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Alaska Distributors Acquisition: Situation

An opportunity to consolidate the Pacific Northwest and Alaska beverage distribution industry presented itself when Miller-Coors encouraged its... Read More

Alaska Waste Sale: Situation

Alaska Waste is the dominant independent waste collection company in Alaska, serving over 82,000 residential and commercial customers providing... Read More

American Seafoods Acquisition: Situation

The American Fisheries Act of 1998 ("AFA") put into place an allocation system for the Bering Sea Pollock catch that allowed harvesting to... Read More

American Seafoods Sale: Situation

Coastal Villages Region Fund (“CVRF”) had been a partner in the ownership of American Seafoods ("ASC") since 2000. After ten... Read More

Bardessono Financing: Situation

The Bardessono is a world-class luxury inn located in the heart of the Napa Valley wine country. The inn embodies contemporary luxury and the... Read More

Battery Power Systems Sale: Situation

Battery Power Systems, Inc. (“BPS” or the “Company”) is a non-union, full-service electrical contractor... Read More

BBNC Acquisition of Bristol Alliance Fuels: Situation

Bristol Bay Native Corporation (“BBNC”) is a Regional Alaska Native Corporation established under the provisions of the... Read More

Biddle & Crowther Sale: Situation

A regional full service medical products distributor, Biddle & Crowther was owned and operated by two brothers. The owners were approached... Read More

Black Rock Cable Financing: Situation

Black Rock Cable, Inc. ("BRC") is a privately held provider of high-speed, unlit (dark fiber), fiber-optic networks for point-to-point and... Read More

Brown & Haley Financing: Brown & Haley

Situation

After three generations, ownership of this venerable candy producer had been passed down to many family members, most... Read More

Cascadian Fruit Shippers Sale: Situation

Operating a fruit packing warehouse and two controlled atmosphere storage facilities in the Wenatchee area, Cascadian Fruit Shippers packed and... Read More

Cello Bag Recapitalization: Situation

Cello Bag was a flexible packaging manufacturer that provided film, printing, and packaging assembly of diaper bags for branded and private label... Read More

Chef's Choice Sale: Situation

Sea Coast Foods, Inc. was a branded food products company, which manufactured and distributed the Chef’s Choice line of frozen stir fry skillet... Read More

Cleanscapes Sale: Situation

CleanScapes is the largest independent waste collection and recycling company in western Washington, serving over 85,000 residential and commercial... Read More

Coast Seafoods Financing: Situation

Coast Seafoods Company (“Coast”) is one of the largest privately-held oyster farms in the United States. Coast also owns and... Read More

Columbia Colstor: Situation

Founded in 1983 by Don McGraw, Columbia Colstor, Inc. (“Colstor” or the “Company”) provides cold storage warehouse services... Read More

Complex Tooling & Molding Sale: Situation

Complex Tooling, located in Boulder Co. was a value added plastic injection molder and tool builder that provided products primarily for electronic... Read More

Cruise West Financing: Situation

Cruise West ("CW") is a family-owned, small-ship cruise line and tour company based in Seattle, Washington. CW is one of the largest U.S.... Read More

Cuizina Fine Foods Acquisition: Situation

After over twenty years of building Cuizina Food Company ("Cuizina"), Ric Ferrera decided that he wanted to sell a portion of his business... Read More

Da Vinci Gourmet Sale: Situation

Da Vinci Gourmet is a leading manufacturer of branded flavored syrups, confectionary sauces and tea concentrates - serving specialty coffee chains,... Read More

Engs Commercial Finance Financing: Situation

Engs Commercial Finance ("ECF"), headquartered in San Ramon, California, is an independent commercial equipment finance and leasing company... Read More

Esterline Divestiture of Pacific Aerospace & Electronics: Situation

Pacific Aerospace & Electronics, Inc. (“PA&E” or the “Company”) located in Wenatchee, Washington, is a vertically... Read More

Evans-Hamilton Sale: Situation

Evans-Hamilton, Inc. ("EHI") is a leading meteorological and oceanographic consultant to the offshore oil and gas, coastal engineering, and... Read More

Fibres International Sale: Situation

Fibres International, Inc. ("FII") was one of the largest recycling companies in the Pacific Northwest. It was the market leader in... Read More

Flexible Holdings Sale: Situation

Flexible Holdings produced packaging for the largest private label diaper producer in North America from its plants in Tukwila, Washington, and... Read More

Four Seasons Hotel Financing: Situation

The Seattle Hotel Group (“SHG”) completed the $180 million construction of the Four Seasons Seattle Hotel and Private Residences in the... Read More

Fratelli's Ice Cream Sale: Situation

Fratelli’s Ice Cream distributed Dreyers, Fratelli’s and other brands of ide cream to retail locations in western Washington. The... Read More

Freeman Marine Sale: Situation

Freeman Marine Equipment, Inc. ("Freeman") located in Gold Beach, Oregon, is one of the world's preeminent designers and manufacturers... Read More

Frontier Packaging Sale: Situation

Frontier Packaging, LLC ("Frontier" or the "Company") is the leading supplier of packaging materials and related logistics to the... Read More

H&W Foods Sale: Situation

H&W Foods ("H&W") is a broad line food service distributor, coupled with state-of-the-art value added meat processing capabilities,... Read More

H.B. Jaegar Company: Situation

Founded in 1997, H.B. Jaeger Company, LLC is a wholesale waterworks distributor located in Snohomish, Washington with additional... Read More

Harry's Fresh Foods Acquisition: Situation

Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Harry's is a leading producer of chef-inspired fresh refrigerated and packaged soups, entrees, sides, sauces... Read More

Howard Manufacturing Sale: Situation

Howard manufactured commercial and industrial ladders from its plant in Kent, Washington. A third generation business, the owners decided that... Read More

HySecurity Sale: Situation

HySecurity Gate, Inc. (“HySecurity”) is the recognized North American leader in the design and production of premium,... Read More

Image Concepts Financing: Situation

Image Concepts, Inc. (“ICI” or the “Company”) manufactures and distributes brand name sportswear and outerwear which is... Read More

Insulfoam Sale: Situation

Insulfoam is the leading manufacturer in North America of block molded expanded polystyrene (EPS) products used as insulation for building and... Read More

Intercoastal Sale: Situation

Intercoastal, Inc. ("Intercoastal" or the "Company") is a premier supplier of fasteners to the commercial aerospace industry. The... Read More

Interstate Distributor Co.: Situation

Interstate Distributor (“IDC” or the “Company”) is a large truckload carrier with a leading market position in the Western... Read More

Iquique Financing: Situation

Iquique U.S., L.L.C. ("Iquique") operates a fleet of head & gut ("H&G") trawler vessels engaged in the Alaskan... Read More

Isernio's Sausage Sale: Situation

Frank Isernio founded Isernio’s Sausage Company in 1980 to produce fresh Italian sausage based on his family’s traditional recipes.... Read More

Ivey Imaging Acquisition: Situation

Ivey Imaging LLC (Ivey) is the premier supplier of a wide variety of innovative large format signage, displays, and custom wall coverings and small... Read More

Joshua Green Financing: Situation

The Joshua Green Corporation ("JGC") is a leading Seattle-based investment company that principally focuses on long-term investments in... Read More

Jubilee H&G Sale: Situation

Jubilee Fisheries, Inc. ("Jubilee") operates a single vessel engaged in the Alaska Amendment 80, or "H&G" fishery. To... Read More

Jubilee Longliner Sale: Situation

Jubilee Fisheries, Inc. and Zenith Fisheries, L.P. (collectively, "Jubilee") operate two vessels engaged in the Alaska Pacific cod... Read More

Liberty Equipment Sale: Situation

Liberty Equipment was a family owned business that distributed waterworks piping, valves, and fittings to the commercial and industrial market in... Read More

Little Red Services Acquisition: Situation

Little Red Services ("LRS") provides specialized pressure pumping services to BP Exploration Alaska and ConocoPhillips Alaska, the... Read More

Little Red Services Financing: Situation

Little Red Services, Inc. ("LRS") provides specialized pressure pumping services to the principal oilfield operators on the North Slope of... Read More

MacGregor Sale: Situation

MacGregor is the leading independent publisher of yellow page directories in northwest Washington State. With a circulation of nearly 700,000, the... Read More

Mikron Industries Financing: Situation

Mikron Industries is the leading North American manufacturer of extruded polyvinyl chloride profiles and engineered composite products used in the... Read More

Mikron Industries Sale: Situation

Mikron Industries is the leading manufacturer of technologically advanced, custom polyvinyl chloride ("PVC") profiles, and engineered... Read More

Mountain Safety Research Sale: Situation

Mountain Safety Research (“MSR”) was a wholly owned subsidiary of Recreational Equipment, Inc. (“REI”), the largest retailer... Read More

National Frozen Foods: Situation

National Frozen Foods is one of the region's premier frozen vegetable processors, operating plants in Moses Lake, Quincy and, Chehalis WA as well... Read More

Nile Spice Foods Sale: Situation

Nile Spice Foods was a manufacturer and distributor of a line of healthy and flavorful branded "soup-in-a-cup" products that it pioneered.... Read More

Northland Services Sale: Situation

Over a nine-year period, a group of managers and Endeavour Capital transformed Northland Services into a modern market-leader of barge transportation... Read More

Onamac Sale: Situation

Onamac Industries, Inc. ("Onamac" or the "Company") located in Mukilteo, Washington, is a premier machine shop serving the global... Read More

Outdoor Research Sale: Situation

Outdoor Research built its reputation in technical outdoor gear, particularly hats, gaiters and gloves. The founder and president, Ron Gregg,... Read More

Pacific Markets International Acquisition: Situation

As part of its long-term planning process, Pacific Market International LLC ("PMI") sought a strategic financial business partner to... Read More

Parametrix: Situation

Frank Buhler, a principal of Zachary Scott has served on Parametrix’s board of directors since its sale to an ESOP. In pursuing... Read More

Pental Granite & Marble, Inc.: Situation

Pental Granite & Marble, Inc. (“Pental Surfaces” or the “Company”) is one of the... Read More

Phoenix Processor Financing: Situation

Phoenix Processor Limited Partnership ("PPLP"), the owner of the PV Ocean Phoenix, has historically been funded with a term loan from... Read More

Premier Building Systems Sale: Situation

Premier Building Systems ("PBS") operated as a division of Premier Industries, Inc. ("Premier"). PBS is a manufacturer... Read More

Premier Pacific Seafoods Sale: Situation

Premier Pacific Seafoods (“PPS”) provides product sales and vessel management services to the PV Ocean Phoenix (owned by Phoenix... Read More

Premier Plastics Sale: Situation

Premier Plastics ("PPD") operates as a division of Premier Industries, Inc. ("Premier"). PPD is a manufacturer of injection... Read More

Pro-Tech Sale: Situation

Pro-Tech designs, develops and manufactures high quality sleep sensor solutions used by sleep specialists around the world.

ZS... Read More

Protective Coatings Sale: Situation

Providing finishing services on over half a billion dollars of metal and composite parts annually, Protective Coatings is the leading aerospace parts... Read More

Puget Corporation Sale: Situation

Puget Corporation consisted of two business units, an aluminum die caster with operations in Tacoma WA, and a plastic injection molder in Lake... Read More

QPM Aerospace Financing: Situation

Quality Precision Machine was an aerospace machine shop and sheet metal operation located in the Puget Sound area. The business was owned by... Read More

QUIN-T Sale: Situation

Quin T was a specialty paper mill located in New Hampshire that manufactured dielectric paper used as insulators in electrical apparatus. The... Read More

Rabanco Sale: Situation

Rabanco was the fourth largest independent solid waste collection and disposal company in the United States, operating throughout Washington State.... Read More

Reynolds Sale: Situation

Owned by the president of the company, Reynolds manufactured check out stands and kiosks principally for the front end of grocery stores Read More

Rio Acquisition: Situation

Sage is the leading manufacturer of handcrafted fly fishing rods and reels in the U.S. Located on Bainbridge Island in Washington State, Sage’s... Read More

ScenicSoft Financing: Situation

Scenic Soft was a publishing software manufacturer that was embarking on a period of growth as it added engineers to develop and commercialize its... Read More

Schaake Feeders Recapitalization: Situation

Schaake Feeders was among the largest cattle feeders in Washington State, operating feedlots in both Quincy and Ellensburg WA. After the... Read More

Sea-Bird Electronics Sale: Situation

Sea-Bird designs and manufactures precision scientific oceanographic sensors for measuring the physical properties of water. Sea-Bird’s... Read More

Service Paper Sale: Situation

Headquartered in Sumner, Washington, Service Paper Company ("SPC") is a distributor of paper products, packaging, and Jan/San supplies... Read More

Silver Lining Seafoods/Layfayette Fisheries Merger: Situation

The owner of Lafayette Seafoods, primarily an offshore wild salmon processor in Alaska, perceived the need to diversify fisheries and species, as... Read More

Snopac Sale: Situation

Snopac Products, Inc. ("Snopac") was established in 1983 and was among the few remaining independently owned, family-operated wild catch... Read More

Span Alaska Sale: Situation

Span Alaska Enterprises, Inc. sells and distributes groceries and general merchandise to rural regions of Alaska. Customers include institutional,... Read More

Spectus Acquisition: Situation

Mikron Industries is the leading North American manufacturer of extruded polyvinyl chloride profiles and engineered composite products used in the... Read More

Stoneway Electric Sale: Situation

Stoneway Electric Supply Company (the "Company") ranks as one of the 50 largest electrical distributors in the nation. The Company was... Read More

Structus Building Technologies Sale: Situation

Founded in 1996, Structus designs and manufactures a preferred line of products that enhances and supports finishing in the drywall... Read More

Stusser Electric Sale: Situation

Stusser Electric is an electrical product wholesaler, operating branches throughout the PNW. Founded by their father, the business was owned... Read More

Sun Media Sale: Situation

Sun Media was an operator of outdoor advertising in the south Puget Sound area of Washington State with nearly 500 displays strategically located... Read More

Terminal Freezers Sale: Situation

Over a 27 year period, the Dayton family developed Terminal Freezers into the 20th ranked provider of refrigerated cold storage space, according to... Read More

The Odom Corporation Joint Venture: Situation

Upon completing the acquisition of certain territories of Alaska Distributors, a competing beverage distributor, a decision was made to partner with... Read More

Torrefazione Italia Sale: Situation

Umberto Bizzarri and Dawn Zervas founded Torrefazione Italia 1986. The Company roasted premium coffee blends for distribution to restaurants, grocery... Read More

Truck Parts & Equipment Sale: Situation

Truck Parts & Equipment Company operates Peterbilt franchise dealerships in western and southern Nevada as a franchisee of Peterbilt Motors... Read More

Truitt Brothers Financing: Situation

Truitt Brothers, Inc. ("TBI"), headquartered in Salem, Oregon, produces a wide assortment of high-quality, shelf-stable, packaged entrees... Read More

Viking Industries Sale: Situation

Viking Industries, Inc. was one of the largest privately-held vinyl window and door fabricators serving the western U.S., with plants located in... Read More

W.A. Botting Sale: Situation

W.A. Botting Company ("Botting") has been a full-service mechanical contractor in the Pacific Northwest since 1911, managing HVAC, plumbing... Read More

Wards Cove Alitak Sale: Situation

Wards Cove Packing Company is a family-owned holding company with a diverse portfolio of operating assets and investments. The Company, which was... Read More

Warehouse Demo Sale: Situation

Headquartered in Kirkland, WA and employing over 8,000 people, Warehouse Demo Services ("WDS") conducts all of the food and product... Read More

Welco/TMI Forest Products Merger: Situation

Welco Lumber Co. ("Welco" or the "Company") is one of the leading producers and distributors of cedar fencing in the US. The... Read More

Western Insulated Glass Sale: Situation

Western Insulated Glass Company (“Western” or the “Company”) is a leading
fabricator of custom windows and doors for... Read More

Western Utilities Sale: Situation

Western Utilities Supply Company (“WUSC”) was a distributor of waterworks piping and related equipment used to build water systems for... Read More

Wilcox Farms Acquisition: Situation

The Shareholders of VitaMilk Dairy decided to sell the business. Wilcox Dairy was interested in acquiring the assets that comprised that... Read More

Working Solutions Sale: Situation

Working Solutions was a high quality, out source provider of work and wellbeing benefits and related support services to large corporate employers,... Read More

Yakima Chief Financing: Situation

Yakima Chief / Hopunion, headquartered in the Yakima Valley of Washington, is the preeminent processor and marketer of highly sought... Read More

Yakima Chief/Hopunion Merger: Situation

Located in the Yakima Valley, Yakima Chief and Hopunion are two of the world's most prominent hop processors and marketers. After working... Read More

Yakima Waste Sale: Situation

Yakima Waste Systems, Inc., and County Recycling Inc. (collectively, the "Company") hold a state-issued G-Certificate that grants the... Read More

Zumiez Recapitalization: Situation

Zumiez is the fastest growing specialty sport and fashion retailer in the teen snow, skate and surf gear, apparel and accessories market. With more... Read More

NII FPG Co.: Situation

NII FPG Co. (“NII” or the "Company") is the world's leading designer and manufacturer of... Read More

Merger of Orca Bay Seafoods with Odyssey Foods: Situation

Orca Bay Seafoods is a large, value-added processor and distributor of both domestic and international seafood with an emphasis on... Read More

Kenworth NW Sale: Situation

Marshall’s Holding Company (“MHC” or the “Company”) through its operating subsidiaries Kenworth Northwest, Inc.,... Read More

Western Peterbilt Sale: Situation

Western Peterbilt, Inc. ("WPI") and Western Truck Parts & Equipment Co. LLC ("WTP") operate franchised Peterbilt Motors heavy... Read More

Bulk Handling Systems Financing: Situation

Bulk Handling Systems (“BHS”, or the "Company") is a worldwide leader in the innovative design, engineering, manufacturing and... Read More

Bellingham Cold Storage Acquisition: Situation

Bellingham Cold Storage (“BCS” or the “Company”) is an owner and operator of over 13.4 million cubic feet of cold storage in... Read More

Swanson Bark Sale: Situation

Swanson Bark & Wood Products ("Swanson" or the "Company") is a vertically integrated producer of mulch and soil products... Read More

The Bristol Alliance of Companies: Situation

The Bristol Alliance of Companies (“BAC” or the “Company”) is a group of construction, environmental, and professional... Read More

Selland Auto Transport Sale: Situation

Selland Auto Transport ("SAT" or the "Company") is a medium-sized auto carrier with a leading market position in the Western... Read More

TSL Sale: Situation

Thermoforming Systems, LLC (“TSL” or the “Company”) is a leading designer and manufacturer of thermoformers,... Read More

US BioTek Sale: Situation

US BioTek Laboratories, Inc. (“US BioTek” or the “Company”) is a leading laboratory specializing in testing for food-related... Read More

Western Distribution Services Sale: Situation

Western Distribution Services, LLC ("WDS" or the "Company") operates both cold and dry storage facilities in the greater Seattle... Read More

Blue North/Clipper Merger and Sale: Situation

Clipper Group, Ltd. (“Clipper”) and Blue North Fisheries, Inc. (“Blue North”) are the two largest catcher-processors of... Read More

Campbell's Stockpot Soup Plant Acquisition: Situation

Harry’s Fresh Foods (“Harry’s”) is a leading producer of chef-inspired fresh refrigerated and packaged soups, entrees, sides,... Read More

Harry's Fresh Foods Merger: Situation

Harry’s Fresh Foods (“Harry’s” of the “Company”) is a leading producer of chef-inspired fresh refrigerated and... Read More

Company News & Industry Analysis

Insight Fall 2019

Customer Concentration: The Real Risks and Potential Benefits

Oct 31, 2019 | By David Working

There is more to concentration than a revenue pie chart Read More »

GAAP, the False Prophet: Avoiding Working Capital Accounting Arbitrage

Oct 31, 2019 | By Mark Working

How to protect against consequences when a dispute occurs Read More »

Do You Really Have a Deal?

Oct 31, 2019 | By Jay Schembs

Headline is not always the bottom line Read More »