Calder Capital is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Donby Packaging of Brooklyn Heights, OH by Benchmark Industrial, Inc. of Gahanna, OH. Benchmark Industrial, Inc. is a single-source supplier of packaging and warehouse essentials. Since 1963, they’ve shaped their business around fast, accurate service and delivery. Benchmark’s acquisition of Donby Packaging, a smaller player within the same industry, will allow Benchmark to expand its footprint from Columbus to Cleveland. “This was an advantageous acquisition for both Benchmark and Donby,” commented Sam Scharich, Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor at Calder Capital, LLC. “The two Companies can combine resources to tighten supply chains, as well as broaden their reach throughout the Ohio market. Jim [President of Benchmark] was exceptional to work with as a buyer. He gave us honest feedback and clear criteria which helped us to find Eric with Donby.” “We’re very excited to welcome Donby into the Benchmark family,” remarked Benchmark President Jim Reid. “They have long been known for offering good service and competitive prices for their manufacturing and distribution customers. We are committed to maintaining those relationships and taking our combined service offerings from good to great.” Donby is a full-service packaging supply, packaging machinery and paper supply distributor […]
Introducing Roy Ghivoni: World Traveler
Introducing Roy Ghivoni to our Summer 2021 Internship Program! Many of our current advisors came to us as undergraduate interns, green and eager to grow and be challenged! This program is important to the current and future state of our company Our program is not coffee runs and paper pushing. Interns grind hard behind the scenes at many stages of our M&A process. They keep our prospecting process moving, they have their hands in every financial analysis and valuation, they collaborate to assemble Confidential Information Memorandums (CIMs) for each client that’s launched to market, and they conduct buyer research, among other tasks. Since they’re such an integral part of our team, we want to introduce who’s working behind the scenes for the summer of 2021. We’re proud to introduce Roy Ghivoni! Roy is a Junior at the Honors College at Rutgers University and has traveled from his New Jersey home to spend the summer in Grand Rapids. He’s pursuing a double major in Finance and Business Analytics & Information Technology, and a minor in Economics. After he graduates, he hopes to work full-time in investment banking. Roy balances his hard work with an appetite for adventure and fun. In addition […]
Introducing Jake McDonald: Zone Buster
Introducing Jake McDonald to our Winter/Spring 2021 Semester Internship Program! Here at Calder Capital, we thrive on our culture of learning and curiosity, which is why our internship program is so important. In fact, many of our advisors came to us as undergraduate interns, green and eager to learn! Our internship program is not coffee runs and paper pushing. Our interns work hard behind the scenes at every stage of our M&A process. They keep our prospecting process moving, they have their hands in every financial analysis and valuation, and they collaborate to put together our Confidential Information Memorandum for each client that’s launched to market. Since they’re such an integral part of our team, we want to introduce who’s working behind the scenes for the first few months of 2021. We’re proud to introduce Jake McDonald! Jake is a junior at Grand Valley State University studying Finance and Marketing. He’d like to work in investment banking in Grand Rapids, and eventually purchase and operate his own business. We’d say he’s on a pretty good track towards making that happen! An avid sports lover, Jake plays golf and pick-up basketball, and he’s a religious follower of Michigan Wolverines basketball and […]
Introducing Jakob Simonds: Guacamole Hater
Introducing Jakob Simonds to our Winter/Spring 2021 Semester Internship Program! Here at Calder Capital, we thrive on our culture of learning and curiosity, which is why our internship program is so important. In fact, many of our advisors came to us as undergraduate interns, green and eager to learn! Our internship program is not coffee runs and paper pushing. Our interns work hard behind the scenes at every stage of our M&A process. They keep our prospecting process moving, they have their hands in every financial analysis and valuation, and they collaborate to put together our Confidential Information Memorandum for each client that’s launched to market. Since they’re such an integral part of our team, we want to introduce who’s working behind the scenes for the first few months of 2021. We’re proud to introduce Jakob Simonds! Jakob is a senior at Grand Valley State University. He’s studying Finance with a focus on investments, so he’s a natural fit here at Calder Capital. He lives on black coffee and a willingness to learn from the past, even if that means accepting the mistakes along with the good memories. While Jakob is still dialing in what he’s going to do after […]
Introducing Dylan Stenzinger: Not a Coffee Drinker
Introducing Dylan Stenzinger to our Winter/Spring 2021 Semester Internship Program! Here at Calder Capital, we thrive on our culture of learning and curiosity, which is why our internship program is so important. In fact, many of our current advisors came to us as undergraduate interns, green and eager to learn! Our internship program is not coffee runs and paper pushing. Our interns work hard behind the scenes at every stage of our M&A process. They keep our prospecting process moving, they have their hands in every financial analysis and valuation, and they collaborate to assemble Confidential Information Memorandums (CIMs) for each client that’s launched to market. Since they’re such an integral part of our team, we want to introduce who’s working behind the scenes for the first few months of 2021. We’re proud to introduce Dylan Stenzinger! Dylan is currently in his second year at Cornerstone University. He is quadruple-majoring, pursuing Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting, Finance, and Economics, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Creativity & Innovation. Especially considering that he’s not a coffee drinker, we’re not really sure where he gets such energy and drive, but we’re pretty excited that we get to see what […]