Nickolas Asset Management Acquires Resin Processing Facility from Material Difference Technologies

Nickolas Asset Management Acquires Ranch Road Cargo

May 5, 2026

Consumer Products

Nickolas Asset Management (NAM), together with the Reinhart Family of Companies, has acquired Ranch Road Cargo (RRC), a versatile cargo storage solutions manufacturer based in Austin, Texas. The deal is intended to expand into a broader mobile storage and vehicle organization market and further grow NAM’s “Configure” platform.

Applied Materials Acquires ASMPT NEXX Business

May 4, 2026

IT Services

Applied Materials signed and later completed the acquisition of ASMPT NEXX, Inc.’s NEXX business from ASMPT Limited (via ASM Assembly Systems, LLC) for $120 million. The deal expands Applied’s advanced semiconductor packaging capabilities, specifically panel-level electrochemical deposition technologies used for fine-pitch interconnects in emerging large-format (510 x 515 mm) chiplet-based architectures.

Nickolas Asset Management Acquires Associated Plastics Corporation

March 6, 2026

Manufacturing

Nickolas Asset Management (NAM), together with the Reinhart Family of Companies, acquired Associated Plastics Corporation, a plastics manufacturing company based in Ada, Ohio. The deal includes APC’s 150,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse campus and supporting molding/equipment and infrastructure.

Niche Component Manufacturing Facility Sale (Facility #2101)

October 2, 2023

Manufacturing

A Neumann & Associates, LLC announced the sale of a $3M niche component manufacturing company, including its 14,000 SF facilities and experienced management/technicians. The company has served national and international clients for more than 45 years, and the new owner is expected to drive additional growth by expanding direct sales efforts.

Nichols Portland, Inc. Acquires Neota Product Solutions LLC

June 9, 2023

Manufacturing

Nichols Portland, Inc., a portfolio company of Altus Capital Partners, has acquired the assets of Neota Product Solutions LLC to expand its metal injection molding (MIM) capabilities. The acquisition is an add-on to Nichols’ existing MIM and powdered-metal manufacturing platform; financial terms were not disclosed.

Medical Manufacturing Technologies Acquires R&D Engineering from Biomerics

December 17, 2021

Medical Devices

Medical Manufacturing Technologies (MMT), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has acquired R&D Engineering from Biomerics to expand its catheter manufacturing and automation technologies. R&D Engineering will continue to operate in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and the acquisition strengthens MMT's end-to-end medical device manufacturing solutions; Cowen served as financial advisor to MMT.