Project ARM

We are pleased to announce that Liberty Orchards, the 100 year-old manufacturer of confectionery products including the iconic Aplets & Cotlets product line, has been sold to KDV USA, a division of KDV Group. KDV Group is #80 on Forbes' Top 200 Russian companies and is one of the largest international confectionery companies. KDV has 14 plants operating in Eastern Europe and sells their product globally. By acquiring Liberty Orchards, KDV now has a beachhead in North America to not only grow Liberty Orchards' operations, but to began distributing 100's of KDV products. This was a challenging project in that one of the criteria for potential acquirers was to keep the Liberty Orchards operations in their existing locatioin in the state of Washington. Several companies wanted to buy the brand, but KDV was the only potential acquirer that committed to remain in their existing locsation.

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Manufacturer of specialty valves sold to private equity firm. ACQUISITIONS NORTHWEST, INC.’s objective in this project was twofold: Jim and Colleen Miller, owners of PMM, had brought in Kirk Morton in 2011 to assist in sales expansion and to effect an eventual transition plan. In 2013, the Millers engaged ANI to accomplish the sale of the Company on acceptable terms and conditions for them personally while at the same time, structuring a sale where Kirk and Jo Morton could partner with financial partners that would have the same vision that they envisioned for growth, operations and culture. A number of discussions occurred with several very qualified private equity groups, culminating with the fact that the combination of Socius Capital and CVF Fund II were the best fit for PMM, the Mortons, and the Millers.