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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
July 30, 2024
Sequoia Financial Group Acquires Karpas Strategies
Sequoia Financial Group acquired Karpas Strategies LLC. Karpas Strategies will become part of Sequoia Financial’s Sequoia Sentinel Family Office. ...
By SBN Staff
July 22, 2024
Evergreen Cooperative Acquires Xacto Signs
Evergreen Cooperative purchased the assets of Xacto Signs. ...
By SBN Staff
July 18, 2024
How A Conversation About AI Led To A Decision To Merge
Apple Growth Partners' Chuck Mullen and Jeff Brooks on the realization that ultimately led to his firm's merger with Eide Bailly....
By Adam Burroughs
July 16, 2024
Airmatic Compressor Systems Acquires Cleveland Compressor
Airmatic Compressor Systems acquired Cleveland Compressor Service....
By SBN Staff
July 11, 2024
MPE Partners Makes Strategic Investment in Allor-Plesh Manufacturing
MPE Partners of Cleveland is making a strategic investment in Bar Holdings....
By SBN Staff
July 2, 2024
Ansira Acquires BrandMuscle
Ansira Partners Inc., acquired BrandMuscle....
By SBN Staff
June 26, 2024
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Acquires NSL Analytical Services
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has acquired NSL Analytical Services Inc....
By SBN Staff
June 20, 2024
Driving Growth: Northeast Ohio's Destination Potential
In this roundtable discussion led by First National Bank's Boyd Pethel, David Gilbert from the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and Destination Cleveland, Greg Harris from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Brian Zimmerman from the Cleveland Metroparks highlight how their collaborative efforts drive economic growth and position the region as a must-visit destination....
By SBN Staff
June 20, 2024
Virtual Technologies Group Acquires Quotient
Virtual Technologies Group, through strategic capital from Jacmel Partners, acquired Quotient....
By SBN Staff
June 19, 2024
Transtar Buys PPi Automotive
Cleveland-based Transtar Holding Co. has acquired PPi Automotive, a family-owned and -operated automotive parts wholesale distributor in Pittsburgh. T...
By SBN Staff
June 18, 2024
Beachwood Buying Fairmount Temple Property
The City of Beachwood has agreed to buy the Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple property at 23737 Fairmount Blvd. for $8 million....
By SBN Staff
June 13, 2024
Announcing Cleveland's Smart Business Dealmaker Award Winners and 2024 Dealmakers Hall of Fame Class
Read about the Dealmakers of the Year we honored this year and check out the accomplishments of our Hall of Famers....
By SBN Staff
May 3, 2024
Apple Growth Partners To Join Eide Bailly
Apple Growth Partners will become part of Eide Bailly on June 24, 2024....
By SBN Staff
May 2, 2024
The A, B, C's Of Today's Market
Edgewater Capital's Bob Girton on how market conditions are affecting how buyers approach the market....
By Adam Burroughs
May 2, 2024
Weinberg Capital Group Acquires Aviocraft
Weinberg Capital Group and its portfolio company, Salt River Aviation acquired Aviocraft....
By SBN Staff
May 1, 2024
Aktion Associates Acquires Acumatica and Legacy Sage Practice
Aktion Associates, Inc. acquired the Acumatica and legacy Sage practices from MNP....
By SBN Staff
April 30, 2024
Riverside's Dastex Announces Add-on Acquisition of AET
The Riverside Company has closed the acquisition of Arbeidsmiljø og Energiteknikk AS, a Norwegian distributor of third-party consumables and laboratory / cleaning equipment, from RA Service AS and management....
By SBN Staff
