Mergers And Acquisitions

MOUNT VERNON – October 30, 2026 -- Knox Community Hospital has signed a definitive agreement to join Kettering Health, a nonprofit health system in western Ohio, with the transaction expected to close by January 1, 2027. The two organizations signed a letter of intent in July.

Closing still depends on legal and regulatory reviews

The definitive agreement is the formal contract setting out the terms of the combination. The deal is not final and remains subject to customary closing conditions and legal and regulatory reviews. In the coming months, the organizations will continue permitted transition planning while completing the remaining steps required to close.

DOWNERS GROVE – October 29, 2026 -- Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) has completed the acquisition of substantially all assets and operations of Global Vacuum Systems, Inc. (GVS) for approximately $29 million, adding a custom liquid vacuum tank truck manufacturer to its vacuum truck lineup.

Manufacturing facility accounts for about $15 million of the price

The purchase price includes GVS's manufacturing facility, valued at approximately $15 million. That leaves roughly $14 million for the operating business, which generated net sales of approximately $12 million for the year ended December 31, 2025.

GVS adds code and non-code LVT trucks in three materials

Founded in 1985 and based in Navasota, Texas, the family-owned company designs and manufactures custom code and non-code liquid vacuum tank (LVT) trucks. Its units are built in carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum.

Memphis – October 16, 2026 -- International Paper confirmed it is in discussions with potential bidders for its EMEA Packaging Business while it continues to prepare a spin-off of the unit through a London listing.

The company (NYSE: IP; LSE: IPC) said it is evaluating unsolicited inbound inquiries for the business. It described the sale process as early-stage and said there is no certainty that any sale will be agreed or completed. The statement followed recent movement in International Paper's share price and press speculation about a sale.

International Paper runs spin-off and sale evaluation in parallel

The company is progressing the spin-off and assessing the potential sale at the same time. It said it cannot provide assurance on the ultimate timing or structure of the separation of the EMEA unit.

Renton, Washington – October 07, 2026 -- Radiant Logistics, Inc. (NYSE American: RLGT) has acquired the Dallas Operations of Whitacre Logistics Services, LLC, effective October 07, 2026, expanding its bi-modal brokerage platform through wholly owned subsidiary Radiant Road & Rail, Inc.

Dallas unit brings intermodal and over-the-road capacity into Radiant's network

The acquired business operates as an intermodal and over-the-road brokerage serving customers in building materials, industrial manufacturing and packaging. The deal was structured similarly to Radiant's prior transactions, with part of the purchase price contingent on the future performance of the acquired operations.

Doraville, Ga. – October 05, 2026 -- SEI Group LLC has acquired Greenhome Specialties, Inc., marking its first expansion into Utah and pushing its acquisition total to 17 businesses since a February 2021 recapitalization with Quad-C Management, Inc.

Greenhome brings fiberglass and spray foam installation expertise to SEI's Utah debut

Greenhome, founded in 2011 and based in West Haven, UT, installs fiberglass, spray foam and other insulation products for single-family and multi-family residential projects as well as light commercial new construction. The company operates across greater Salt Lake City, throughout Utah and in several neighboring states. Owner Kyle Tolman will remain president of Greenhome following the deal.

New York – October 02, 2026 -- Corporate dealmaking accelerated this week as Peoples Bancorp Inc. and Capital Bancorp, Inc. agreed to merge into a $14 billion-asset bank, and AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon launched a joint venture aimed at eliminating mobile dead zones, underscoring consolidation pressure across financial services and telecommunications infrastructure.

Peoples Bancorp and Capital Bancorp combine into a $14 billion-asset institution

The merger agreement between Peoples Bancorp Inc. and Capital Bancorp, Inc. will create a combined entity with approximately $14 billion in total assets, $10 billion in total loans and $11 billion in total deposits. The new bank will operate more than 150 banking locations across eight states and Washington, D.C., alongside nationwide specialty financial services platforms.

Huntington, W.Va. – October 02, 2026 -- Energy Services of America Corporation (Nasdaq: ESOA) will acquire substantially all operating assets of FAMCO, Inc., a West Virginia water and sewer infrastructure contractor, for a base purchase price of $6.95 million.

Energy Services structures deal with mixed cash-and-stock payment

Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, three-eighths of the purchase price will be paid in cash at closing, while one-half will be issued in Energy Services common stock shortly after the transaction closes. The remaining one-eighth will be withheld pending a post-closing true-up.

Blair, Neb. – October 01, 2026 -- Rightfiber, the fiber broadband provider formerly known as Great Plains Communications, has completed its acquisition of American Broadband Holding Company's Fastwyre Broadband operations in Nebraska, adding 26 communities to its network footprint.

Rightfiber absorbs Fastwyre's 26 Nebraska communities into its network

The deal transfers Fastwyre customers in towns including Blair, Fremont, Bellevue, Wayne, Bassett, Oakland, Pender and Winnebago to Rightfiber, a company backed by investment firm Grain Management. Rightfiber now operates across 20 states with more than 28,000 route miles of fiber, supporting over 300,000 Fiber-to-the-Home passings and serving customers in more than 400 communities nationally.

Los Angeles – – October 01, 2026 -- Legacy Distribution has acquired global content distributor Vision Films, merging two catalogs spanning feature films, documentaries, TV series and reality programming into a single operating entity under the Vision Films name.

Dana Webber takes CEO role of combined company

Dana Webber, CEO and Managing Partner of Legacy Distribution, will lead the expanded business, which will continue operating under the Vision Films brand. Lise Romanoff, founder and Managing Director of Vision Films, moves into a consultant role and will represent the company at the American Film Market in November.

London – September 29, 2026 -- Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L) has agreed to acquire Workera, an AI-native skills intelligence platform used by enterprises including ServiceNow, Accenture and the United States Space Force to verify workforce capability.

Pearson targets enterprise skills verification gap as AI reshapes workforce needs

Workera combines agentic AI, psychometrics and adaptive assessment to measure employee proficiency through role-specific scenarios and simulations, rather than relying on self-reported skills data. The platform gives business leaders a live baseline of workforce capability, including AI fluency, and routes employees to targeted development that closes specific skill gaps. It also verifies whether skills improved post-training, offering measurable ROI on learning investments, and informs hiring, internal mobility and workforce planning decisions.