The Resolute Fund, an affiliate of The Jordan Company, has partnered with the management team of Sequa Automotive Group to purchase the business from its parent company, Sequa Corporation, an industrial company with operations in aerospace and metal coatings. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Need To Sell, a feature in Buyouts magazine, is a mini-profile of a company that, judging by how long its been in its sponsor’s portfolio, should be ripe for a sale and hence a potential deal opportunity. This is an updated version that ran in the Aug. 13 edition. –BV For a sponsor looking to buy [...]

In the case we missed anything on Day 1 and Day 2 of PartnerConnect 2012 last week, you can be sure we covered it on Day 3.

Private equity needs to do a better job of communicating its successes, buyout executives said today at the Thomson Reuters PartnerConnect conference in New York.

TAL International Group Inc. announced Wednesday a secondary offering of 3 million shares by selling stockholders including The Jordan Company, JZ Capital Partners and Edgewater Growth Capital Partners. Specific terms were not released. BofA Merrill Lynch will be the sole underwriter of the offering. PRESS RELEASE TAL International Group, Inc. (the “Company”) TAL -2.39% announced [...]

Nautic Partners LLC is shopping Agilex Flavors & Fragrances, a maker of fragrances used in cosmetic, household and specialty products, sister magazine Buyouts has learned from a source who has reviewed a book marketing the sale. It shouldn’t be a shocker that Nautic is looking to unload the company, considering that it has been in [...]

Global private equity investment firm H.I.G. Capital has sold Vantage Specialty Chemicals to private equity firm The Jordan Company. Vantage is a Chicago-based specialty chemicals company focused on naturally derived ingredients for consumer products, personal care, food and industrial markets. PRESS RELEASE H.I.G. Capital, a leading global private equity investment firm, has announced the sale [...]

National Healing Corp. and Diversified Clinical Services, both wound care management companies and both based in Florida, will merge. PE firm the Jordan Co. will relinquish its stake in Diversified Clinical Services as part of the transaction. Specifics on the deal were not provided. Moelis & Company and Jefferies & Company are serving as financial advisors to Diversified Clinical Services. SNR Denton US LLP and Hogan Lovells US LLP are serving as Diversified Clinical Services’ legal counsel.

Jay Jordan has been a low-key, respected buyout pro for more than 30 years. The conservative (he hates excessive leverage), decidedly old-school (he doesn’t e-mail) dealmaker began his career in the 1970s at Carl Marks & Co. In 1982 he co-founded The Jordan Company, which has sponsored more than 400 acquisitions, including add-ons. Currently, the [...]

The Jordan Company, through its Resolute Fund II, L.P., has completed its acquisition of Pro Mach Inc. from Odyssey Investment Partners. Financial terms of the deal were not released. Pro Mach provides packaging machinery products and services to multinational clients in the food, beverage, household goods and pharmaceutical industries.