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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 8, 2021
Towerstone Acquires Jacobs & Associates
The partnership opens new markets for Towerstone and Jacobs, while also creating new offerings for the companies’ retail broker partners and specialty risk clients....
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
Alliance Continues Expansion with Acquisition of EMSI
Alliance is one of five TICC portfolio companies that ACP has invested in since the firm’s founding in 2016....
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 5, 2021
Znergy Acquires Quantum Energy
The acquisition is expected to result in greater efficiencies and further increase Znergy’s nationwide market share. ...
By Adam Burroughs
April 2, 2021
S4 Medical Closes Series A Financing
Three new shareholders – Jobs Ohio, Angel Physician Fund, and an unnamed strategic investor -- have come on board, along with existing investors, to help accelerate efforts towards commercialization....
By Adam Burroughs
April 1, 2021
Lincoln Electric Acquires Zeman Bauelemente Produktionsgesellschaft m.b.H.
The addition of Zeman Bauelemente, increases Lincoln Electric’s annual automation sales by approximately 10% and expands its international automation capabilities as part of its Higher Standard 2025 Strategy....
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 30, 2021
ShoreView Announces Sale of Rohrer Corporation
The goal is to become a consolidator in the fragmented high-visibility packaging solutions industry....
By Adam Burroughs
March 25, 2021
Davey Resource Group Acquires Certain Assets of Outdoor Lab Landscape Design
Davey Resource Group, Inc., a subsidiary of The Davey Tree Expert Company, has acquired certain assets of Outdoor Lab Landscape Design, Inc., in St. Paul, Minnesota....
By Adam Burroughs
March 25, 2021
Huntington, TCF Shareholders Approve Merger
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated and TCF Financial Corporation have approved the proposed merger of TCF into Huntington....
By Adam Burroughs
March 24, 2021
Discount Drainage Supplies Acquired By Winsupply
Winsupply Inc. has completed the purchase of Discount Drainage Supplies, a waterworks distributor with three locations in Ohio....
By Adam Burroughs
March 23, 2021
AML RightSource Acquires Passcon
AML RightSource has acquired Passcon GmbH....
By Adam Buroughs
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 17, 2021
Riverside Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell ARCOS
The Riverside Company has signed a definitive agreement with Vista Equity Partners (Vista) to sell ARCOS....
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 16, 2021
IGS Energy Acquires JadeTrack
IGS Energy has acquired Columbus-based JadeTrack, a software provider that helps businesses manage energy usage and improve sustainability program performance....
By Adam Burroughs
March 12, 2021
AML RightSource Acquires Arachnys Information Services
AML RightSource, the leading outsourced provider of Anti-Money Laundering, Know Your Customer, and Bank Secrecy Act compliance solutions, has acquired Arachnys Information Services Limited....
By Adam Burroughs
March 10, 2021
Wisr Acquired By EAB
Education company EAB has acquired Wisr, an education technology company that specializes in building affinity between prospective students and colleges....
By Adam Burroughs
March 9, 2021
The Riverside Company Invests in AEL Crystals LTD
The Riverside Companyhas invested in AEL Crystals, LTD as an add-on to its Abracon platform. ...
By Adam Burroughs
March 4, 2021
Sweeping Corporation of America Acquires CleanStreet & Pacific Sweeping
Sweeping Corporation of America, the largest power sweeping company in the United States, completed the purchase of CleanStreet Inc. and Pacific Sweeping....
By Adam Burroughs
March 4, 2021
MRI Software Acquires WhosOnLocation
MRI Software, a global leader in real estate software, has acquired New Zealand-based WhosOnLocation...
By Adam Burroughs
March 3, 2021
MPE Partners Invests in 80/20 Inc.
MPE Partners has made an investment in 80/20 Inc., a world-class originator and manufacturer of aluminum T-slotted building systems for various applications and end-markets. ...
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
March 2, 2021
CompManagement and CareWorks Comp in Ohio merge to become Sedgwick
Sedgwick, a provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, announced that Ohio-based CompManagement and CareWorks Comp have merged and become Sedgwick....
By Adam Burroughs
March 2, 2021
Beam Dental Raises $80M Series E Round
Beam Dental, a Columbus, a digital-first dental insurer, has raised $80 millin in Series E funding....
By Adam Burroughs
March 2, 2021
Chippers Inc. Joins Davey Tree
The Davey Tree Expert Company has added Chippers, Inc., of Woodstock, VT, to its family of brands....
By Adam Burroughs
March 2, 2021
Key Acquires AQN Strategies
Key has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AQN Strategies LLC, an analytics-driven consultancy with deep expertise in the financial services industry....
By Adam Burroughs
March 2, 2021
PreEmptive Acquired By Idera Inc.
Idera, Inc., parent company of global B2B software productivity brands, has acquired PreEmptive Solutions, LLC, a leader in application protection and security....
By Adam Burroughs
February 26, 2021
MedPilot To Be Acquired By Vytalize Health
Vytalize Health, a leading provider of value-based health care, has agreed to acquire MedPilot, a leading digital health platform....
By Adam Burroughs
February 26, 2021
Performance Health Sells Biofreeze and TheraPearl
Performance Health has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Biofreeze and TheraPearl brands to Reckitt Benckiser Group plc....
By Adam Burroughs
February 26, 2021
Ron Leonhardt Buys Velvet Tango Room
CrossCountry Mortgage CEO Ron Leonhardt Jr. has acquired the Velvet Tango Room, one of Cleveland's leading cocktail bars located between the city's Tremont and Ohio City neighborhoods, according to news reports....
By Michael Marzec
February 25, 2021
NorthCoast Brokerage Aqcuired By LTC Global
LTC Global, Inc. has acquired North Coast Brokerage Agency, Inc. NorthCoast is a Capitas Financial partner and has offices in Cleveland, Ohio, and Erie, Pennsylvania....
By Adam Burroughs
February 25, 2021
Stewart Information Services Corp. Acquires Signature Closers
Stewart Information Services Corporation has acquired Signature Closers, LLC...
By Adam Burroughs
February 23, 2021
The Riverside Company invests in Think Tech Labs
The Riverside Company has invested in Think Tech Labs, a SaaS-based CRM software serving Commercial Real Estate brokerages and brokers....
By Adam Burroughs
February 22, 2021
Goodyear to Acquire Cooper in $2.5B deal
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is set to acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in a transaction with a total enterprise value of approximately $2.5 billion....
By Adam Burroughs
February 22, 2021
MPE Partners Recapitalizes MSHS Group
MPE Partners is recapitalizing MSHS Group, a leading independent, third-party maintenance, repair, and overhaul services provider for marine and power generation applications....
By Adam Burroughs
February 22, 2021
eFuse raises $6M from investors
Esports social media startup eFuse has raised $6m in post-seed capital funding...
By Adam Burroughs
February 18, 2021
Sherwin-Williams To Divest Wattyl Business
The Sherwin-Williams Company has signed a purchase agreement with global coatings company Hempel A/S to divest Wattyl...
By Adam Burroughs
February 16, 2021
JOANN Files for IPO
JOANN Inc. has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock....
By Adam Burroughs
February 16, 2021
American Family Insurance Wraps Up Bold Penguin Acquisition
American Family Insurance has closed its acquisition of digital exchange Bold Penguin...
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 11, 2021
All Pro Freight Buys Zone Transportation
The terms of the deal, which was reported in the Chronicle-Telegram, were not disclosed....
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 9, 2021
Leaf Home Solutions makes three acquisitions
The acquired companies — Thiel’s Home Solutions, Storm Tight Windows, and Miracle Windows & Showers — will maintain current operations, continuing to offer high-quality products and customer-focused service....
By Adam Burroughs
