The Stephens Group
The Stephens Group Acquires Industrial Cleaning Services Firm Astro Pak
Astro Pak provides on-site, shop and cleanroom services for a variety of critical systems and components. The company has clients in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, aerospace and defense, and other markets. read more >
The Stephens Group Agrees to Sell Portfolio Company Catalyst Acoustics
The Little Rock private equity firm combined a group of acoustic, seismic, vibration and noise control companies to form Catalyst in 2020. read more >
The Stephens Group Adds Aviation Safety Firm VisionSafe to Portfolio
The company designs, develops and manufactures cockpit smoke displacement systems. read more >
Katrinka Shields Joins The Stephens Group in Talent Development Role
Shields comes to The Stephens Group from education technology firm Apptegy Inc. of Little Rock read more >
The Stephens Group Promotes Allie Laborde, Ryan Morrow
She leads business development at the firm. His work focuses on technology investing. read more >
Three Stephens Group Portfolio Companies Make Acquisitions
The private investment firm said the deals are another step toward building industry leading engineered product and specialty distribution companies. read more >
Stephens Group Sells Summit Construction to Comfort Systems USA
The Witt Stephens-led private equity firm purchased a controlling interest in Summit in 2011. read more >
Stephens Group Exits Surgery Device Maker CoreLink
The Stephens Group said it was the first institutional investor in CoreLink, which provides spinal implant and instrumentation systems. read more >
Stephens Group Invests in Shipping Solutions Firm
The deal is designed to "accelerate the value Princeton TMX delivers to industrial shippers," the companies said in a news release. read more >
Stephens Group Acquires Alabama Repair Parts Distributor
Quality Valve, founded in 1994, supplies over 25,000 orders annually across 500 unique customers. read more >
Latham, Linn Named VPs at First Service Bank (Movers & Shakers)
Joyce Latham has been hired as vice president of strategic operations at First Service Bank in Greenbrier. Kimberley Linn has been promoted to vice president of human resources. read more >
Stephens Group Buys Kele Inc. of Memphis
The Stephens Group of Little Rock finalizes its acquisition of Kele Inc. of Memphis, which sells building automation peripherals and controls solutions. read more >
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Stephens Group Buys Sound Seal Holdings Inc.
The Stephens Group of Little Rock says it finalized its acquisition of Sound Seal Holdings Inc. of Agawam, Massachusetts. read more >
Witt Stephens Jr. Snags Georgia Plantation
Witt Stephens Jr. has bought Blue Springs Plantation, paying $40 million for the 7,235 acres in Baker and Dougherty counties in south Georgia near Albany. read more >
Former Home of Stephens Inc. Torn Down for Tech Park
The 20,952-SF building at 114 E. Capitol Ave. was demolished as part of the Little Rock Technology Park development. read more >
Consultants: Arkansas’ Health Plan Should Move People Upward
Consultants hired to review the state's "private option" Medicaid plan recommended that the program continue but suggested changes that would move participants into jobs and ensure they are leading healthy lives. read more >
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TAC Air to Buy Supermarine FBO at Clinton National Airport
TAC Air agrees to purchase the assets of Supermarine of Little Rock LLC’s fixed base operation at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock. read more >
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Who is Melanie Steele… And Why Is She Buying All This Stuff?
Since the beginning of the year, Melanie Steele has paid $1 million for a home in Chenal Valley; $385,000 for a house in Canal Pointe and $92,000 for the lot next door; $357,500 for a house in the Lakewood section of North Little Rock; and $80,000 for a house that she then moved off its lot in Indian Hills.
All in cash. read more >
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