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Northeast Ohio’s Top Deal Makers to be Honored at ACG Cleveland’s 16th Annual Deal Maker Awards Event

Dépèche transmise le 10 janvier 2012 par Business Wire

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACG Cleveland, Northeast Ohio’s preeminent organization for merger & acquisition and corporate growth professionals, will recognize the winners of its 16th Annual ACG Cleveland Deal Maker Awards on Thursday, January 26, 2012, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Marriott at Key Center.

The Deal Maker Awards honor Northeast Ohio’s top corporate deal makers for demonstrated success in using acquisitions, divestitures, financings and other transactions to fuel sustainable growth. The 2012 Deal Maker Awards winners are:

Linsalata Capital Partners (Mayfield Hts., OH)

LinCap is a leading middle-market buyout firm that has consummated 99 acquisitions with an aggregate transaction value exceeding $3 billion since its inception in 1984. During the past two years LinCap has exited Transtar Industries and Lund International, which collectively generated gross proceeds of $198 million on invested capital of $89 million. Additionally, LinCap acquired NeuroTherm, Inc.; Whitcraft Group; Eatem Foods Co.; Manhattan Beachwear and Spartan Foods of America and made several other add-on investments.

The Lubrizol Corporation (Wickliffe, OH)

Lubrizol is a specialty chemical company that produces and supplies technologies to customers in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets. In 2011, Lubrizol engaged in three transactions, the most significant being its acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway for $9.7 billion. During the year, Lubrizol also acquired Nalco Performance Products Group and Merquinsa, a Barcelona-based specialty thermoplastics producer.

OM Group, Inc. (Cleveland, OH)

OM Group (NYSE: OMG) is a global provider of specialty chemicals, advanced materials, electrochemical energy storage, magnetic materials and other unique technologies. Over the past several years the company has completed three key acquisitions: the electronics businesses of Rockwood Holdings Inc.; EaglePicher Technologies, LLC; and Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG.

TransDigm Group Incorporated (Cleveland, OH)

TransDigm (NYSE: TDG) is a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components. Over the last two years the company has completed five transactions, including its largest to date, the $1.27 billion acquisition of McKechnie Aerospace Holdings. Other 2010-2011 acquisitions include Semco Instruments Inc., Harco Laboratories, the actuation business of Telair International Inc., and Kent, Ohio-based Schneller Holdings LLC.

About the Association for Corporate Growth

Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth, Inc. is the premier global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions. Today, ACG stands at over 14,000 members from corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms representing Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, FTSE 100, and mid-market companies in 56 chapters in North America and Europe. Visit www.acg.org for more information.

ACG Cleveland has nearly 500 members and is the fifth largest ACG chapter in the world. For more information, visit www.acgcleveland.org.