>>A.M. Castle announces acquisition of Transtar Metals

 

>>Fortress buys Intrawest

 

>>B/E Aerospace announces acquisition of New York Fasteners Corp.

>>Nascent Wine signs Letter of Intent with Palermo Foods, LLC


>>The Pantry completes acquisition of Six Fuel Mate Stores

>>AeroAstro acquires Signal Research Corporation

 

Sellers

 

>>Duni Corporation
Large multinational, multi-product line company in the food services and packaging market divested of the US operation of one of it's product lines to focus more on European markets. When you position profit and loss responsibility at the division level it enables deals like this one. Duni still owns the deSter unit's operations in the Americas. Employee morale and acceptance of this transition is key to continued growth in the sector.


>>Intergraph Corporation

This is a not a traditional deal for the private equity companies and represents a management challenge moving forward. A large part of the due diligence will be based on future product potential and future licensing fees for intellectual property... difficult challenges for a technology company much less a private equity company. If the buyout is successful, this company may be repositioned in a three to five year timeframe and sold to a bigger technology company or broken up to realize the value in the diversity of its product portfolio.

 

>>Roofing Services International, Inc.

Regional roofing contractor based in San Diego, CA. Solid International buyer with substantial experience and resources will use RSI as a new regional base for the southwest US market and to expand into other construction materials and distribution channels. This is a very positive vote of confidence for RSI management and a great opportuity for the Americas Products and Distribution Division of CRH.

 

>>Vail Banks, Inc.

With both the founder and the President / CEO reaching retirement age and the number of potential acquisitions limited, this sale of a regional Colorado banking resources makes sense for the founder and eliminates a strong competitor for US Bancorp. Since US Bancorp was already established in the Colorado market, its due diligence of WestStar Bank should be straightforward. With less than $1B in assets under management this is not a substantial deal for US Bancorp. For example US Bancorp Asset Management, Inc. has combined assets under management of $124B as of calendar year end 2005.

 

>>Superior Renewable Energy, Inc.

The main geographic areas of focus for wind energy included five states: South Dakota, New Mexico, Texas, California and Hawaii. The technical expertise of the sellers, along with the resources and the financial expertise of the buyers, are very complementary. The cultural fit will be very important as the seller does offer a deep bench and the principals in the seller's organization are key to making this acquisition work.

 

>>Houno AS

This Danish company was founded by a mechanical engineer and he is the sole owner. Usually, this makes due diligence and the transaction easier to complete but the operation trickier to transition. The owner needs to be committed to running the a part of the Danish company for a reasonable period of time. At the same time, the buyer needs to have representatives on site to learn the nuances of development and manufacturing. The Houno AS sales capability was limited to Sweden, Denmark and the UK. Middleby should be able to quickly broaden the distribution of the product line quickly to out geographies to capture the benefits of the transaction.

 

 

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