Wenger Corporation Acquires Creative Conners
April 28, 2025
Wenger Corporation has acquired Creative Conners, Inc., a Cranston, Rhode Island-based maker of advanced stage automation systems. The deal expands Wenger's performing-arts product portfolio and technical capabilities in motion-control and theatrical automation; Creative Conners will continue operations in Rhode Island and integrate with Wenger's existing staging and rigging brands.
- Buyers
- Wenger Corporation
- Targets
- Creative Conners, Inc.
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Rhode Island, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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