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Rehlko Expands Data Center Back-Up Power Offering With Acquisition of the Wilmott Group

Rehlko Expands Data Center Back-Up Power Offering With Acquisition of the Wilmott Group

Key transaction strengthens position in data centers and mission-critical segments.
Tom Gores-Led Detroit WNBA Franchise Will Lead to Youth Sports Investment in Detroit

Tom Gores-Led Detroit WNBA Franchise Will Lead to Youth Sports Investment in Detroit

Franchise aims to build headquarters that will also house youth sports infrastructure.
Rehlko Reaches Agreement to Sell Curtis Instruments to Parker Hannifin

Rehlko Reaches Agreement to Sell Curtis Instruments to Parker Hannifin

Divestiture allows Rehlko to ‘more intensely focus’ on energy resiliency solutions.
Platinum Equity to Acquire Solo, European Provider of Personalizable Products and Apparel

Platinum Equity to Acquire Solo, European Provider of Personalizable Products and Apparel

Co-President Louis Samson: Firm’s ‘approach to value creation’ makes good fit with Solo.
Solenis, NCH Corporation Announce Merger Which Aims to Create More Diversified, Customer-Centric Provider of Water, Hygiene Solutions

Solenis, NCH Corporation Announce Merger Which Aims to Create More Diversified, Customer-Centric Provider of Water, Hygiene Solutions

Platinum Equity execs believe merger will help Solenis further diversify its business.
Platinum Equity Flexes Ops Muscles To Stay Ahead of the Curve on Tariffs

Platinum Equity Flexes Ops Muscles To Stay Ahead of the Curve on Tariffs

Companies worldwide have been forced onto uncertain footing in assessing and mitigating the impact of recently implemented – and still evolving – U.S. tariff policies.
Why Platinum Equity Portco McGraw Hill Accelerated Its Digital Transformation

Why Platinum Equity Portco McGraw Hill Accelerated Its Digital Transformation

Some things just came naturally to Jackson Lau. Take math. For years, he cruised through the subject with ease, but then came fourth grade, and with it, geometry. Suddenly, math wasn’t so simple anymore.
McGraw Hill Acquires Essaypop, Strengthening its Portfolio of Digital Literacy Tools

McGraw Hill Acquires Essaypop, Strengthening its Portfolio of Digital Literacy Tools

McGraw Hill, a leading global education company, announced the acquisition of Essaypop, an interactive, cloud-based writing solution built by teachers to demystify writing in a way that is user-friendly and intuitive for both educators and students.
Platinum Equity’s 2024 Highlighted by $12.4B Fund VI Close, Ingram IPO, Deal Uptick

Platinum Equity’s 2024 Highlighted by $12.4B Fund VI Close, Ingram IPO, Deal Uptick

In spite of a challenging climate for fund raising, Platinum Equity Capital Partners VI (“Fund VI”) closed in 2024 with $12.4 billion in capital commitments, exceeding its target.
Platinum Equity Sells Livingston to Purolator

Platinum Equity Sells Livingston to Purolator

Platinum Equity announced the sale of Livingston International, an international trade services firm specializing in customs brokerage, freight forwarding and trade consulting, to Purolator, Inc., a leading integrated freight, package and logistics solutions provider.
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January 07, 2021

Deluxe Acquires Sundog Media Toolkit

UK firm provides mastering and versioning services for theatrical, television, and OTT content LOS ANGELES, CA, JANUARY 07, 2021 - Deluxe, the global provider of digital and cloud-based solutions to the world’s leading content production studios and distributors, announced today their acquisition of UK-based Sundog Media Toolkit, Ltd. (“Sundog”). Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in 2013 by CEO Richard Welsh and CTO Chris Ralph, Sundog quickly established a market foothold with their highly automated, cloud-based platform that creates specialized multi-format, multi-langu...

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February 01, 2021

Blackstone to Acquire Interior Logic Group, a Leading, Data-driven Provider of Design Solutions to Homebuilders, for $1.6 Billion

NEW YORK – February 1, 2021 – Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) have reached a definitive agreement to acquire Interior Logic Group Holdings, LLC (“ILG”) from Littlejohn & Co. LLC (“Littlejohn”), Platinum Equity and other equity holders, for a total transaction value of approximately $1.6 billion. ILG is a leading, data-driven and technology-enabled provider of interior design, supply chain and installation management solutions to several of the nation’s largest single-family homebuilders. The company...

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February 02, 2021

Centerfield Acquires Business.com and Savings.com, Expanding its Owned & Operated Digital Brands

Acquisitions extend customer acquisition capabilities to business-to-business and e-commerce verticals LOS ANGELES, Feb. 02, 2021 -- Centerfield, a technology-driven marketing and customer acquisition company, today announced the acquisitions of Business.com and Savings.com. Centerfield’s digital brands and industry leading platform, Dugout, engage in-market consumers and automate end-to-end customer acquisition. With these acquisitions, Centerfield’s consumer and business guides now engage with more than 70 million in-market shoppers looking for new products and services. Founded in...

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February 03, 2021

Biscuit International announces the proposed acquisition of Dan Cake Portugal

Acquisition of a strong player in the butter cookies market Aligned with a comforting expansion strategy of Biscuit International in Europe Opportunity for Portuguese market leader Dan Cake Portugal to reinforce its solid flagship operation and expand its international position in the segment Paris, 3rd February 2021 – Biscuit International, one of Europe’s leading players in the private label tasty and healthy biscuits market, and the owners of Dan Cake Portugal, a leading producer and distributor of biscuits and cakes in Portugal and a leader in the butter cookies market, an...

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February 11, 2021

Statement regarding Marston's PLC ("Marston's")

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF THAT JURISDICTION THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FALLING UNDER RULE 2.8 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS (THE "CODE") THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION 11 February 2021 Platinum Equity Advisors, LLC ("Platinum") Statement regarding Marston's PLC ("Marston's") Platinum notes Marston’s statement addressing press speculation on 29 January 2021 regarding a possible cash ...

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February 26, 2021

Cision Brings PR, Social Media Management and Digital Consumer Intelligence Together with Category-Defining Acquisition of Brandwatch

CHICAGO and BRIGHTON, England, Feb. 26, 2021 -- Cision announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brandwatch, a global leader in digital consumer intelligence and social media listening, for $450 million. This strategic move will combine two leaders in their respective industries and will bring to customers the substantial benefits of their complementary capabilities to deliver the future of PR, marketing and digital customer engagement. (PRNewsfoto/Cision Ltd.) The forces of digital transformation reward those organizations and boardrooms that listen to...

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