GFL Environmental and Waste Industries to merge

TORONTO and RALEIGH, NC – GFL Environmental Inc. and Waste Industries have entered into a definitive merger agreement in a transaction that values Waste Industries at a total enterprise value…

Resolute selling West Virginia recycled pulp mill

MONTREAL – Resolute Forest Products Inc. has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement with ND Paper LLC, a subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited (Nine Dragons), for the…

Reid Canada acquiring Deltapac Packaging

ATLANTA – Reid Canada, a subsidiary of Consolidated Container Company, has acquired the assets of Deltapac Packaging, located in Montreal, Quebec. Deltapac is a manufacturer of plastic bottles servicing the…

Vertex doubles fleet of hydro-vac units

SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. – Vertex Resource Group Ltd. has acquired the business of a private company providing hydro-vac services to the Edmonton, Alberta region in a transaction valued…

Terrapure Environmental buys Envirosystems inc

Terrapure Environmental Ltd. has completed its acquisition of the Canadian industrial services and waste management operations of Envirosystems Incorporated. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Terrapure is a Canadian…

Newcom launches South Asian Media Co.

TORONTO, Ont. – Newcom Media Inc. has formed Newcom South Asian Media Co. – a 50/50 joint venture with Road Today Publishing Inc. – that will serve the rapidly expanding…

“Opinion” Seven Suggestions for Successful Acquisitions in the Solid Waste and Recycling Industries

A company wants to speed up its growth, and gain new resources and/or assets. Going “solo” through organic growth may work but takes longer to achieve. So the…

“Opinion” Digest What You Eat

As we approach in a few weeks most fiscal year ends, we will surely be reading the usual list of major acquisitions made during the year, the corresponding value of the…