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Cascadia Advises Northwest Agribusiness Clients in Transactions Totalling Nearly $500 million this year
Cascadia Capital Advises FruitSmart in Acquisition by Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV)
Universal Corporation (“Universal”), a publicly traded tobacco and ingredients company, has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase FruitSmart, a leading Washington-based producer of fruit and vegetable-based ingredients. Cascadia Capital acted as the exclusive financial advisor to FruitSmart in the transaction. Click here to read Universal’s full press release. Founded in 1982, [Read More]
Cascadia Capital Advises Firestone Pacific Foods in its Acquisition by Agriculture Capital Management
Firestone, one of the leading frozen fruit processors in the country, was acquired by Agriculture Capital, an investor in permanent cropland and midstream food processing assets. Cascadia Capital acted as the exclusive financial adviser to Firestone in the transaction. Firestone manages state-of-the-art individually-quick frozen (IQF) processing, packing and cold storage facilities, and following the investment [Read More]
Cascadia Capital Advises Auvil Fruit Company in its Equity Recapitalization by Fiera Comox
Auvil Fruit Company (“Auvil”), a premiere Washington-based grower, packer and shipper of apples and cherries, has received an equity investment from Fiera Comox, as manager of its Global Agriculture Open-End Fund. Cascadia Capital acted as the exclusive financial adviser to Auvil in the transaction. Founded in 1928 and employee-owned, Auvil is a leading vertically integrated [Read More]
Cascadia Capital Advises Western Polymer Corporation in its Acquisition by Ingredion
Cascadia Capital, an investment bank serving middle market clients globally, today announced it acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Western Polymer Corporation (“WPC” or “the Company”), an industry leading potato starch processor for the food, ingredients and industrial markets, in its acquisition by Ingredion, Inc. (NYSE: INGR), a leading provider of ingredient solutions to [Read More]