Podcast: Ken Sweder, CEO BradyIFS Envoy Solutions
The biggest deal this year in the jan/san distribution space is undoubtedly the one that has created a $5 billion group in the US – known, for the time being at least, as BradyIFS...
BradyIFS – Envoy Solutions merger completed
US jan/san distribution companies BradyIFS and Envoy Solutions are now operating as a single organisation.
Their previously announced combination has closed, effective 1 November. It creates a business with around $5 billion in annual revenue...
US government MPS provider changes hands
Cartridge Technologies (CTI), a major supplier of MPS solutions for the US federal government, has been acquired by CenterGate Capital.
Middle-market private equity firm CenterGate has bought CTI from another investment firm, Broadtree Partners, which...
Veritiv shareholders approve takeover
The shareholders of US packaging and facilities products distributor Veritiv have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking the company private.
In August, Veritiv’s board agreed to a $2.3 billion takeover offer from investment firm Clayton,...
Bolt-on acquisition for OptiGroup
European packaging and facilities supplies distributor OptiGroup has made a tuck-in acquisition in its home country of Sweden.
Via its Swedish PacsOn subsidiary, OptiGroup has acquired the packaging business of PACia, a local reseller based...
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Podcast: James Rodgers, Independent Suppliers Group (ISG)
It’s all change at the top of ISG, the biggest business products dealer group in the US, with long-time CEO Mike Gentile set to...
