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Ready Mix Ready to Change Course

June 18, 2009 - The concrete maker hires Lincoln International to help it weigh strategy as it considers selling in a down market.

Nimbus Buys Furniture Unit

May 8, 2009 - Samas, the Dutch office-furniture maker, sold several other assets earlier this year.

Kimberly-Clark Buys Jackson Products

April 15, 2009 - The health products conglomerate embraces a global safety market play.

ImagePoint Files Chapter 11

April 13, 2009 - The sign-maker's voluntary bankruptcy allows it to avoid being forced into Chapter 7 by creditors.

Hertz, On Spree, Picks up Rent One

April 8, 2009 - After making a play to support its car rental division, Hertz elects to also boost its equipment rental shop.

Pulte Agrees To Acquire Centex

April 8, 2009 - The two construction companies will enter into a $3.1 billion all-stock transaction.

FdG Acquires Stake In General Contractor

February 24, 2009 - The target, Joseph B. Fay Co., is based in Pittsburgh.

Pfingsten Partners Buys Turbine Maker

January 21, 2009 - The private equity firm also closes a $525 million fund and launches distressed debt initiative.

Green Depot and Greenmaker Merge

November 21, 2008 - The Brooklyn-based and Chicago-based “green” building supplies companies join forces; terms were not disclosed.

Carlyle Sells AxleTech

November 19, 2008 - As auto parts makers are suspended in limbo awaiting the federal intervention—or, refusal—to save the Big Three automakers, General Dynamics makes a M&A play.

Carlyle Group’s Steel Sale Collapses

November 17, 2008 - Novolipetsk Steel terminates agreement to buy DBO Holdings for $3.5 billion; litigation expected.

Hyde Park SPAC Seals Deal with Credit Increase

November 6, 2008 - At a time when shareholders have been killing blank check companies to guarantee immediate capital returns, one SPAC tethered to its combination’s completion an increase in a credit facility and narrowly won over investors.

Monomoy Boosts Molded Plastics Biz

October 9, 2008 - PE shop plans tuck-in with Atlantis, L&P Plastics to expand reach.

L&M Assets Sold to Svoboda Capital

September 10, 2008 - Border Construction Specialties, a Svoboda portfolio investment, will absorb building materials.

Silver-McCann Buys Houston Complex

September 9, 2008 - Silver-McCann Apartment Group II LP bought a sizeable Houston target, marking a continuing play in that region.