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Winner Steel, Inc.
Transaction Value: $300+ million
Transaction Type: Sale to Strategic Acquirer
 

Winner Steel, Inc. is a leading U.S. producer of hot-dipped galvanized (HDG) steel sheet and galvanneal. Winner operates three of the most modern, flexible and efficient HDG production lines in North America, capable of producing over 1.2 million tons of a combination of commercial, construction and unexposed automotive quality HDG steels and galvanneal annually. Winner operates all three of its... Read more


Farnam Companies, Inc.
Transaction Value: $340+ million
Transaction Type: Sale to Strategic Acquirer
 

Founded in 1948, Farnam Companies, Inc. is America's premier manufacturer and marketer of premium, branded over-the-counter ("OTC") animal health care products and among the most well-known and highly-regarded participants in the worldwide animal health care industry. Farnam dominates the U.S. horse health care products market, has a significant share of the OTC pet health care... Read more


Littman Jewelers Co.
Transaction Value: $170+ million
Transaction Type: Sale to Strategic Acquirer
 

In its 100 years of operation, Littman Jewelers and its predecessor entities had grown the Littman Jewelers and Barclay Jewelers retail jewelry store chains into the largest, privately-held retail jewelry store business in the U.S., and the fifth largest retail jeweler overall. Littman Jewelers operated 132 semi-guild retail jewelry stores in high-end regional shopping malls along the East Coast... Read more


Grand Laboratories, Inc.
Transaction Value: $110+ million
Transaction Type: Sale to Strategic Acquirer
 

Founded in 1972 and guided by the childhood experiences, vision and entrepreneurial spirit of its founder and sole owner, Grand Laboratories, Inc. had become the largest privately held manufacturer of animal vaccines in the U.S., and among the most prominent manufacturers of animal vaccines in the world. Grand Laboratories produced over 100 USDA-licensed vaccines for livestock, including cows,... Read more


National Wholesale Liquidators, Inc.
Transaction Value: $125+ million
Transaction Type: Recapitalization
 

Founded in 1984, National Wholesale Liquidators, Inc. had evolved into a leading, regional off-price retailer. Company stores combined the look and feel of a warehouse club with the merchandising and broad product assortment of a discount department store. The chain was growing rapidly. Management planned to continue its history of new store openings in target markets that enabled the business to... Read more


Spiro-Wallach, Inc.
Transaction Value: $43+ million
Transaction Type: Sale to Strategic Acquirer
 

Founded in 1947, Spiro-Wallach Company, Inc. had grown to become the leading privately -held distributor of industrial packaging, institutional paper and janitorial supplies in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut trading area. The company was well known in the marketplace for providing customers with promptly delivered, quality products, and for ensuring a high degree of customer service and... Read more


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