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October 15, 2021
Protect your blindside in a deal
Jim Nickel and Steve Bigari, along with Jeffrey Ford, Dale Killmeyer and Ryan Olsta offer tips on how acquirers can avoid the blindside risks in a deal....
By Adam Burroughs
October 5, 2021
Sword Health Acquires Vigilant Technologies
SWORD Health has acquired Vigilant Technologies, a workplace injury prevention solution....
By Adam Burroughs
October 4, 2021
Adler Industrial Solutions Acquires Shorts Tool & Mfg.
Adler Industrial Solutions, Inc., a growing company in the tooling and mold industry, has completed the acquisition of Shorts Tool and Mfg., Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
October 4, 2021
Kraft Heinz Completes Assan Foods Acquisition
The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC) has completed the purchase of Assan Foods from privately held Turkish conglomerate Kibar Holding. ...
By Adam Burroughs
October 1, 2021
Continuim Acquires Merlot Vango Tarping Solutions
Continuim Equity Partners has acquired Merlot Vango Tarping Solutions....
By Adam Burroughs
September 17, 2021
Put your best foot forward in a sale
Charles McIlvaine, along with Dick Hollington, Chris Farmakis, and Patrick Fodale, offer a deep dive into how to make sure you’re checking the right boxes before you go to market — during the deal and post-close....
By Adam Burroughs
September 15, 2021
Archaea Energy Inc. Closes Business Combination with Aria Energy LLC, Archaea Energy LLC
Archaea Energy Inc., formerly known as Rice Acquisition Corp., has completed its previously announced business combination with Aria Energy LLC and Archaea Energy LLC, creating the industry leading renewable natural gas platform....
By Adam Burroughs
September 8, 2021
Tecum Capital Launches Third SBIC Fund
Tecum Capital Management received a license from the U.S. Small Business Administration to operate its third SBIC fund and concurrently held its first closing for the new fund. ...
By Adam Burroughs
September 8, 2021
3Phase Elevator, Hadfield Elevator Merge
3Phase Elevator, an independent elevator and escalator services provider, has merged with Pittsburgh-based Hadfield Elevator....
By Adam Burroughs
September 7, 2021
Highmark acquires full ownership of Gateway Health
Highmark has closed on its transaction to acquire full ownership of Gateway Health Plan, Inc., a managed care organization....
By Adam Burroughs
August 19, 2021
Supply chain issues and the threats they present in M&A
David Iwinski, managing director at Blue Water Growth, talks about the supply chain issues between U.S. and Chinese companies, how they’re affecting M&A transactions and offers strategies for rooting out supply chain risk ahead of, and during, a transaction. ...
By Adam Burroughs
August 16, 2021
RQM+ Gets Investment From Linden Capital Partners
RQM+ has received an investment by Linden Capital Partners, a Chicago-based healthcare private equity firm. ...
By Adam Burroughs
August 11, 2021
Desktop Metal to Acquire ExOne
Desktop Metal, Inc. and The ExOne Company have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Desktop Metal will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of ExOne common stock. ...
By Adam Burroughs
August 6, 2021
Continuim Equity Partners Acquires Anker
Continuim Equity Partners has acquired Anker Industries, a manufacturer of metallurgical powders and briquettes in addition to providing aluminum processing and slag design services for the largest steel producers across North America. ...
By Adam Burroughs
August 3, 2021
LANXESS Completes Emerald Kalama Chemical Acquisition
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS completed the second-largest acquisition in its history with the takeover of Emerald Kalama Chemical. ...
By Adam Burroughs
July 16, 2021
De-risking the de-SPAC transaction
There’s a lot of talk about SPACs, blank-check companies that raise money to fast-track a private company into the public market. What doesn’t get discussed as much is the de-SPAC transaction — the second part of that process. ...
By Adam Burroughs
July 13, 2021
Tecum Capital, Expedition Capital Partners Recapitalize BP Business Solutions
Tecum Capital and Expedition Capital Partners led a majority recapitalization of BP Business Solutions...
By Adam Burroughs
July 13, 2021
F.N.B. Acquiring Baltimore's Howard Bancorp
F.N.B. has agreed to acquire Howard Bancorp for approximately $418 million. Howard has approximately $2.6 billion in total assets and operates 13 full-service banking offices in Baltimore and the greater Washington, D.C., area....
By Adam Burroughs
July 13, 2021
Incline Acquires Edko
Incline Equity Partners has acquired Edko, a provider of herbicide-based vegetation management services to utilities, municipalities and other operators of infrastructure rights-of-way....
By Adam Burroughs
June 11, 2021
Ryan Green continually adjusts his model to find success
Gridwise co-founder Ryan Green continues to evolve his business, using customer feedback and adjusting to the market to find success....
By Adam Burroughs
June 11, 2021
Kraft Heinz To Purchase Assan Foods
The Kraft Heinz Company has reached an agreement to purchase Assan Foods from privately held Turkish conglomerate Kibar Holding in a deal that values the enterprise at approximately $100 million. ...
By Adam Burroughs
June 10, 2021
CB Financial Services Sells Two West Virginia Branches to Citizens Bank of West Virginia
CB Financial Services, Inc., the holding company for Community Bank, announced that it and Community Bank have entered into a Purchase and Assumption Agreement to sell two West Virginia branches....
By Adam Burroughs
June 9, 2021
Monongahela Valley Hospital Signs Definitive Agreement For Affiliation With Penn Highlands Healthcare
The Boards of Directors of both Monongahela Valley Hospital and Penn Highlands Healthcare have signed a Definitive Agreement between the two entities that would integrate Monongahela Valley Hospital into the Penn Highlands Healthcare system....
By Adam Burroughs
June 8, 2021
Elligo Health Research Acquires Root Health
Elligo Health Research has acquired Root Health, an AI virtual assistant for clinical research....
By Adam Burroughs
June 3, 2021
Incline Acquires Starwest Botanicals
Incline Equity Partners, a Pittsburgh-based private equity firm, has acquired Starwest Botanicals...
By Adam Burroughs
April 30, 2021
Chuck Mattera on integration during a pandemic
How Chuck Mattera navigated the nearly $3 billion Finisar integration during a pandemic....
By Adam Burroughs
April 29, 2021
Incline Sells Two, Gets Minority Investment from Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Petershill Program
Incline Sells AFC Industries and Wholesale Supplies Plus, gets passive, minority investment from Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Petershill program....
By Adam Burroughs
April 26, 2021
Federated Hermes to acquire certain investment-management-related assets of Horizon Advisers
Federated Hermes, Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire certain investment management related assets of Horizon Advisers...
By Adam Burroughs
April 23, 2021
Post-COVID capital trends to watch
As buyers and sellers look to transact, Mark Guterman, managing director of loan syndications for First National Bank, and Martin McCormick, managing director and head of FNB Mezzanine Finance for F.N.B. Corporation are seeing capital trends starting to take shape....
By Adam Burroughs
April 22, 2021
Liaison International acquires Othot
Othot’s Enrollment, Student Success, and other solutions join Liaison’s expanding family of strategic enrollment management solutions...
By Adam Burroughs
April 19, 2021
PPG Acquires Automotive Coatings Manufacturer Cetelon
PPG has acquired Cetelon Lackfabrik GmbH, a manufacturer of coatings for automotive and light truck wheel applications....
By Adam Burroughs
April 16, 2021
BlueTree Allied Angels’ Sreekar Gadde urges entrepreneurs to see IP differently
BlueTree Allied Angels’ Sreekar Gadde urges entrepreneurs to stop think about IP only in terms of protection, and instead create a holistic strategy to maximize long-term value....
By Adam Burroughs
April 14, 2021
PPG Extends Tender Offer Period for Tikkurila
PPG is extending the tender offer period for all issued and outstanding shares of Tikkurila Oyj to May 11, 2021....
By Adam Burroughs
April 13, 2021
Stonewood Capital Management Acquires CMS East
Stonewood Capital Management, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based private equity firm, has acquired CMS East, Inc., one of the largest privately-owned cemetery operations in the United States. ...
By Adam Burroughs
April 7, 2021
Rice Acquisition Corp. to Combine Aria Energy and Archaea Energy
Rice Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company focused on the energy transition sector, has an agreement to enter into a business combination with Aria Energy LLC and Archaea Energy LLC...
By Adam Burroughs
April 6, 2021
Evoqua Water Technologies Completes Acquisition of Water Consulting Specialists
Evoqua Water Technologies has acquired privately-held Water Consulting Specialists, Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
April 1, 2021
Alcoa Completes Divestiture of Warrick Rolling Mill
Alcoa Corporation has completed the sale of the rolling mill and associated assets near Evansville, Indiana, held by Alcoa Warrick LLC, to Kaiser Aluminum Corporation....
By Adam Burroughs
March 18, 2021
Support, trust go a long way in M&A deals
For anyone considering selling a business, those who have been there say whatever you’re thinking the due diligence process is, both in terms of volume and depth of the requests, it’s more....
By Adam Burroughs
March 18, 2021
ProFromGo and Media Post Merge
Joining forces under the new name Vendilli Digital Group, ProFromGo Internet Marketing, LLC and Media Post, Inc. announce the merger of their two companies....
By Adam Burroughs
March 18, 2021
II-VI Revises Offer For Coherent
Optical components maker II-VI Inc raised its bid for laser maker Coherent to $7 billion...
By Adam Burroughs
March 16, 2021
APR Supply Co. TO Acquire Plumbers Equipment Co.
APR Supply Co. is set to acquire Plumbers Equipment Co. at the anticipated close date of April 5, 2021....
By Adam Burroughs
March 3, 2021
Quantic Electronics buys Corry Micronics
Warrendale-based Quantic Electronics, an electronic component maker, has acquired Cranberry Township-based Corry Micronics, a leading supplier of RF and microwave components and subsystems specializing in high power and broadband solutions....
By Michael Marzec
March 2, 2021
RE2 Robotics Lands $1.9M In U.S. Funding
RE2 Robotics, a developer of intelligent mobile robotic manipulation systems, has received $1.9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office to develop a robotic system for the outdoor autonomous manipulation of photovoltaic panels (O-AMPP)....
By Michael Marzec
February 19, 2021
Blue River’s Sara Clevenger explores M&A’s Tumultuous year
Blue River's Sara Clevenger looks back at M&A’s interesting 2020, and looks ahead, discussing what changes in perceptions and approaches could color 2021....
By Adam Burroughs
February 15, 2021
Lanxess Buys Emerald Kalama Chemical for $1.08B
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has inked a deal to buy US-based Emerald Kalama Chemical for an enterprise value of $1.075 billion...
By Adam Burroughs
February 11, 2021
Kraft Heinz to Sell Its Nuts Business to Hormel Foods
The Kraft Heinz Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its nuts business to Hormel Foods Corporation in a cash transaction for $3.35 billion....
By Adam Burroughs
February 10, 2021
AssuredPartners Acquires TJS Financial Services, LLC
AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired TJS Financial Services, LLC (TJS) of Pittsburgh....
By Adam Burroughs
February 4, 2021
PSP Metrics Inc. acquired By ScaleCo's
ScaleCo Management, LLC, a Cleveland-based private investment firm, has made an investment in, and partnership with, employee assessment company PSP Metrics, Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
January 22, 2021
Metz Lewis' George Thomas on the surprising strength of M&A through the pandemic
Metz Lewis' George Thomas offers his assessment of the M&A market — what it looked like in 2020, and what he expects it will look like in 2021....
By Adam Burroughs
January 15, 2021
United States Steel Corporation Completes Big River Steel Acquisition
United States Steel Corporation has closed its acquisition of the remaining equity of Big River Steel for approximately $774 million from cash on hand....
By Adam Burroughs
