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Family-owned manufacturing companies are facing similar challenges as the industry at large as succession planning is complicated by an aging workforce.

This is the MiBiz Growth Report for April 11, 2021.

OTSEGO — Otsego Crane & Hoist Co., a manufacturer that specializes in overhead material handling equipment, has been sold to individual investors.

Max Friar, managing partner at Grand Rapids-based M&A firm Calder Capital LLC, routinely found his company passing on potential clients because of the size of their businesses.

PLAINWELL — Ownership of systems integrator Perceptive Controls Inc. has changed hands following the company’s recent sale.

TALLMADGE TOWNSHIP — A trio of Ottawa County-based businesses that serve as a one-stop-shop in the fasteners industry has changed hands.

The COVID-19 pandemic that slammed the economy this spring could generate more M&A deals in the months ahead.

The sale of Paragon Recruiting LLC, a small Holland firm that specializes in recruiting for the information technology industry, was two years in the making. 

Here is the MiBiz Growth Report for September 27, 2020.

Here is the MiBiz growth report for August 31, 2020.