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March 27, 2025
Discipline Drives Successful Deals
Schill Grounds Management Founder and CEO Jerry Schill on building a strategy for making multiple acquisitions....
By Adam Burroughs
March 25, 2025
Buffalo Games Buys Kent’s Boogie Board
The acquisition aligns with Buffalo Games' stated mission to provide innovative and category-disrupting personal enrichment products that support mindfulness and mental acuity, social engagement, and development across a wide range of demographics....
By Dealmakers Staff
March 17, 2025
Wealth Enhancement Buying Marcum Wealth
Marcum Wealth's $4.3 billion in client assets will be added to the $107.5 billion Wealth Enhancement currently manages....
By Dealmakers Staff
March 10, 2025
REalloys Merges With Blackboxstocks
Upon closing and with a valuation of $400 million for REalloy, it is anticipated Blackbox’s stockholders will own approximately 7.3 percent of the combined companies while and REalloys’ stockholders will own 92.7 percent....
By Dealmakers Staff
March 6, 2025
Adcom Buys Spark Your Brand
Deal unites two Cleveland-area marketing agencies....
By Dealmakers Staff
February 24, 2025
Impact Employment Solutions Buys Top Shelf Staffing
Top Shelf Staffing's leadership and employees will integrate into the Impact Employment Solutions team....
By Dealmakers Staff
February 20, 2025
Pritzker Family Office Buys Americhem
PPC will invest alongside members of the Juve family and management. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....
By Dealmakers Staff
February 20, 2025
Redmond Waltz Acquired by Jennifer Ake Marriott
Jennifer Ake-Marriott has acquired Redmond Waltz, an electric motor repair company with a rich history and reputation for excellence....
By SBN Staff
February 20, 2025
After A Liquidity Event, Don’t Just Retire
Steve Kirk of Cleveland State University on planning for what’s next after a liquidity event....
By Adam Burroughs
February 19, 2025
Relish lands $25 Million Series B Round
Relish has grown to more 200 global customers amid an increased market demand for micro applications and AI assistants....
By Dealmakers Staff
February 18, 2025
Citrin Cooperman Buys HW&Co.
New York-based Citrin Cooperman & Co. has acquired HW&Co., a Middleburgh Heights-based accounting and advisory firm. HW&Co. joins Citrin Cooperman with 14 partners and over 140 employees. ”We are...
By Dealmakers Staff
February 18, 2025
Family Sells Ed Tomko Dealership
Ed Tomko Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram was sold to Catskill Automotive Partners, a business newly formed by Elliot Schor and Scott Zuckerman....
By Dealmakers Staff
February 4, 2025
Florida Firm Buys Greenfield CRE
The deal will combines the construction capabilities from Greenfield with civil engineering and land planning of Monomoy BTS Construction Management....
By Dealmakers Staff
January 24, 2025
Managing Transitional Mind Shifts When Selling
Mark Mangan of Turf Care on the effects the many transitions of his business had on him....
By Adam Burroughs
January 10, 2025
United Bankshares Completes Acquisition of Piedmont Bancorp
United Bankshares completed its acquisition of Atlanta-based Piedmont Bancorp....
By SBN Staff
January 9, 2025
NAKS Acquires Custom Kitchen Fabricator
North American Kitchen Solutions, Inc. acquires Custom Kitchen Fabricator...
By SBN Staff
January 9, 2025
SGS Acquires GHG Verification Services Provider Aster Global
Geneva-based SGS announced the acquisition of GHG validation and verification services firm Aster Global Environmental Solutions....
By SBN Staff
January 8, 2025
AWP Safety Acquires Site Barricades, Integrity Traffic, WS Barricade
AWP Safety has made three acquisitions. ...
By SBN Staff
January 3, 2025
Flooring Partners Acquires The Flooring Edge
Flooring Partners has acquired Ohio-based The Flooring Edge....
By SBN Staff
December 13, 2024
The pivotal role played by representations and warranties insurance
MelCap Partners Vice President Domenick Cristino on the role Reps & Warranties insurance may have in M&A in the coming year and this month’s stand-out deal....
By Domenick Cristino
December 11, 2024
WesBanco, Premier Financial Approve Merger Agreement
WesBanco Inc. and Premier Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: PFC) have each voted overwhelmingly to adopt and approve, as applicable, all proposals relating to the previously announced merger agreement for WesBanco to acquire Premier....
By SBN Staff
December 9, 2024
BIT Mining Complete First Phase of Acquisition
BIT Mining, a leading technology-driven cryptocurrency mining company, has completed the first phase of previously announced acquisition of crypto mining data centers and Bitcoin mining machines in Ethiopia....
By SBN Staff
December 6, 2024
Wildcat DX, LLC Acquires Navis Clinical Laboratories
Wildcat DX acquired of Navis Clinical Laboratories Inc., a leading provider of diagnostic lab testing services....
By SBN Staff
December 6, 2024
Mace Security Goes Private
Mace Security International completed the merger with W Electric Intermediate Holdings. Charles A. Gaddis was appointed as the stockholders’ representative at the special meeting of its stockholders Dec. 3, 2024....
By Dealmakers Staff
November 8, 2024
ANSA McAL Buys BLEACHTECH
ANSA McAL Ltd. has acquired Cleveland-based chlor-alkali producer BLEACHTECH for $327 million, the largest acquisition in the Caribbean conglomerate’s 143-year history....
By Dealmakers Staff
November 7, 2024
Diligence Hang Ups That Can Tank Deals
Park Place Technologies’ Kelly Greene on many of the ways a deal can get hung up, or sunk, in diligence...
By Adam Burroughs
November 1, 2024
User Friendly Home Services Acquires Len's Refrigeration, Heating
User Friendly Home Services has acquired Len's Refrigeration, Heating & Air Conditioning in North Royalton, Ohio....
By SBN Staff
November 1, 2024
CBIZ Acquires Marcum
CBIZ Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of the non-attest business of Marcum LLP, with expected combined annualized revenue of approximately $2.8 billion....
By SBN Staff
October 31, 2024
First Advantage Acquires Sterling Check for $2.2 Billion
First Advantage Corp. announced that it has completed its acquisition of Sterling Check Corp. ...
By SBN Staff
October 22, 2024
J.M. Smucker Co. to Divest Voortman Brand as Part of Sale
J.M. Smucker Co. will sell its Voortman® cookie brand to Second Nature Brands....
By SBN Staff
October 15, 2024
Saint Therese to Acquire St. Mary of the Woods Senior Community
Saint Therese, an aging care and services leader based in the Twin Cities, will acquire St. Mary of the Woods in Avon....
By SBN Staff
October 10, 2024
2024 Northeast Ohio Smart Business Dealmakers Rising Stars
The Smart Business Dealmakers Rising Stars program recognizes up-and-coming dealmaking professionals engaged in a wide range of M&A activities. ...
By SBN Staff
October 8, 2024
Creative Brands Acquires P. Graham Dunn
P. Graham Dunn has solidified its position as the market leader in custom and quick ship wall art and wood products for retailers across North America and abroad....
By SBN Staff
October 8, 2024
Cleveland-Cliffs Acquires Stelco
Stelco is expected to continue as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cliffs....
By SBN Staff
October 8, 2024
NexaMotion Group Expands PPi Location in Pittsburgh
The 11,000-square-foot facility opened Oct. 1....
By SBN Staff
October 2, 2024
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Risk International
Risk International provides outsourced risk management and employee benefits advisory services for private equity and corporate clients across the U.S....
By SBN Staff
October 1, 2024
NexaMotion Acquires 4M Parts Warehouse in North Texas
4M Parts Warehouse provides premium quality auto parts for professional repair shops....
By SBN Staff
September 26, 2024
Bridge Industries Acquires TransTech Group's Cryogenic Technology Resources
CTR is recognized for its extensive expertise in cryogenic systems and high-pressure bulk gas storage and transfer solutions....
By SBN Staff
September 12, 2024
Cleveland Deal Activity: Upcoming Rate Cuts Could Spark Q4 M&A Activity
MelCap Partners’ Luke Hippler elaborates on potential interest rate cuts, and highlights notable recent transactions....
By Luke Hippler
September 10, 2024
Timken Completes Acquisition of CGI
The Timken Co. has completed its previously announced acquisition of CGI Inc....
By SBN Staff
September 4, 2024
Bansk Group to Acquire Foundation Wellness
Bansk Group has acquired Foundation Wellness....
By SBN Staff
September 3, 2024
Revelstoke Capital Partners Invests in MediQuant
Revelstoke Capital Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has made a significant growth investment in MediQuant....
By SBN Staff
September 3, 2024
Masco to Sell Kichler Lighting
Masco Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Kichler Lighting business to an affiliate of Kingswood Capital Management....
By SBN Staff
August 28, 2024
Sequoia Financial Group, Eide Bailly Form Partnership
Sequoia Financial Group and Eide Bailly LLP announced a strategic partnership....
By SBN Staff
August 15, 2024
The Thinking That Put Malley's Chocolates On The Market
Malley's Chocolates' Mike Malley on some of the thinking that led he and his siblings to take their family business to market....
By Adam Burroughs
August 5, 2024
Timken Acquires CGI
The Timken Co. has agreed to acquire CGI Inc., a Nevada-based manufacturer of precision drive systems....
By SBN Staff
August 1, 2024
Hospice of the Western Reserve Acquires Hospice of North Central Ohio
Hospice of the Western Reserve acquired Hospice of North Central Ohio....
By SBN Staff
August 1, 2024
ABB closes acquisition of SEAM Group
ABB finalized the acquisition of SEAM Group, a provider of energized asset management and advisory services to clients across industrial and commercial building markets....
By SBN Staff
July 31, 2024
CBIZ to Acquire Marcum
CBIZ Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the non-attest business of Marcum LLP, making CBIZ the seventh-largest accounting services provider in the U.S....
By SBN Staff
July 30, 2024
AWP Safety Acquires Washington Traffic Control, Western Traffic Control
AWP Safety’s acquisition of Washington Traffic Control and Western Traffic Control expands the company’s footprint in Washington and Oregon. ...
By SBN Staff
