Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. will merge its sales operations in the Americas with U.S.-based Deere and Co. The objective of the merger is to enhance efficiency and market share against...
Montreal-based information technology services firm CGI Group Inc. has received approval from its shareholders to merge with an Indian company, IMRglobal Corporation. The C$675.8 million deal will...
UFJ Holdings of Japan, created earlier this week with the merger of Toyo Trust, Sanwa Bank and Tokai Bank, announced that it plans to reorganize its Canadian, American and Australian operations....
Montreal-based C-MAC Industries’ Indian subsidiary, C-MAC Centum Electronics Ltd., announced that it is actively pursuing acquisitions and mergers. The Bangalore-based subsidiary manufactures...
Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines, which is exploring for gold, silver and copper throughout the Asia Pacific, will merge with ABM Mining, a private Canadian firm with its operational headquarters in...
Mizuho Holdings Inc. announced that two of its units, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ) will integrate their Canadian units to create Mizuho Bank (Canada), based in Toronto....
Canada Kogin, the Canadian branch of the Industrial Bank of Japan, and Canada Dai Ichi Kangyo Bank will merge on November 1. The firms are both subsidiaries of Mizuho Financial Group, a newly formed...
Calgary-based Zi Corporation, which specializes in Asian-language enabling technologies, announced that it has hired global investment banker Lehman Brothers to advise on merger and acquisitions...
Ezee-On Mfg. Ltd., a Canadian tillage manufacturer, will merge with its Australian-based distributor Dominion Rural Distribution Services. The new entity, Ezee-On Australia Pty Ltd., becomes a...
Toronto-based Mondetta Telecommunications has merged with Australia’s Direct.comm Communications Ltd. In a statement, Direct.comm said that the new company will target multicultural markets...
New Zealand Fletcher Challenge announced today that, in the wake of the rejection by shareholders of its plan to merge its paper operations with those of its subsidiary Fletcher Challenge Canada,...
A C$3.6 billion bid by New Zealand’s Fletcher Challenge to acquire Fletcher Challenge Canada’s pulp and paper assets has been scuppered by Canadian minority shareholders, only nine...
There is speculation that Melbourne-based North Ltd., a diversified resources group, was about to merge with Rio Algom of Canada and shares in North Ltd surged to a 14-month high as a result. If the...