Bloomer Plastics, a portfolio company of Huron Capital Partners, has acquired Optimum Plastics. Huron acquired Bloomer Plastics in June 2012. Optimum Plastics is a producer of high barrier coextruded blown plastic films. The company is headquartered north of Columbus in Delaware, OH (www.optimumplastics.com). Bloomer Plastics manufactures cast extruded plastic films for use in high performance […]
Archives for October 21, 2014
Teachers Acquires Minority Stake in CSC ServiceWorks
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has agreed to acquire a 29.7% interest in CSC ServiceWorks, a portfolio company of Pamplona Capital Management. CSC ServiceWorks is the largest North American route-based service provider of multi-family housing and commercial laundry services, as well as a provider of air vending services to convenience stores and gas stations, with more […]
TPG Ups Investment in Creative Artists Agency
TPG has increased its investment in Creative Artists Agency to a majority position. The new investment provides additional capital and resources for continued growth. As part of this transaction, CAA’s senior management team will extend currently existing long-term employment contracts. Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is an entertainment and sports firm that represents many of the […]
Blue Point Exits Callison Architecture
Blue Point Capital Partners has sold its portfolio company Callison Architecture to ARCADIS, an asset design and consultancy firm. Callison is a professional architecture and design firm, providing a suite of services including architecture, interior and graphic design. The company provides its services to retail, hospitality, mixed-use, healthcare and corporate projects worldwide. Callison has more […]
Pillsman Partners and RFE Invest in Squan
Pillsman Partners has made an investment in Squan Construction Services, an infrastructure services provider. Pillsman partnered with RFE Investment Partners and Squan management to recapitalize the company and provide funds for future growth. Squan is an infrastructure service provider for wireless telecom carriers, tower companies, neutral host providers, commercial landlords, government entities, universities, healthcare institutions, […]
Praesidian Capital Invests in Cohere Communications
Praesidian Capital has provided $6.9 million in senior debt and also provided growth capital to support the acquisition by Cohere Communications of Another 9. Cohere Communications provides managed cloud, voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) and IT services to more than 200 customers globally that are primarily in the financial and media sectors. Cohere is led by Steven […]
LFM Capital Closes First Fund at $110 Million
LFM Capital has closed its first fund, LFM Capital Partners, LP, with $110.1 million in aggregate capital commitments. “We are very gratified by the level of investor support for LFM’s first fund and the opportunity to partner with a handful of prestigious university endowments,” said Steve Cook, Executive Managing Director. “We attribute the fund’s extraordinary […]
Intralinks Predicts Continued Growth in M&A
The Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor, a predictor of future mergers and acquisitions activity, sees future growth in activity over the next six months with M&A volumes in Q1 2015 up 10 to 14 percent year-over-year. The Q1 2015 Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor (“DFP”) points to sustained momentum in M&A activity that will carry into 2015. […]