Platinum Equity Company Ulticom Names Bruce Swail CEO
Mt Laurel, New Jersey – Ulticom, Inc. today announced the appointment of Bruce D. Swail as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Ulticom is a premier provider of signaling software that enables telecommunications network equipment and service providers to deploy services within wireless, IP, and wireline networks. Ulticom was acquired by Platinum Equity in December […]
Acument Keeps Operations in Metro Detroit, 50 Hires Planned This Year
DETROIT, MI (metromode)–The transformation of Acument over the past few years typifies what Detroit auto suppliers experienced: loss of work and shrinking operations. Today, however, Acument is a promising sign of things to come. Acument, a Platinum Equity portfolio company, recently struck a deal with the Michigan Economic Development Corp to expand its Sterling Heights, […]
Robert Klap Joins Platinum Equity as Principal
LOS ANGELES, CA – (Marketwire) – Platinum Equity announced today that Robert Klap will join the firm as a principal based in London, where he will assist the firm’s investor relations, capital raising and deal origination programs. Most recently, Mr. Klap was an executive at UBS in London, responsible for managing private equity fund investments […]
Platinum Equity Completes Acquisition of American Commercial Lines
Los Angeles, CA–Platinum Equity announced today that it has completed the acquisition of American Commercial Lines Inc. (“ACL”), one of the largest and most diversified inland marine transportation and service companies in the United States. The acquisition was a public-to-private transaction in which Platinum Equity agreed to acquire most outstanding shares of ACL stock for […]
Platinum Equity Acquires Schutt Sports
LOS ANGELES, CA – Platinum Equity announced today that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Schutt Sports through a transaction conducted under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approved the transaction on December 15, 2010. Schutt Sports is a […]
Renewable Energy Device Supplier KEMET is Back
E•Boom Finance coverage of the role Platinum Equity played in the survival and long-term fitness of capacitor manufacturer KEMET. A global supplier of devices critical to the renewable energy and other sectors, KEMET went public in October 1992. When its markets collapsed in 2008 and with looming debt repayment deadlines, KEMET shares plummeted and the […]
Platinum Equity Acquires Ulticom
Los Angeles, CA —Platinum Equity announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Ulticom, Inc., a provider of signaling software used in communications networks. The acquisition was a public-to-private transaction in which Platinum Equity acquired outstanding shares of Ulticom stock for merger consideration of $2.33 per share, after payment of a special dividend in […]
Platinum Equity Acquires Ecka Granules Assets
Los Angeles, CA —Platinum Equity announced today it has acquired substantially all material assets of ECKA Granules, a Germany-based manufacturer and distributor of metal powders to a broad range of industries. The acquisition which includes copper, aluminum and magnesium powder manufacturing plants and sales offices will, upon registration of all share transfers, include Australia, Austria, […]
Ryerson Announces New Iowa Plate Processing Center
CHICAGO — Ryerson Inc., a leading processor and distributor of metals in North America and China today announced that it will open a plate processing center in Eldridge, Iowa. The 175,000-square-foot facility is expected to begin operations in July 2011. The processing capabilities include laser cutting, plasma and oxy-fuel burning, robotic beveling, plate blasting, machining […]
Pomeroy in Turnaround as Private Firm
HEBRON, KY — (By Lisa Bernard-Kuhn, Cincinnati Enquirer) After struggling for nearly four years to turn a steady profit, Pomeroy IT Solutions says it’s in the midst of a successful turnaround as a private company focused on long-term growth. Roughly one year ago, shareholders of the Hebron-based tech company approved a $68 million deal to […]