Vertellus Specialties, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals and a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners, has agreed to acquire the assets of the sodium borohydride business of Dow Chemical. This acquisition expands Vertellus’ product offerings to pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and industrial sectors, and boosts the company’s life science chemistry capabilities. The transaction is expected to close…...
Archives for December 9, 2014
American Capital Invests In Schulman Associates IRB
American Capital has made an investment in Schulman Associates IRB, an Institutional Review Board (IRB) that provides clinical trial oversight services to pharmaceutical firms, contract research organizations, hospitals and academic medical centers throughout the United States and Canada. American Capital’s investment was made through American Capital Equity III, LP. “We are extremely pleased to announce…...
Littlejohn Acquires PSC from Lindsay Goldberg
Littlejohn & Co. has acquired PSC Industrial Holdings, an industrial maintenance service provider, from Lindsay Goldberg which acquired the company in 2010. PSC Industrial Holdings (formerly Philip Services Corporation) is a provider of industrial maintenance, cleaning and engineered services to the aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, oil and gas, power generation, refining and chemical, transportation, and utility…...
Svoboda Capital Acquires Griffith
DataBank IMX, a portfolio company of Svoboda Capital Partners, has acquired Griffith, Inc. (DBA Alpha Systems). This transaction is the seventh add-on acquisition for DataBank since it was acquired by Svoboda in January 2011. Alpha is a provider of electronic document management services that are used to improve revenue cycle operations in hospitals and other…...
Genstar Adds On to Tecomet
Tecomet, a Genstar Capital portfolio company and precision contract manufacturer supporting the medical device and aerospace industries, has completed the acquisition of Symmetry Medical’s (NYSE: SMA) OEM Solutions business. OEM Solutions manufactures surgical instruments, orthopedic implants, and plastic and metal sterilization cases and trays, selling its products to medical device OEMs. OEM Solutions has over…...