October M&A Roundup: DSG, ORS Lead Relatively Quiet Month
Get our rundown of every deal we published during October, along with our updated monthly deal count and breakdown of year-to-date transactions by product category.
November 2, 2026
Beacon has also postponed its Investor Day that was scheduled for March 13.
To further court Beacon investors to tender their shares into QXO’s buyout offer, QXO’s founder and CEO wrote to sympathize and level with Beacon staff.
Colorado-based Sundyne is a designer and manufacturer of pumps and gas compressors led by brands of Ansimag, HMD Kontro and Marelli.
QXO re-extended its all-cash tender offer, with Brad Jacobs challenging the Beacon board’s resistance. Beacon issued a prompt response.
February saw a steady but unremarkable flow of M&A deals, including several MDM Top Distributors announcing or closing transactions during the month.
Both companies also acknowledged how many Beacon shares have been tendered as of Feb. 24 and gave opposing views on what it says about the offer.
Indiana-based distributor Franklin Electric enhances its market reach in Latin America with the addition of Barnes de Colombia, and in Australia with submersible pump OEM PumpENG.
See the detailed roster of directors QXO proposed, as well as Beacon’s prompt response.
It’s set to form a leading material handling and motion control supplier with annual revenues of about $2.1 billion.
Joining forces with Platinum will give R&B Wholesale additional financial and operational tools to enable growth, company officials said.
Get the latest on the standoff here, and insight onto where it might be headed.
As both sides continue to dig in, get the latest key takeaways from statements shared Feb. 6.
