Peak Rock Capital has acquired sister companies Shipley Franchise Company and Shipley Do-nut Flour & Supply Co. (together “Shipley”). Shipley is a quick-service restaurant franchisor that sells more than sixty varieties of donuts, kolaches (a “pig in a blanket” breakfast sandwich), and beverages including coffee, hot chocolate, and fruit juices. Houston-based Shipley’s was founded in…...
Archives for January 8, 2021
Arcline Continues Build of Specialty Electronics Platform
Arcline Investment Management has acquired Ohmega Technologies, a maker of thin-film electronic resistive materials. Ohmega’s thin film products, sold under the OhmegaPly brand, are made of a nickel-phosphorous alloy (from 0.05 to 1.00 microns) that is electrodeposited on a copper-conducting layer of foil (from 17 microns to 35 microns) and are used as part of…...
IOP Steps Up with Buy of Little Giant
Industrial Opportunity Partners has acquired Little Giant Ladder Systems in partnership with the company’s management team and its owners. Little Giant is a designer, marketer and manufacturer of ladders, stepladders and stepstools, extension ladders, and safety cages. Little Giant’s products are used by do-it-yourselfers and professional customers and are sold through brick-and-mortar, e-commerce, and industrial…...
AEA Sells TricorBraun to Ares and Ontario Teachers’
Ares Management and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board have agreed to acquire a majority interest in TricorBraun, a rigid and flexible packaging supplier, from AEA Investors. TricorBraun is one of the largest North American distributors of primary packaging including glass containers, closures, dispensers, tubes and flexibles. Customers of the company include numerous consumer packaged goods…...
