
December 30, 2024
Wabtec to Acquire Evident’s Inspection Technologies Division
Westinghouse Airbrake Technologies (Wabtec Corporation) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Evident’s Inspection Technologies division, formerly part of the Scientific Solutions Division of Olympus Corp....
By SBN Staff
December 5, 2024
Maximizing Value
Bloom Engineering’s Dave Boyce on maximizing value and preparing for a deal...
By Adam Burroughs
December 3, 2024
Magna5 Acquires ThreatAdvice
Magna5 announced the acquisition of ThreatAdvice,...
By SBN Staff
December 3, 2024
Motion to acquire International Conveyor and Rubber
Motion Industries Inc has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the operating assets of International Conveyor and Rubber, based in Blairsville, Pennsylvania....
By SBN Staff
November 14, 2024
Petagogy Acquires Healthy Pet Products
Petagogy, known for its top-quality pet supplies and knowledgeable staff, announced it is officially welcoming Healthy Pet Products into the Petagogy family....
By SBN Staff
November 11, 2024
Sodexo to acquire CRH Catering
With CRH Catering, Sodexo is reinforcing its territorial presence in the East Coast....
By SBN Staff
November 7, 2024
Beaver Valley Credit Union to Merge with Clearview Federal
Beaver Valley Credit Union’s merger with Clearview Federal Credit Union was approved by member vote....
By SBN Staff
November 5, 2024
Enersol to Acquire 95 Percent Stake in Deep Well Services
Enersol, a joint venture between ADNOC Drilling and Alpha Dhabi, has entered into an agreement to acquire a 95 percent equity stake in Deep Well Services...
By SBN Staff
October 31, 2024
The Rise Of Earn Outs
Gordon Rees LP’s Craig Heryford on how earn outs are being used in the market and why owners should use caution when negotiating them....
By Adam Burroughs
October 22, 2024
Solenture Acquires Reedmark Advisors
Pittsburgh-based Solenture has acquired Reedmark Advisors, an SEC registered investment advisor with $400 million in assets under management. The price was undisclosed....
By Dealmakers Staff
October 21, 2024
Tecum Equity Invests in Kadon Precision
Tecum Equity has invested in Kadon Precision and Aerospace, a precision manufacturing company based in Rockford, Ill., that focuses on the aerospace, defense, space and industrial product markets....
By Dealmakers Staff
October 17, 2024
Aperam to buy Universal Stainless & Alloy Products
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has agreed to be acquired by Aperam in an all-cash transaction....
By Dealmakers Staff
October 9, 2024
Blink Acquires Ethic Advertising Agency
Ethic founder Jeff Swartz will join Blink as a co-owner of Blink....
By Dealmakers Staff
October 3, 2024
Factors That Can Make Or Break A Deal
The Selinsky Force’s Lori Scott on the factors that can make or break a deal post transaction....
By Adam Burroughs
October 2, 2024
Cloud Equity Group Buys Paper Box SEO
New York-based PE firm Cloud Equity Group has acquired Pittsburgh-based Paper Box SEO, a provider of search engine optimization services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....
By Dealmakers Staff
October 1, 2024
Davenforth Acquires Third Generation
Austin-based Davenforth has acquired Pittsburgh-based Third Generation along with Dallas-based TeleCloud to form a new managed IT, voice, and networking platform to service 21,500 users across 900 businesses....
By Dealmakers Staff
September 27, 2024
Kreher Buys Ritchey Metals
Chicago-based Kreher Steel Co. has acquired Canonsburg-based Ritchey Metals Co. The deal expands Kreher's manufacturing footprint and adds more than 120,000 tons of annual alloy output capacity....
By Dealmakers Staff
September 23, 2024
Mid-Atlantic Media Buys Pittsburgh Parent magazine
Mid-Atlantic Media CEO and Publisher Craig Burke said the acquisition was part of the media company’s strategic plan....
By Dealmakers Staff
September 5, 2024
Market Factors Shift Buyer Perspective
Stonewood Capital Management’s Kenn Moritz on how market conditions affected his firm’s 2023 deal year....
By Adam Burroughs
September 5, 2024
Seegrid lands funding from Giant Eagle, G2 Venture Partners
Coraopolis-based Seegrid Corp., a maker of autonomous mobile robots for pallet material handling, closed a $50M Series D investment round, funded by existing investors Giant Eagle and G2 Venture Partners, along with smaller investments from other existing shareholders....
By Dealmakers Staff
August 29, 2024
eProductivity Software Buys Massachusetts Business
Pittsburgh-based eProductivity Software, a provider of technology for the print and packaging industries, has acquired Massachusetts-based Enterprise Print Management Solutions, a management information system software provider serving North America....
By Dealmakers Staff
August 26, 2024
Sylvan To Be Bought By Chinese Firm
Kittanning-based Sylvan Inc., a producer and distributor of mushroom spawns, has agreed to be acquired by Jiangsu Yuguan Modern Agriculture Science And Technology (Yuguan China)....
By Dealmakers Staff
August 14, 2024
Sweden's Trelleborg Group Buys Magee Plastics
Sweden's Trelleborg Group has acquired Warrendale, Penn.-based Magee Plastics, expanding its Trelleborg Sealing Solutions business unit. Magee Plastics specializes in manufacturing and servicing high-performance thermoplastic and composite material solutions specifically for the aerospace industry....
By Dealmakers Staff
August 13, 2024
JENNMAR Buys West Virginia Blending Facility
Pittsburgh-based JENNMAR, a provider of infrastructure products and specialized services to the civil, solar, mining, and construction industries, has acquired a West Virginia cement blending facility of Wright-Mix Material Solutions, a provider of contract blending and bagging services....
By Dealmakers Staff
August 9, 2024
HouseWorks Holdings Buys Bridge City Home Care
Boston-based HouseWorks Holdings, a personal care services platform serving the Northeast, has acquired Pittsburgh-based Bridge City Home Care, a provider of personal care services....
By Dealmakers Staff
August 9, 2024
Incline Equity Sells ASP Global
Pittsburgh-based Incline Equity Partners has sold ASP Global, a developer of consumable medical products for healthcare providers, to Platinum Equity....
By Dealmakers Staff
August 8, 2024
Pittsburgh Deal Activity: Enhance business value before selling with a Tax Diagnostic Review
MelCap Partners' Tom Freeman explores tax diagnostic reviews and how they can provide significant value to sellers as they seek to exit their businesses. ...
By Tom Freeman
August 8, 2024
Frontenac Buys Ideal Integrations
Pittsburgh-based Ideal Integrations, a managed services provider of IT and cybersecurity services, has been acquired by Chicago-based private equity firm Frontenac....
By SBN Staff
July 11, 2024
Post-Capital-Raise Board Dynamics
Jason Wolfe of Wolfe LLC, Meredith Meyer Grelli of the Tepper School Of Business Carnegie Mellon, Free Market Health's Joe Cardosi and moderator Patrick Colletti of Net Health and CoSage delve into the essential steps for getting your management team board-ready, and explore the art of CEO leadership in the boardroom....
By SBN Staff
June 20, 2024
Getting Deals Done Regardless Of Interest Rates
American Environmental Partners Brad Domitrovitsch on how he gets deals done despite interest rates. ...
By Adam Burroughs
May 9, 2024
Economic Realities Change Buying Criteria, Seller Outlook
Louis Plung & Co. Partner Tony Montanaro on the conditions in today's market and how they're impacting both buyers and sellers. ...
By Adam Burroughs
May 5, 2024
Hyde Marine’s Ballast Water Treatment Plant Acquired by Optimarin
Hyde Marine’s Ballast Water Treatment business has been acquired by Optimarin AS....
By SBN Staff
May 1, 2024
DQE Communications Acquires GI Partners
DQE Communications announced it was acquired by GI Partners, a leading investor in data infrastructure businesses....
By SBN Staff
April 23, 2024
Milk & Honey Acquires VMG Sports
Barnes & Thornburg represented entertainment management company Milk & Honey Music + Sports + Ventures in its acquisition of VMG Sports....
By SBN Staff
