BTS Welcomes Carl Vercollone to its Team of Advisors

BTS welcomes Carl Vercollone to its team of advisors working with the owners of privately held companies in New England. Carl has over 30 years’ experience in the banking industry. Carl’s banking experience encompasses corporate finance, equipment finance, structured finance and project finance. Additionally, over the past ten years he has developed owned and operated various renewable energy initiatives. […]

Manufacturing Company Sale Named Deal of the Year

Many companies perform complex, highly technical work and require special treatment when it comes to a transition and sale. A good M&A process, managed by advisors who stay current with trends, participate in continuing education and remain involved in professional groups can make the difference. Such was the case for Materials Research Furnaces, a N.H. based […]

BTS is Founding Partner of New Global M&A Alliance

Cornerstone International Alliance Focused on Serving Lower Middle Market Business Transition Strategies has joined Cornerstone International Alliance (C.I.A.) as a founding partner. The new, international mergers and acquisition alliance is comprised of 17 industry-leading M&A and investment banking firms focused exclusively on the lower middle market. The Alliance is dedicated to facilitating the success of its members […]

PlasTech Acquired by DelCam Manufacturing

BOW – PlasTech Machining Fabrication, Inc. has been acquired by DelCam Holdings and will become part of DelCam Manufacturing, a private group that includes a variety of New England-based manufacturing and fabrication companies. Ken Schaefer and John Howe of Business Transition Services, an M&A firm serving the lower mid-market based in Pembroke, New Hampshire and Andover, Massachusetts, coordinated the transaction and […]

$1.1 Billion Set New Record for C.I.A. Members

Concord, New Hampshire – Cornerstone International Alliance (C.I.A.) members completed 146 business transactions in 2021, setting a new record of more than $1.1 billion in value. The Alliance is comprised of 25 industry-leading M&A and investment banking firms in the U.S., and across the globe, focused exclusively on serving businesses in the lower middle market. “This is an […]

Dave Clough Joins BTS Team

Dave Clough has joined BTS as a sales associate with the goal of helping to transition ownership of private companies within the lower mid-market. He brings to this role deep experience as a business growth and staff development consultant, most recently in an affiliation role with Business Transition Strategies. “We are pleased to have Dave now […]

BTS Welcomes New Associate

Matt Moynihan has joined the Business Transition Strategies team as an M&A advisor and sales associate. Matt’s career has focused on the Electronic Materials market which develops and produces materials used in the semiconductor and electronics industry. He comes to the new role with over 25 years’ experience in various leadership roles including R&D, Engineering, Marketing, […]

Touchstone Advisors Announces Merger with Business Transition Strategies (BTS)

January 2024 Hartford, CT.—Touchstone Advisors, a mergers and acquisition (M&A) advisory firm providing M&A and other transaction services to the lower middle market, is pleased to announce the merger with Business Transition Strategies (BTS). BTS, a regional M&A firm with offices in Concord, NH and Andover, MA provides advisory services to lower-middle market companies in all major […]

BTS Advises on Wasik Associates Transition

CONCORD, NH, April 2024 Business Transition Strategies (BTS), now a Touchstone Advisors Company, served as mergers and acquisition advisor for three-generation manufacturer Wasik Associates, a global market leader and producer of Electron Beam Processing Systems based in Dracut, Massachusetts.  Wasik was founded in 1982 by Peter Wasik Sr., continued after his retirement by his son Peter Wasik and […]