Questex Media Group Inc., a Newton, Mass.-based B2B media company owned by Audax Group, has acquired Oxford Publishing Inc., an Oxford, Miss.-based producer of food and beverage event “The Show.” Oxford also publishes Nightclub & Bar Magazine. No financial terms were disclosed. www.questex.com
U.S. Equity Partners has completed its sale of ALM Media to Incisive Media, a UK business information publisher owned by Apax Partners. The deal is valued at $630 million in cash. ALM owns and publishes 33 national and regional magazines and newspapers focused on the legal and real estate communities, including The American Lawyer, The […]
Vercuity, a Greenwood Village, Colo.
Veritext Corp., a Florham Park, N.J.-based provider of court reporting services has acquired Knipes Cohen Associates Inc., a provider of court reporting services for the Philadelphia market. No financial terms were disclosed. Veritext was acquired in 2005 by The Riverside Co., and has since made seven add-on acquisitions. www.veritext.com
Irving Tanning Co. and Prime Tanning Co. have agreed to merge into a single tanning operation with combined annual revenue of over $225 million. Irving is based in Hartland, Maine, and was acquired in 2005 by Meriturn Partners and company management.
Wire Rope Corp. of America, a St. Joseph Mo.-based producer and marketer of specialty wire ropes, has agreed to buy German wire rope maker CASAR Drahtseilwerk Saar GmbH. No financial terms were disclosed. Fox Paine bought WRCA last year from KPS Capital Partners. www.wrca.com
Aegera Therapeutics Inc., a Montreal-based drug developer, has acquired LymphoSign Inc., and its clinical oncology program that includes a tyrosine kinase inhibitor for acute myelogenous leukemia and other myelopproliferative disorders. No financial terms were disclosed. Aegera also raised a small amount of additional Series C equity funding
Mycroft Talisen Inc., a St. Louis-based provider of identity and access management solutions, has raised $10 million from Petra Capital Partners and Ticonderoga Capital. The funds were used to for working capital, and to support the recent merger of Talisen Technologies and Mycroft Inc. www.mycrofttalisen.com
Veyance Technologies Inc., the former Engineered Products division of Goodyear Tire & Rubber, has expanded its conveyor belt operations by acquiring the assets of the former Industrial Specialty Fabrics of Hogansville, Georgia. No financial terms were disclosed. Veyance was acquired last week by The Carlyle Group for $1.475 billion. www.carlyle.com www.veyance.com
InfuScience Inc., a Gurnee, Ill.