North Bay Business Journal

  • Sonoma Valley Portworks acquired

    September 8th, 2011

    Bill Reading, founder of and portmaker for Petaluma-based Sonoma Valley Portworks, purchased the company from American Beverage Group Inc.

  • Significant M&A activity in the North Bay

    September 5th, 2011

    The following are significant mergers and acquisitions by and of North Bay companies in the past 12 months.

  • Napa Valley Marriott acquired for $72 million

    September 1st, 2011

    NAPA — The Napa Valley Marriott Hotel & Spa has been acquired by an Illinois-based real estate group for $72 million.

  • Wine Country Group picks up three new offices in Sonoma County

    August 29th, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — Residential real estate brokerage Wine Country Group by Better Homes and Gardens is expanding its holdings in Sonoma County by merging with three Pacific Union International branches, two in Santa Rosa and one in Petaluma.

  • Q&A: Mario Zepponi: Wine M&A market remains focused on most solid assets

    August 29th, 2011

    Mario Zepponi is one of three principals of Santa Rosa-based Zepponi & Company, which counsels wine industry clients on mergers and acquisitions as well as corporate strategy. His background as an attorney includes structuring lease and sale agreements. He was part of the Impact Napa conference panel on Sept. 1 and spoke on how well the wine business, particularly in Napa County, has weathered the global financial storm and the outlook for mergers-and-acquisitions activity. The Business Journal asked him about the impact of the economy on industry operations, valuations and deal prices.

  • CamelBak acquired for $257 million

    August 25th, 2011

    PETALUMA — CamelBak Products, LLC, best known for its line of backpack canteens, was acquired by a Connecticut-based publicly traded investment group for $257.5 million.

  • Blood Centers of the Pacific takes over Santa Rosa facility

    August 8th, 2011

    SANTA ROSA – Blood Centers of the Pacific last week officially opened its Santa Rosa location, replacing Blood Bank of the Redwoods after the two organizations merged.

  • Resnick acquires Landmark Vineyards

    August 3rd, 2011

    KENWOOD — Premium imported bottled water Fiji Water announced today its purchase of the award-winning chardonnay producer Landmark Vineyards in Kenwood.

  • Vintage Wine Estates acquires Cartlidge & Browne

    July 29th, 2011

    AMERICAN CANYON — Vintage Wine Estates, a Santa Rosa-based portfolio of wine brands, on Tuesday acquired the 100,000-case-a-year Cartlidge & Browne brand and inventory.

  • Azteca television group buys KFTY

    July 28th, 2011

    DALLAS, SANTA ROSA — Una Vez Mas, LP, (“UVM”) the largest affiliate group of the Azteca America television network announced that it has entered into an agreement with High Plains Broadcasting, Inc. and Newport Television, LLC for the acquisition of KFTY, Channel 50, Santa Rosa, California. In addition to Santa Rosa, KFTY serves the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose markets and is carried on Comcast Channel 31 and DirecTV and Dish Channel 50 throughout. Upon consummation of the transaction, KFTY will become an Azteca America affiliate.

  • TriMas Corp. in $27 million deal for Innovative Molding

    July 28th, 2011

    SEBASTOPOL — Innovative Molding, Inc., a maker of plastic closures for bottles and jars that is planning a big expansion to Rohnert Park this fall, is set to be acquired in a $27 million cash deal announced today by Michigan-based TriMas Corp. (Nasdaq: TRS). TriMas this afternoon said it supports the planned expansion.

  • Zobha women’s activewear maker acquired

    July 27th, 2011

    MILL VALLEY — Fashion apparel conglomerate Kellwood of St. Louis acquired Mill Valley-based yoga and fitness wear maker Zobha.

  • Napa’s Avia hotel part of $802 million Hyatt purchase

    July 21st, 2011

    NAPA — The Avia Napa hotel has been purchased by Hyatt Hotels Corp. as part of a larger purchase of 24 hotels and related assets from LodgeWorks, Avia’s parent company.

  • The Hess Collection acquires MacPhail brand

    July 11th, 2011

    NAPA — The Hess Collection is acquiring the 4,000-case-a-year MacPhail Family Wines brand and inventory, and the winemaker for which it’s named, James MacPhail, is joining Hess.

  • Bankers: Regulatory expansion will drive industry consolidation

    July 11th, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — The high cost of complying with burgeoning regulation will be the cause of even more bank consolidation than has occurred as a result of the recession, experts say.

  • Sources of capital for startups

    July 11th, 2011

    According to venture capitalists and angel investors serving the North Bay, entrepreneurs have a number of sources of capital sources to get their companies started. Credit card or small-business loan: Often the first funding entrepreneurs will seek is a simple credit card or a small line of credit from their financial institution. Friends and family: The next stage is [...]

  • EPI completes purchase of Piper Sonoma, other wine brands

    July 8th, 2011

    HOPLAND — Rémy Cointreau Group (Paris: RCO) and Société Européenne de Participations Industrielles (EPI) today announced the completion of the $592 million sale of the Piper-Heidsieck, Charles Heidsieck and Hopland-based Piper Sonoma brands.

  • Basin Street completes $13 million purchase of Enphase expansion campus

    June 30th, 2011

    PETALUMA — Basin Street Properties has completed the repurchase of three Petaluma office buildings totaling 210,000 square feet, with almost half of it reserved for local photovoltaic system developer Enphase Energy to expand into later this year.

  • Accounting: Tax credit for small business hiring extended

    June 27th, 2011

    Only $37 million of the $400 million allocated to the California New Jobs Credit created for the 2009 tax year was used and the program is being extended. … The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, in consultation with state boards of accountancy, the Board of Examiners, and other major stakeholders, spent two years studying an international accounting examination delivery program. … Burr Pilger Mayer opened a Hong Kong office and plans to acquire San Jose accounting and tax operations of CBIZ.

  • BioMarin to buy plant in Ireland for expansion

    June 23rd, 2011

    NOVATO — BioMarin Pharmaceutical has entered into an agreement to buy a 133,000-square-foot Pfizer manufacturing plant in Cork, Ireland, for $48.5 million.

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