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Phoenix, Arizona, April 05, 2011 — AmSafe Industries, Inc., the leading provider of highly engineered restraint systems, today unveiled its next-generation seatbelt airbag for commercial aviation at the 2011 Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany (booth 7F61). “AmSafe developed the first and only seatbelt airbag certified for use on commercial aircraft as a cost-effective method of 16G compliance for difficult-to-certify seat placements. … Read More

Two Leading Independent Providers of Hospital Biomedical and Imaging Services Join Together  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 18, 2011 — To better serve the needs of hospitals in maintaining technology to diagnose and treat patients, ARAMARK Healthcare announced today that it acquired Masterplan, a clinical technology management and medical equipment maintenance company. With this acquisition, ARAMARK Healthcare expands its capabilities to service all … Read More

March 18, 2011 — Aramark Healthcare has bought privately held medical equipment service company Masterplan Inc. and parts vendor ReMedPar Inc., DOTmed News has learned. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.  News of the deal follows months of speculation that Berskshire Partners LLC., a Boston investment group that owned Masterplan and ReMedPar, was mulling a sale. Philadelphia-based equipment service and … Read More

Cornwall, Ontario, March 6, 2011 — After opening up their books, operations and management to careful scrutiny, Farm Boy has been named one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies. The fresh food retailer joins 49 other companies, spanning every region across the country and an array of industries, which have been recognized for business excellence. Farm Boy operates nine fresh-food grocery stores in … Read More

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Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York, January 25, 2011 — Berkshire Partners LLC, the Boston-based private equity firm, and Rhône, a private equity firm with offices in New York and London, today announced they have made minority equity investments in Coty Inc., a leading global beauty company.  Each of the investors will be represented on the company’s Board of Directors. … Read More

Sterling, Virginia, January 6, 2011 — N.E.W. Customer Service Companies Inc. (NEW), the leading global provider of extended service contracts and product support, is continuing its growth within international markets by establishing relationships to support top retailers in Canada, China, Japan, Turkey and, in partnership with its sister company as NEWAsurion, Europe in the United Kingdom.  In 2010, the company opened three new … Read More

Boston, Massachusetts, January 3, 2011 — Berkshire Partners LLC, the Boston-based private equity firm, today announced that Sharlyn C. Heslam and Elizabeth L. Hoffman were appointed Managing Directors effective January 1, 2011.  They join the twelve current Managing Directors of Berkshire in managing the firm and its affiliated investment funds. Ms. Heslam, who is the firm’s General Counsel, joined Berkshire Partners … Read More

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