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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (NYSE: CTOS) was recently recognized with a Capstone Award by the Kansas City Business Journal for the Company’s $35 million renovation of a 220,000-square-foot warehouse l...
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Facility designed to manufacture electric, street-legal Club Car Urban unveiled in Georgia
April 25, 2024
APPLING, Ga. - With elected officials and area business leaders on hand, Club Car officially opened its new manufacturing facility recently with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Club Car CEO Mark Wagner and Georgia Governor Brian ...
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Platinum Equity Partner Mark Barnhill, Detroit Pistons host second-chance event in Detroit
April 19, 2024
DETROIT - An event co-sponsored by the Detroit Pistons, the NBA and a variety of government and support organizations aimed to give more than 170 formerly incarcerated citizens a second chance through legal assistance and job...
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July 21, 2011
MegaPath One of North America's Top Hosted Voice Providers
Platinum Equity portfolio company MegaPath was listed among the Top 10 hosted VoIP providers by Infonetics, an international communications market research and consulting firm. Client install base, service capabilities, and customer support are among the parameters considered by Infonetics in recognizing top firms.Commenting on the diverse Top 10 list, Infonetics analyst Diane Myers said, "The most critical factors for success remain financial st... Read more
Platinum Equity portfolio company MegaPath was listed among the Top 10 hosted VoIP providers by Infonetics, an international communications market res... Read more
Platinum Equity portfolio company MegaPath was listed among the Top 10 hosted VoIP providers by Infonetics, an intern. Read more
July 19, 2011
Platinum Equity Company International Offshore Services Selects MarineCFO
New Orleans, LA—MarineCFO Inc., the leading provider of Marine Software including On-Vessel, Marine Operations, Personnel, Fleet Maintenance, and Financial Management Software Solutions to the Marine Transportation Industry, announced today that Platinum Equity Company, International Offshore Services, has chosen to implement the full MarineCFO Enterprise software suite.International Offshore Services, LLC was formed in 2006 by combining Intern... Read more
New Orleans, LA—MarineCFO Inc., the leading provider of Marine Software including On-Vessel, Marine Operations, Personnel, Fleet Maintenance, and Fi... Read more
New Orleans, LA—MarineCFO Inc., the leading provider of Marine Software including On-Vessel, Marine Operations, Per. Read more
July 15, 2011
Acument Global Technologies Hiring In Fenton, MI
Acument Global Technologies, a Platinum Equity portfolio company, has completed its plans to invest $5.1 million to expand its facilities in Fenton, Grand Blanc Township, and Sterling Heights, Michigan. The effort will generate about 150 jobs and establishes Acument's commitment to Michigan workers.Articles on mlive.com, Flint on Full, and Tri-County Times (subscription) cover the reopening of Acument's Fenton facility, which was a manufacturing ... Read more
Acument Global Technologies, a Platinum Equity portfolio company, has completed its plans to invest $5.1 million to expand its facilities in Fenton, G... Read more
Acument Global Technologies, a Platinum Equity portfolio company, has completed its plans to invest $5.1 million to e. Read more
July 13, 2011
KEMET Leverages Virtela's Award Winning Application
To speed access to business-critical applications for its 11,000 employees, Platinum Equity portfolio company KEMET Corporation announced it will use cloud acceleration services from Virtela."With could-based application acceleration, we've experienced significant reductions in our application response times overall and we have been able to postpone bandwidth increases in many cases," said Brian Burch, senior director of worldwide infrastructure ... Read more
To speed access to business-critical applications for its 11,000 employees, Platinum Equity portfolio company KEMET Corporation announced it will use ... Read more
To speed access to business-critical applications for its 11,000 employees, Platinum Equity portfolio company KEMET C. Read more
July 08, 2011
SDUT Takes 10 Top Honors at Local SPJ Awards
The San Diego Union-Tribune and its web site, SignOn San Diego, took home top awards at the Society of Professional Journalists annual county contest.The Union-Tribune won ten first-place awards for newspaper writing, including the top award for breaking news. SignOn San Diego took three awards, including the award for Best News Site.The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) includes broadcast, print, and online journalists as well as journal... Read more
The San Diego Union-Tribune and its web site, SignOn San Diego, took home top awards at the Society of Professional Journalists annual county contest.... Read more
The San Diego Union-Tribune and its web site, SignOn San Diego, took home top awards at the Society of Professional J. Read more
July 06, 2011
Matrix Telecom Announces New Chief Executive Officer
Irving, TX – Matrix Telecom, a Dallas, Texas-based provider of telecom services, announced today Jerry Ou has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Platinum Equity portfolio companies Matrix Telecom and Americatel Corporation. A seasoned executive with more than 10 years experience working in the telecommunications field, Ou had been COO of Matrix Telecom since 2010. He succeeds former President and CEO Charles "Chuck" Taylor,... Read more
Irving, TX – Matrix Telecom, a Dallas, Texas-based provider of telecom services, announced today Jerry Ou has been appointed President and Chief Exe... Read more
Irving, TX – Matrix Telecom, a Dallas, Texas-based provider of telecom services, announced today Jerry Ou has been . Read more
July 05, 2011
Palace Sports & Entertainment Partners with Oakland University
Auburn Hills, MI -- Palace Sports & Entertainment's success in its innovative role as sports marketer for Oakland University has paid off for both parties as the two organizations have agreed to extended the current agreement, which gives Platinum Equity's portfolio company, Palace Sports & Entertainment's (PS&E), the exclusive rights to sell sponsorship for OU's athletic teams and venues."We are pleased to continue our relationship w... Read more
Auburn Hills, MI -- Palace Sports & Entertainment's success in its innovative role as sports marketer for Oakland University has paid off for both... Read more
Auburn Hills, MI -- Palace Sports & Entertainment's success in its innovative role as sports marketer for Oakland. Read more
July 01, 2011
KEMET Announces Construction of New Manufacturing Facility in Macedonia
Greenville, SC - KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced plans to construct a new manufacturing facility in Skopje, Macedonia.“This facility is a component of KEMET’s long-term strategy of consolidating and maintaining manufacturing for its European customer base, while fulfilling our objective of lowering the cost structure associated with ... Read more
Greenville, SC - KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today ... Read more
Greenville, SC - KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper an. Read more
June 30, 2011
Platinum Equity Confirms Sale of Strategic Distribution, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA – Platinum Equity confirmed today the sale of Strategic Distribution, Inc., (SDI) to LLR Equity Partners and Pouschine Cook Capital Partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. SDI provides supply chain management solutions for industrial and institutional customers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.Platinum Equity acquired SDI through a public-to-private transaction in March 2007 and executed an o... Read more
Los Angeles, CA – Platinum Equity confirmed today the sale of Strategic Distribution, Inc., (SDI) to LLR Equity Partners and Pouschine Cook Capital ... Read more
Los Angeles, CA – Platinum Equity confirmed today the sale of Strategic Distribution, Inc., (SDI) to LLR Equity Par. Read more
June 24, 2011
KEMET Corporation Set to Join Russell 3000 Index
Greenville, SC - KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM) joined the US broad-market Russell 3000 Index, according to a preliminary list of additions posted on June 17 on the Russell Investments web site.Platinum Equity made an investment in KEMET in June of 2009 and has played a role in its operational restructuring.Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and acti... Read more
Greenville, SC - KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM) joined the US broad-market Russell 3000 Index, according to a preliminary list of additions posted on J... Read more
Greenville, SC - KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM) joined the US broad-market Russell 3000 Index, according to a prelimin. Read more
