Region’s companies meet state mandate for women on corporate boards
Every publicly traded company in the tri-county region has at least one woman on its board of directors, but only half of the 22 companies have enough women directors to meet a state law that takes effect at the start of 2022.
Read More →Flir’s Goleta infrared operation a big target of $8B Teledyne acquisition
For more than a decade, Teledyne Technologies has been attempting to get into the uncooled infrared market. With its acquisition of Flir Systems, announced Jan. 4, the multinational conglomerate based in Thousand Oaks might finally have the perfect opportunity to enter the commercial infrared space with a splash. Teledyne plans to spend approximately $8 billion Read More →
Read More →Teledyne to buy Flir in $8B deal
Teledyne Technologies, a multinational conglomerate based in Thousand Oaks, will spend around $8 billion in cash and stock to buy Flir Systems, a thermal imaging company with a manufacturing and research and development facility in Goleta. The deal was announced early in the morning on Jan. 4, and has been approved by the boards of Read More →
Read More →More avocado consumption doesn’t add up to more profit for Calavo
Americans have been eating more avocados than ever during the pandemic, but the companies that sell them avocados aren’t necessarily profiting from the growing volume. Around 70% of U.S. households will have purchased avocados in 2020, with consumption on pace to top 6.25 billion avocados, 64% more than U.S. consumers bought in 2014, according to Read More →
Read More →AeroVironment expands into ground robotics with German acquisition
AeroVironment, an aerial drone company based in Simi Valley, reached an agreement Dec. 8 to acquire Telerob, a German robotics company, in a deal worth approximately $45.4 million in cash.
Read More →Simi Valley’s AeroVironment buys German robotics firm for $45M
AeroVironment, an aerial drone company based in Simi Valley, reached an agreement Dec. 8 to acquire Telerob, a German robotics company, in a deal worth approximately $45.4 million in cash. AeroVironment also released its second quarter 2021 earnings on Dec. 8, revealing an increase in revenue, but a 71% drop in earnings from the previous Read More →
Read More →MannKind makes $12.5M pharma buy
MannKind Corp., a biotech company based in Westlake Village, announced Dec. 7 that it has acquired a QrumPharma, a privately held biotech company, in a $12.5 million deal. MannKind has purchased all outstanding capital stock of QrumPharma for $3.5 million in cash and just over 3 million shares of MannKind common stock. At MannKind’s stock Read More →
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