Avista Capital Partners has commenced the previously announced cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Telular Corporation at a price of $12.61 net per share, without interest and less applicable withholding taxes thereon. Telular Corporation provides remote monitoring and asset tracking solutions for business and residential customers.

Avista Capital Partners has completed the sale of Anthony International to Dover Corporation for $602.5 million. Anthony is a global manufacturer of glass doors and related products serving the global commercial refrigeration market.

Avista Capital Partners has appointed Phil Seskin as an industry executive in the communications field. Seskin was most recently senior vice president of corporate development at Verizon Communications.

Avista Capital Partners has appointed Brian Markison as a healthcare industry executive. has more than 30 years of experience in the pharmaceuticals sector, most recently as president and chief executive officer of Fougera Pharmaceuticals, a dermatology-focused pharmaceuticals company that was spun off from Nycomed A/S in 2011 and sold to Sandoz, the generics division of [...]

Partners Group and Avista Capital Partners have backed the management buyout of Strategic Partners, a US-based manufacturer of medical uniforms, medical footwear and school uniforms. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. PRESS RELEASE Strategic Partners’ management team, Partners Group, the global private markets investment manager, and Avista Capital Partners, a leading private equity [...]

This week saw the fewest number of deals so far this year, according to data from Thomson Reuters.

WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone, which is backed by Avista Capital Partners, has agreed to buy Knology for $19.75 a share or about $1.5 billion. Knology is a cable company that serves 10 markets in the Southeast and three markets in the midwest. Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and Bank [...]

Anthony, a manufacturer of glass doors and related products, has acquired the assets of Big Services Inc., a provider of remodeling and equipment installation services. Terms of the deal were not released. Based in Sylmar, Calif., Anthony is a portfolio company of Avista Capital Partners. PRESS RELEASE Anthony, the world’s largest and most technologically advanced [...]

Publicly traded medical device maker AngioDynamics is buying private equity-backed Navilyst Medical in a deal valued at $372 million. Avista Capital Partners acquired Navilyst Medical from Boston Scientific in 2008. Navilyst is a medical device company focused on areas including vascular access, interventional radiology and interventional cardiology.

Sigma-Aldrich Corp. is paying $350 million in cash to buy biopharmaceutical testing services provider Rockville, Maryland-based BioReliance Holdings Inc. from Avista Capital Partners, Reuters reported Monday. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of this year.