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Recent Transactions

Heytex Group
Heytex Group Is Acquired by Bencis
Malpack Ltd.
Malpack Is Acquired by Trioworld
Illinois Tool Works
ITW Sells Polymers Sealants North America to Holcim
PrimaLoft, Inc.
PrimaLoft Is Acquired By Compass
Xenon arc
Xenon arc Is Acquired by Peak Rock Capital
Inhance Technologies Holdings LLC
Inhance Technologies Acquires ARC
H.C. Starck Solutions
H.C. Starck Soltions Sells Its Electronic Materials Business to Materion
Sustana
Sustana Sold to Blackstone
Diversey Holdings, Ltd.
Diversey Completes $225 Million Follow-On Offering
Pleatco Filtration
Pleatco Is Acquired By Pentair
International Imaging Materials
IIMAK Sold to ARMOR USA, Inc.
Protect Plus Air
Protect Plus Air Sold to Freudenberg
Hydra-Flex, Inc.
Hydra-Flex Is Acquired By Sonny's
U-POL Holdings Limited
U-POL Is Acquired By Axalta
Molecular Products Holdings, Inc.
Molecular Is Acquired By Filtration Group
MP Materials Corp.
MP Materials Completes $690 Million Green Convertible Notes Offering
Puronics, Inc.
Puronics Is Acquired By Franklin Electric
Hayward Holdings, Inc.
Hayward Completes $685 Million IPO
Atotech Limited
Atotech Completes $1.1 Billion IPO
AMETEK, Inc.
AMETEK Sells Reading Alloys to Kymera International
Spartech, LLC
Spartech Is Acquired by Nautic
Aurora Capital Partners
Aurora Acquires CCT
Essentra plc
Essentra Sells Duraco to OpenGate
Paragon Films
Paragon Is Acquired by Wellspring

 

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