Acquisitions in Interconnect Space/Partnership with Bishop & Associates
M&A Consolidation continued in the first few months of 2017, with cross border deals grabbing the headlines. Several of the deals showed a strategy of geographic expansion, while others were for expansion into new products and end-user markets. Consolidation is... Read More →
Bridging the Valuation Gap Between Buyer and Seller
PCB acquisitions in the U.S. are down so far in the first five months of 2017, with only two announced deals (HT Global Circuits’ acquisition of Pho-Tronics in April; American Standard Circuits’ acquisition of Camtech in May); and one anonymous... Read More →
Types of Company Buyers in the PCB and EMS Sectors
Mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. PCB sector have been in the news recently, with at least 12 deals completed over the past year, and several more in the works. In contrast, the EMS sector has been relatively quiet,... Read More →
Pre-Marketing Strategic Advisory Services, or as we call it, ‘Grooming’
By Lester McCarroll, Jr., Managing Director and Client Architect and Tom Kastner, President GP Ventures offers Grooming services to its clients. One of the top questions we receive is, ‘What is Grooming?’ Grooming consists of pre-marketing strategic advisory services. We... Read More →