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Middle-market private equity firm American Industrial Partners has completed the purchase of Heil Trailer International from Dover Corporation. Heil Trailer is a global provider of engineered tank and specialty trailers for a diverse range of end markets including oil and gas and infrastructure.
Heil Trailer was founded in Wisconsin in 1901 and is headquartered in Athens, TN. The Company is a global enterprise with three manufacturing facilities located in North America and facilities in both Thailand and Argentina which address the growing emerging markets of Asia and Latin America. The Company’s products include liquid, dry-bulk and specialty trailers.
Concurrent with the transaction
Global M&A for the year to date totalled USD2,178.4bn, up 2.5% from the same period in 2010 (USD2,125.9bn), making it the busiest year since 2008 (which saw USD2,405.8bn), according to figures released by MergerMarket. A total of 12,455 deals were announced in 2011, 1.3% below the number for 2010 (12,296 deals).
Activity did, however, decrease over four successive quarters, with USD432bn-worth of deals announced globally in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 22.5% from Q3 2011 (USD557.5bn). Fourth quarter activity was 39% lower than in Q4 2010 (USD 708.1bn), with the lowest quarterly total since Q3 2009 (USD325.4bn). The largest
An affiliate of Sun European Partners, the European adviser to Sun Capital Partners, Inc, has acquired Kobusch-Sengewald, an international producer and processor of custom-designed plastic packaging from Pregis Corporation.
Kobusch Sengewald is a leading provider of high value, bespoke, plastic-based flexible and semi-rigid packaging solutions to the food, chemical, hygiene product and medical sectors. The business benefits from its unique technical capabilities, custom-made product offering, and geographical presence providing a “one-stop-shop” of tailored solutions to customers across multiple jurisdictions. Kobusch Sengeweld employs over 1,100 employees across six sites located in Germany, Egypt and the United Kingdom. The Company’s range of
Stuart Howard has joined HarbourVest as Chief Operating Officer, European Listed Products. Based in London, Howard is responsible for overseeing HarbourVest’s role in the operations of HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited (HVPE) and HarbourVest Senior Loans Europe (HSLE), two listed investment companies managed by HarbourVest affiliates.
Stuart joins HarbourVest from 3i, where he spent over ten years, most recently as Chief Operating Officer for Asia and the Americas. He has also held senior positions within 3i Infrastructure plc and 3i’s Quoted Private Equity plc. Stuart is a chartered accountant and prior to joining 3i in 2001 was at Credit Agricole
Boston-based private equity firm Berkshire Partners has appointed EJ Whelan as Managing Director effective 1 January, 2012. He joins the 13 current Managing Directors of Berkshire in managing the firm and its affiliated investment funds.
Whelan joined Berkshire Partners in 2005. He has worked extensively with Berkshire’s consumer products, retail and business services companies. Prior to Berkshire, Whelan worked at Summit Partners for two years and also served on the management team at Sterling Auto Body Centers, a Berkshire portfolio company. Whelan began his career at Bain & Company as an associate consultant. He received a BA from Dartmouth College
When it comes to emerging markets, China invariably seems to be the focus of attention, but the country to watch in 2012 is India, according to Edward Bland, Head of Investment Research at Duncan Lawrie Private Bank…
We are keen on emerging markets, especially India, because they offer the best prospects for the long-term equity investor. The effect on India from the continuing crisis in the Eurozone is likely to be less pronounced than on other Asian economies, including China, as the Indian economy is less dependent on exports than its neighbours. Currently I see India as a contrarian buying
Foresight Group has appointed Sarah Cole as Head of Institutional Investor Relations. Based in Foresight’s Sevenoaks office, Sarah will take responsibility for Foresight’s growing institutional client base.
Cole joins from Winton Capital Management, where she was Vice President US and UK Institutional Clients. Prior to that, Cole worked in New York as a specialist hedge fund consultant, and before that for Citigroup’s Capital Introductions team in London.
Bernard Fairman, Chairman of Foresight, says: “Sarah’s experience in institutional investor relations on both sides of the Atlantic will be a great asset to Foresight as we develop our institutional business in the UK
GCP Capital Partners has acquired World Trade Group (WTG), an international provider of business-to-business events, training and online lead generation services, in a GBP27.5m management buy-out.
WTG was founded in 1997 by Victor Lewis and the current CEO, Andrew Brown, and runs a broad portfolio of large-scale business summits in Europe, North America and Asia. The company also has a fast-growing portfolio of online products and technical training courses. WTG is focused on global growth sectors such as energy and pharmaceuticals and was recently featured in the Sunday Times International Track 100 as one of the UK’s fastest-growing international
AGI World and Shorewood Packaging, two leading packaging companies, have become AGI-Shorewood, one of the world’s largest specialty packaging businesses with operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
All locations of Shorewood Packaging except those in China are now a part of the new AGI-Shorewood. Closing of the Chinese portion of the transaction will occur later this month.
This transaction is a transformational event for AGI. The merger provides AGI with expanded diversification, entrée to new and growing end markets, and significant positions in rapidly expanding regions like Asia and Latin America. We are now exceptionally positioned to
The Chicago-based private equity firms Promus Equity Partners and Generation3 Capital have purchased certain assets of LogicMark, a company that makes personal medical alarm systems.Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Logicmark produces communication devices for the personal emergency response system (PERS) industry, including two-way emergency communication pendants and related accessories. The company was founded by Mark Gottlieb in 2006 and has rapidly gained new customers in the security dealer, durable medical equipment distributor and governmental agency channels. Promus partnered with Generation3 Capital, LLC to complete this acquisition on 30 December, 2011.
“The company’s differentiated products and diverse customer base
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