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January 13, 2011

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, Holly, and Fenton plants. It expects to hire 50 people in Metro Detroit this year, expanding its workforce to 500 personnel by 2012 and 600 by 2014. Read full story... Source: Timothy Weir, director of communicati...

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January 06, 2011

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 in the bank's wealth management group. Previously, he was a private equity portfolio manager at Shell Asset Management Company and a fund manager at Mn Services, each of which are institutional investors in Platinum's private equity funds."I am deli...

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December 16, 2010

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 leading domestic manufacturer of protective sports equipment and aftermarket reconditioning services. "Schutt Sports is a great company with a strong brand, quality products and enormous potential,” said Jacob Kotzubei, partner, Platinum Equity...

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December 03, 2010

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 the amount of $5.74 per share in cash.  Shares of Ulticom stock held by Ulticom’s controlling shareholder, Comverse Technology, Inc., did not receive merger consideration but were instead purchased pursuant to a sha...

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December 01, 2010

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, Bahrain, China, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland, the U.K. and the United States. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Platinum also owns SCM Metal Products, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer and dis...

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