acquisitions

Closets

Artisan Custom Closets acquires Spacemakers and Carolina Closets

ATLANTA — Artisan Custom Closets, one of the largest closet companies in North America, has gotten even bigger with the acquisition of Carolina Closets and its sister brand, Spacemakers Closets. Details of the acquisitions were not released. In a company statement, however, the company said that "this union will create a regional leader in custom storage solutions in the Southeast."

Woodworking Industry News

HOMAG Group acquires stake in timber house software specialist granIT

SCHOPFLOCH — The HOMAG Group acquires 26 percent of the shares in the Reutlingen-based software company granIT, thus strengthening its digital expertise in the growth area of timber house construction. To date, SchwörerHaus, one of Germany’s largest prefabricated house manufacturers, holds 76 percent of the shares in granIT GmbH, which was founded in 1995. The remaining 24 percent belongs to granIT’s managing director, Wolfgang Bock. Both shareholders are selling shares.