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Tulsa Power, with about 75 employees, makes a wide range of coiling and material handling solutions for the pipe, conduit, hose and tubing markets, according to its Web site. The 35-year-old company’s products are sold to the oil and gas, telecommunications and power industries.

Craig Sutton of Sapulpa has purchased valve systems manufacturer Roto Hammer Industries of Tulsa for an undisclosed price.

Acquisition Advisors, a middle market Mergers & Acquisitions firm, announces the availability of its library of M&A articles on the newly re-designed website, found at www.AcquisitionAdvisors.com The new website is dedicated to serving business owners looking to buy or sell a midsize business, featuring clearer navigation, a library of M&A articles and information, as well as a step-by-step guide to buying or selling a midsize company.

Published in The Tulsa Business Journal on 10/12/2007 Written by Tulsa Business Staff David L. Perkins, Jr. announced today that he has sold his interest in Vercor, the merger and acquisitions advisory firm that he co-founded in 2000. Vercor currently has 10 U.S. offices a European office. Perkins says he has no interest in getting [...]

D.L. Perkins-Acquisition Advisors recently completed the recapitalization of Air Cooled Exchangers Inc., a Broken Arrow company that manufactures custom air-cooled heat exchangers.

The transaction closed June 29. Transaction costs were not disclosed.

Equity partner is Clearview Capital LLC of Old Greenwich, Conn., which now has 60 percent ownership of the company. The current management at ACE has retained a 40 percent stake, according to D.L. Perkins-Acquisition Advisors owner David L. Perkins Jr., and will retain the day-to-day management and control of the facility.

Business Viewpoint By DAVID L. PERKINS JR. Published in the Tulsa World 4/5/2007 Want to buy a business? Sell a business? If so, where do you go? Who do you call? How will it be handled? What will it cost? Unfortunately for all of us, the answers are not apparent. Why is this unfortunate? Because [...]

By Bloomberg, AP and Staff Reports Published: 1/28/2007 Nowata Filtration Amsterdam company acquires NMW A company based in Amsterdam,the Netherlands, has acquired the operations of a Nowata manufacturer. Amafiltergroup BV, which designs, manufactures and services critical process filtration products in a wide array of industries, has purchased NMW Inc., a privately owned manufacturer of filter [...]

By JOHN STANCAVAGE World Business Editor Published in the Tulsa World 11/5/2006 I have a friend who bought a small business a few years ago in another state. For a short time, I envied him. He had been a longtime customer of the company, which sold high-end audio equipment. He owned another venture, a communications [...]

Everyone seems to know the magnetic Tulsa native. Joining him for a Stonehorse Restaurant lunch catches the 40-year-old father of three little girls conversing with a family clearly pleased to renew his acquaintance. The pattern repeats itself every four minutes as someone – a beautiful mother holding her child, a respected defense attorney, a fellow executive – stops to greet the CEO with movie star looks and boisterous charm. On reflection he noted he hadn’t visited the restaurant in weeks, which might need changing.

Published in The Journal Record Nov 16, 2005 Written by John Dobberstein A longtime manufacturer of pre-engineered panel building systems in Tulsa has been acquired by a Dallas firm. Elite Buildings was recently purchased by Pala Technologies Inc., a value-added reseller and systems integrator of power and control products and telecommunications equipment. Pala plans to [...]