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Centerfield Acquires Digital Commerce Platform ConsumerVoice

Centerfield Acquires Digital Commerce Platform ConsumerVoice

Platinum execs remain focused on strategic acquisitions and expansion into new channels.
Platinum Equity to Acquire Anuvu

Platinum Equity to Acquire Anuvu

Company serves more than 150 airline and 30 cruise-line customers worldwide.
McGraw Hill Now Trading on the New York Stock Exchange

McGraw Hill Now Trading on the New York Stock Exchange

Platinum’s Jacob Kotzubei: ‘We are confident they will be a great public company.’
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.
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.
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.
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January 18, 2005

Platinum Equity Acquires Universal Group Direct and Dial Business Units from Vivendi Universal

Businesses in France and the United Kingdom are Europe’s Largest Club-Based Marketers of DVD, CD and Video Game Entertainment   LOS ANGELES (Jan. 17, 2005) – Platinum Equity announced today that it has acquired Universal Group Direct and DIAL – Europe’s largest club-based marketers of DVD, CD and video game entertainment – from Vivendi Universal.   Financial terms were not disclosed. The two businesses serve about 1.5 million active customers and generate annual revenue of approximately €170 million.   “These are the leading home entertainment dis...

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