Press Releases

Acquisition brings together two companies selling reclaimed wood products BROOKLINE, N.H. – A New Hampshire company specializing in the milling of reclaimed lumber has acquired a Massachusetts company specializing in building and finishing furniture built from wood previously used in beams and barn siding. Euro Decora of Shirley, Mass., which…

ALBANY, N.Y. – Haun Welding Supply, Inc., a 4th generation welding supply company based in Syracuse has acquired the Albany division of Cryo Weld, Inc., itself a family owned business based in Poughkeepsie. The sale was coordinated by Business Transition Strategies of Pembroke, N.H. and its associate, Mark Lagasse. The…

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. – MacDiarmid Machine Corporation has been acquired by Potentia Holdings, LLC to join its group of metal products manufacturing companies. The transaction was coordinated by Ken Schaefer, deputy director, and John Howe, director, of Business Transition Strategies. MacDiarmid Machine provides high quality machining services, from prototype to short…

PEMBROKE – The M&A Source has conferred its prestigious designation of Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI) on Ken Schaefer, deputy director of Business Transition Strategies, a merger and acquisition firm based here. Schaefer is a resident of Manchester. The firm serves companies in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine when…

Lawrence, Mass. – Adrian Pyke, a North Shore-based electrical engineer has acquired Sanchez Associates of Lawrence from its founder, Albert Sanchez of Newburyport. Going forward, the company will operate under the name Sanchez Microelectronics and will continue to provide hybrid integrated circuitry components used in the aeronautics, aerospace and defense…

LEBANON – A private agency supporting independent living for the aging population of central and northern New Hampshire is now under new ownership. Comfort Keepers of Central New Hampshire, which provides non-medical, privately-funded home care and assistance to residents of 78 communities stretching from Laconia to Lebanon and north to…

Comptus, Inc. ™, a leading producer of quality atmospheric and weather condition devices, has been acquired by Beta Group, a New Hampshire-based manufacturing management company which plans to keep and grow the operation within the state. The transaction involving the New Boston company closed Thursday, March 30 and was coordinated…

MANCHESTER – Business Transition Strategies, a division of New Hampshire Business Sales is pleased to announce the acquisition of Surplus Office Equipment, by Jeff Gagnon the owner of Office Alternatives, LLC. Mr. Gagnon is a 15 year employee of Surplus Office Equipment. The management buyout transition between former owner Gagne…

John Howe, director of Business Transition Strategies and vice president of N.H. Business Sales, has been elected to the Board of Directors of The M&A Source, an international professional organization for merger and acquisition intermediaries. Joe Lindsey, 2015 Chairman of The M&A Source, stated, “Besides John’s high standards of character…

PETERBOROUGH – Pure Flow, Inc., an ultra-pure water purification company serving the medical, manufacturing, commercial and institutional sectors across the Northeast, has been acquired by East Range Partners of Cambridge, Mass. The acquisition was coordinated by John Howe and Ken Schaefer of Business Transition Strategies, an M&A advisory firm with…

PEMBROKE – John Howe, director of Business Transition Strategies, was presented the Champion’s Award at the M&A Source’s Fall Conference and Dealmakers Expo in Albuquerque, NM. Howe was recognized for his service as a board member, chairman of conference planning and chairman of webinar programs for the national association of…

MANCHESTER – New Image Coatings, LLC the manufacturer of environmentally sensitive waterproofing products and poly-blends for all types of wood, concrete/masonry and other surfaces, has been sold to U-C Coatings of Buffalo, New York. The sale was completed April 20. New Image, located at 150 Dow Street, markets its products…