Innovative Companies (a Proviso Capital portfolio company) Acquires Taylor Studios
December 21, 2021
Innovative Companies, Inc., a portfolio company of Proviso Capital, has acquired Taylor Studios, Inc., an exhibit planning, design and fabrication firm based in Rantoul, Illinois. The deal, which closed December 15, 2021, is an add-on to Innovative Companies' platform as Proviso continues to build a global display, exhibit and sign manufacturing group; seller Betty Brennan will retain a continued role post-sale.
- Buyers
- Innovative Companies, Inc., Proviso Capital
- Targets
- Taylor Studios, Inc.
- Sellers
- Betty Brennan
- Platforms
- Innovative Companies, Inc.
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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