Wood flooring manufacturer AHF Products, headquartered in Mountville, is under agreement to be acquired by Paceline Equity Partners LLC. 

Lancaster-based, RKL LLP, one of the largest CPA and advisory firms serving Central and Eastern Pennsylvania has expanded its presence in the Lehigh Valley through the merger with Allentown-based Stoudt Associates LLC.  “This merger with Stoudt Associates brings us closer to our valued clients in the Lehigh Valley and allows us to build new relationships within the business ...

COVID-19 has profoundly affected all of us.  There is no area of our lives that has escaped its wrath. From the loved ones lost to the lives that have been forever changed, from our restricted social interactions to our ever-changing workplace policies and practices, and from the youngest among us to the oldest, virtually nothing and no one has avoided being touched in some way.   

Stambaugh Ness announced the hiring of a new director to lead the Springettsbury Township, York County-based accounting and consulting firm’s new architecture and engineering mergers and acquisition group.

Lancaster-based investment firm PennSpring Capital has continued its investments into mid-state businesses with the acquisition of Mechanicsburg-based M&A advisory firm Norton Jackson.

Longtime Harrisburg-based business services company Higher Information Group is expanding into the Northeast Pennsylvania market with the acquisition earlier this month of a well-established equipment service organization.

Throughout the M&A process, executives are hyper-focused on company synergies and big-picture goals. As a result, one very important factor often goes overlooked – the employer’s retirement plans. There are many details to consider when acquiring a company. Understanding the seller’s retirement plan and how it will fit within the current benefit structure is vital to success.

Q: As hard as it is to believe, I have had one of my employees take my intellectual property and use it outside of our company to make money for himself. What should I do?

Most entrepreneurs start a business because they know something about a particular industry, its practices, its products and services, and its customers. Generally, they believe they can do whatever it takes to match or beat competitors profitably and successfully. Many new businesses don’t survive, but for those that do, the belief of the founder that ...