ILUS International Acquires Controlling Stake in Samsara Luggage, Inc.

SAS Acquires Kamakura Corporation

June 27, 2022

Data & Analytics

SAS has acquired Honolulu-based Kamakura Corporation to integrate Kamakura’s ALM, credit models and risk-data offerings into SAS’ cloud-ready Viya platform. The deal brings Kamakura’s software, subscription data services and specialist risk team into SAS to strengthen its asset-liability management and balance-sheet risk solutions for banks, insurers and asset managers.

ILUS International Acquires Bull Head Products Inc

October 13, 2021

Manufacturing

ILUS International Inc. (Ilustrato Pictures International Inc.) has acquired Bull Head Products Inc., an aluminum truck bed manufacturer based in Kodak, Tennessee. The acquisition secures US manufacturing capacity for ILUS’s FireBug rapid-response vehicles, electric utility vehicles and other vehicle bodies, and ILUS expects to scale production and revenue by expanding facilities and sales efforts.

Illva Saronno Holding Acquires Majority Stake in Sagamore Spirit

September 14, 2023

Food & Beverage

Italian spirits group Illva Saronno Holding S.p.A. has purchased a majority stake in Baltimore-based Sagamore Spirit, the rye whiskey brand and distillery owned by Sagamore Ventures (the family office of Kevin Plank). The deal expands Illva Saronno's U.S. presence and whiskey portfolio while preserving Sagamore Spirit's Maryland-based operations and enabling further market expansion.

AURELIUS Acquires LSG Group from Deutsche Lufthansa AG

April 5, 2023

Food & Beverage

AURELIUS has agreed to acquire the LSG Group International, a global airline caterer and onboard retail provider, from Deutsche Lufthansa AG in a carve-out transaction expected to close in Q3 2023 subject to regulatory approvals. The deal includes LSG’s classic catering, onboard retail and food commerce activities (including Retail inMotion and SCIS Air Security Services) and positions AURELIUS to grow the business organically and via add-on acquisitions as a standalone company.

ILUS International Acquires Georgia Fire and Rescue Supply

February 15, 2022

Industrial Services

ILUS International Inc (OTC: ILUS) has acquired Georgia Fire and Rescue Supply, a Canton, Georgia-based distributor of firefighting and emergency response equipment. The purchase gives ILUS a US distribution channel for its FireBug technology and adds a profitable, debt-free business with approximately $3.5 million in annual revenue and an experienced 7-member sales team.

Sigma Additive Solutions to Acquire NextTrip Holdings; NextTrip to Become Public

September 7, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Sigma Additive Solutions (NASDAQ: SASI) signed a non-binding LOI to acquire 100% of NextTrip Holdings, Inc. in exchange for Sigma common stock (initially representing 19.99% of Sigma) with additional milestone-based earnout shares, giving an initial implied valuation of approximately $48 million if all milestones are achieved. The combination would result in Sigma changing its name to NextTrip, providing NextTrip a path to become a publicly traded company on Nasdaq; the transactions are subject to definitive agreements, approvals and customary closing conditions. Sigma also announced an LOI to sell certain additive-quality-assurance IP/assets to a strategic buyer as part of a broader strategic realignment.