For the month of October, we tracked and reported on 70 M&A deals for The Global 5000 companies. Leading the way was the Industrial Industry (Barnes Group & A.O. Smith among them) followed by Business Services (Bureau Veritas and ADP) and Financial Services (Lending Club, Credit Agricole). 

We update the company records in The Global 5000 marketing database as they occur to keep the data fresh on an ongoing basis. 

The Global 5000 Company Announcements BASIC MATERIALS RPM Acquires TMP Convert to Expand Decking and Landscaping Offerings BUSINESS SERVICES Presidio Expands Splunk Services with the Acquisition of Kinney Group Business FactSet to Acquire Irwin CONSTRUCTION Meritage Homes Announces Acquisition of the Assets of Elliott Homes TopBuild to Acquire Shannon Global Energy Solutions FINANCIAL SERVICES Francisco Partners to Acquire AdvancedMD from Global Payments Houlihan Lokey Acquires Prytania Solutions FOOD & BEVERAGE Celsius Holdings Acquisition of Big Beverages Contract Manufacturing HEALTHCARE AbbVie to Acquire Aliada Therapeutics INDUSTRIALS IPG Photonics Announces Agreement to Acquire CleanLASER AMETEK Acquires Virtek Vision International Siemens Acquisition of Altair Engineering A. O. Smith Corporation Completed Its Acquisition of Pureit OIL & GAS Oceaneering Acquires Global Design Innovation Ltd. MDU Resources Completes Spinoff of Everus Construction Group RETAILERS & WHOLESALERS J Sainsbury PLC Sale of the Argos Financial Services Cards Portfolio to NewDay Group Wesco International Announces Agreement to Acquire Ascent TECHNOLOGY Crane NXT Acquires Smart Packaging Assets of TruTag Technologies