Blackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group

The Wall Street Journal2021-09-07

Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion. Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of ...

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Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.<blockquote>这笔交易对这家家族车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元。Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%的官员表示，已同意收购Chamberlain Group LLC，这笔交易对这家家族企业LiftMaster车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元（包括债务）。</blockquote> The private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.<blockquote>这家私募股权巨头正在通过其核心私募股权基金进行这笔交易，该基金旨在收购优质公司，并比典型的收购基金持有时间更长。Blackstone将从Duchossois Group Inc.手中收购Chamberlain，Duchossois Group Inc.是一家由运营公司和投资公司组成的家族实体。交易完成后，Duchossois将保留两个董事会席位和该公司的大量少数股权。</blockquote> Based in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.<blockquote>总部位于伊利诺伊州橡树溪。张伯伦拥有LiftMaster、张伯伦、Merlin和Grifco品牌。它的车库门开启器遍布全球数百万家庭和企业。该公司的myQ平台允许用户控制他们的车库门，并授予遛狗者、修理工或送货员远程访问权限。</blockquote> Chamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.<blockquote>张伯伦于2019年与Amazon.comInc.建立了合作伙伴关系，允许特定城市的Amazon Prime客户将包裹安全地送到他们的车库。</blockquote> Chamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.<blockquote>张伯伦集团还拥有Controlled Products Systems Group（一家美国门禁设备（如无钥匙进入板和读卡器）的批发分销商）以及装卸码头设备制造商Systems LLC。</blockquote> Blackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.<blockquote>黑石计划投资将张伯伦的互联服务业务扩展到更多商业和工业市场，包括住宅社区、仓库和装卸码头。这家私募股权公司采用主题投资风格，将张伯伦视为美国房地产增长和电子商务持续爆炸式增长的受益者。</blockquote> “This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”<blockquote>黑石核心私募股权业务负责人彼得·华莱士(Peter Wallace)表示：“这是一个意识到连通性非常重要的团队。”“甚至在他们弄清楚如何获得报酬之前，他们就决定为每个车库门开启器启用WiFi。”</blockquote> That prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.<blockquote>他表示，这种先见之明使这家拥有115年历史的公司的商业模式发生了转变，这也是张伯伦成为黑石长期持有战略理想候选人的原因之一。</blockquote> “We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”<blockquote>张伯伦集团首席执行官乔安娜·索霍维奇(JoAnna Sohovich)表示：“我们看到了多方面的增长。”“在大流行期间，新房子正在建造，人们正在搬出高密度地区。但人们也在更换工作中的车库门开启器，以获得更好的技术支持的车库门开启器。”</blockquote> The Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.<blockquote>Duchossois家族与张伯伦的联系可以追溯到1979年，当时铁路设备制造商Thrall Car ManufacturingCo.收购了该公司，家族族长Dick Duchossois是该公司的总裁。据Duchossois网站称，该公司当时是一家生产洗衣机绞拧机和家用熨斗的上市公司。</blockquote> In 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.<blockquote>1980年，迪克的儿子克雷格·杜乔索斯成为公司总裁，1983年杜乔索斯家族购买了萨尔家族在公司的权益。</blockquote> In 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.<blockquote>2001年，Duchossois将萨尔出售给Trinity Industries Inc.，保留了张伯伦并继续扩大业务。</blockquote>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Blackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nBlackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\nThe Wall Street Journal2021-09-07 21:45\n\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion. Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.<blockquote>这笔交易对这家家族车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元。Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%的官员表示，已同意收购Chamberlain Group LLC，这笔交易对这家家族企业LiftMaster车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元（包括债务）。</blockquote> The private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.<blockquote>这家私募股权巨头正在通过其核心私募股权基金进行这笔交易，该基金旨在收购优质公司，并比典型的收购基金持有时间更长。Blackstone将从Duchossois Group Inc.手中收购Chamberlain，Duchossois Group Inc.是一家由运营公司和投资公司组成的家族实体。交易完成后，Duchossois将保留两个董事会席位和该公司的大量少数股权。</blockquote> Based in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.<blockquote>总部位于伊利诺伊州橡树溪。张伯伦拥有LiftMaster、张伯伦、Merlin和Grifco品牌。它的车库门开启器遍布全球数百万家庭和企业。该公司的myQ平台允许用户控制他们的车库门，并授予遛狗者、修理工或送货员远程访问权限。</blockquote> Chamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.<blockquote>张伯伦于2019年与Amazon.comInc.建立了合作伙伴关系，允许特定城市的Amazon Prime客户将包裹安全地送到他们的车库。</blockquote> Chamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.<blockquote>张伯伦集团还拥有Controlled Products Systems Group（一家美国门禁设备（如无钥匙进入板和读卡器）的批发分销商）以及装卸码头设备制造商Systems LLC。</blockquote> Blackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.<blockquote>黑石计划投资将张伯伦的互联服务业务扩展到更多商业和工业市场，包括住宅社区、仓库和装卸码头。这家私募股权公司采用主题投资风格，将张伯伦视为美国房地产增长和电子商务持续爆炸式增长的受益者。</blockquote> “This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”<blockquote>黑石核心私募股权业务负责人彼得·华莱士(Peter Wallace)表示：“这是一个意识到连通性非常重要的团队。”“甚至在他们弄清楚如何获得报酬之前，他们就决定为每个车库门开启器启用WiFi。”</blockquote> That prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.<blockquote>他表示，这种先见之明使这家拥有115年历史的公司的商业模式发生了转变，这也是张伯伦成为黑石长期持有战略理想候选人的原因之一。</blockquote> “We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”<blockquote>张伯伦集团首席执行官乔安娜·索霍维奇(JoAnna Sohovich)表示：“我们看到了多方面的增长。”“在大流行期间，新房子正在建造，人们正在搬出高密度地区。但人们也在更换工作中的车库门开启器，以获得更好的技术支持的车库门开启器。”</blockquote> The Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.<blockquote>Duchossois家族与张伯伦的联系可以追溯到1979年，当时铁路设备制造商Thrall Car ManufacturingCo.收购了该公司，家族族长Dick Duchossois是该公司的总裁。据Duchossois网站称，该公司当时是一家生产洗衣机绞拧机和家用熨斗的上市公司。</blockquote> In 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.<blockquote>1980年，迪克的儿子克雷格·杜乔索斯成为公司总裁，1983年杜乔索斯家族购买了萨尔家族在公司的权益。</blockquote> In 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.<blockquote>2001年，Duchossois将萨尔出售给Trinity Industries Inc.，保留了张伯伦并继续扩大业务。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackstone-to-buy-chamberlain-group-11631019601?mod=markets_lead_pos2\">The Wall Street Journal</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BX":"黑石"},"source_url":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackstone-to-buy-chamberlain-group-11631019601?mod=markets_lead_pos2","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1123612663","content_text":"Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion.\n\nBlackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.\nThe private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.\nBased in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.\nChamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.\nChamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.\nBlackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.\n“This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”\nThat prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.\n“We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”\nThe Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.\nIn 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.\nIn 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"BX":0.9}},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":5782327,"gmtCreate":1631024513240,"gmtModify":1631890999704,"authorId":3583641915640836,"author":{"id":3583641915640836,"idStr":"3583641915640836","authorId":3583641915640836,"name":"4872be6","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":11,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":880134542,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Comment","text":"Comment","html":"Comment"},{"id":5782311,"gmtCreate":1631024420206,"gmtModify":1631890999688,"authorId":3560092322694803,"author":{"id":3560092322694803,"idStr":"3560092322694803","authorId":3560092322694803,"name":"dahae","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/137beae1f6048901843924ba46796740","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":880134542,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"👛👛👛👛👛👛👛👛","text":"👛👛👛👛👛👛👛👛","html":"👛👛👛👛👛👛👛👛"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":880344622,"gmtCreate":1631022710566,"gmtModify":1631889792473,"author":{"id":"3581734227956830","authorId":"3581734227956830","name":"SirBahamut","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/98035de918c1759870078e69640b8281","vip":1,"crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3581734227956830","idStr":"3581734227956830"},"htmlText":"Lol","listText":"Lol","text":"Lol","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/880344622","repostId":1123612663,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1123612663","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1631022305,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1123612663?lang=zh_CN&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-09-07 21:45","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Blackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote>","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1123612663","media":"The Wall Street Journal","summary":"Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion.\n\nBlackstone GroupInc.BX-1","content":" Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion. Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.<blockquote>这笔交易对这家家族车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元。Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%的官员表示，已同意收购Chamberlain Group LLC，这笔交易对这家家族企业LiftMaster车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元（包括债务）。</blockquote> The private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.<blockquote>这家私募股权巨头正在通过其核心私募股权基金进行这笔交易，该基金旨在收购优质公司，并比典型的收购基金持有时间更长。Blackstone将从Duchossois Group Inc.手中收购Chamberlain，Duchossois Group Inc.是一家由运营公司和投资公司组成的家族实体。交易完成后，Duchossois将保留两个董事会席位和该公司的大量少数股权。</blockquote> Based in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.<blockquote>总部位于伊利诺伊州橡树溪。张伯伦拥有LiftMaster、张伯伦、Merlin和Grifco品牌。它的车库门开启器遍布全球数百万家庭和企业。该公司的myQ平台允许用户控制他们的车库门，并授予遛狗者、修理工或送货员远程访问权限。</blockquote> Chamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.<blockquote>张伯伦于2019年与Amazon.comInc.建立了合作伙伴关系，允许特定城市的Amazon Prime客户将包裹安全地送到他们的车库。</blockquote> Chamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.<blockquote>张伯伦集团还拥有Controlled Products Systems Group（一家美国门禁设备（如无钥匙进入板和读卡器）的批发分销商）以及装卸码头设备制造商Systems LLC。</blockquote> Blackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.<blockquote>黑石计划投资将张伯伦的互联服务业务扩展到更多商业和工业市场，包括住宅社区、仓库和装卸码头。这家私募股权公司采用主题投资风格，将张伯伦视为美国房地产增长和电子商务持续爆炸式增长的受益者。</blockquote> “This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”<blockquote>黑石核心私募股权业务负责人彼得·华莱士(Peter Wallace)表示：“这是一个意识到连通性非常重要的团队。”“甚至在他们弄清楚如何获得报酬之前，他们就决定为每个车库门开启器启用WiFi。”</blockquote> That prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.<blockquote>他表示，这种先见之明使这家拥有115年历史的公司的商业模式发生了转变，这也是张伯伦成为黑石长期持有战略理想候选人的原因之一。</blockquote> “We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”<blockquote>张伯伦集团首席执行官乔安娜·索霍维奇(JoAnna Sohovich)表示：“我们看到了多方面的增长。”“在大流行期间，新房子正在建造，人们正在搬出高密度地区。但人们也在更换工作中的车库门开启器，以获得更好的技术支持的车库门开启器。”</blockquote> The Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.<blockquote>Duchossois家族与张伯伦的联系可以追溯到1979年，当时铁路设备制造商Thrall Car ManufacturingCo.收购了该公司，家族族长Dick Duchossois是该公司的总裁。据Duchossois网站称，该公司当时是一家生产洗衣机绞拧机和家用熨斗的上市公司。</blockquote> In 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.<blockquote>1980年，迪克的儿子克雷格·杜乔索斯成为公司总裁，1983年杜乔索斯家族购买了萨尔家族在公司的权益。</blockquote> In 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.<blockquote>2001年，Duchossois将萨尔出售给Trinity Industries Inc.，保留了张伯伦并继续扩大业务。</blockquote>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Blackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nBlackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\nThe Wall Street Journal2021-09-07 21:45\n\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion. Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.<blockquote>这笔交易对这家家族车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元。Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%的官员表示，已同意收购Chamberlain Group LLC，这笔交易对这家家族企业LiftMaster车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元（包括债务）。</blockquote> The private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.<blockquote>这家私募股权巨头正在通过其核心私募股权基金进行这笔交易，该基金旨在收购优质公司，并比典型的收购基金持有时间更长。Blackstone将从Duchossois Group Inc.手中收购Chamberlain，Duchossois Group Inc.是一家由运营公司和投资公司组成的家族实体。交易完成后，Duchossois将保留两个董事会席位和该公司的大量少数股权。</blockquote> Based in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.<blockquote>总部位于伊利诺伊州橡树溪。张伯伦拥有LiftMaster、张伯伦、Merlin和Grifco品牌。它的车库门开启器遍布全球数百万家庭和企业。该公司的myQ平台允许用户控制他们的车库门，并授予遛狗者、修理工或送货员远程访问权限。</blockquote> Chamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.<blockquote>张伯伦于2019年与Amazon.comInc.建立了合作伙伴关系，允许特定城市的Amazon Prime客户将包裹安全地送到他们的车库。</blockquote> Chamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.<blockquote>张伯伦集团还拥有Controlled Products Systems Group（一家美国门禁设备（如无钥匙进入板和读卡器）的批发分销商）以及装卸码头设备制造商Systems LLC。</blockquote> Blackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.<blockquote>黑石计划投资将张伯伦的互联服务业务扩展到更多商业和工业市场，包括住宅社区、仓库和装卸码头。这家私募股权公司采用主题投资风格，将张伯伦视为美国房地产增长和电子商务持续爆炸式增长的受益者。</blockquote> “This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”<blockquote>黑石核心私募股权业务负责人彼得·华莱士(Peter Wallace)表示：“这是一个意识到连通性非常重要的团队。”“甚至在他们弄清楚如何获得报酬之前，他们就决定为每个车库门开启器启用WiFi。”</blockquote> That prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.<blockquote>他表示，这种先见之明使这家拥有115年历史的公司的商业模式发生了转变，这也是张伯伦成为黑石长期持有战略理想候选人的原因之一。</blockquote> “We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”<blockquote>张伯伦集团首席执行官乔安娜·索霍维奇(JoAnna Sohovich)表示：“我们看到了多方面的增长。”“在大流行期间，新房子正在建造，人们正在搬出高密度地区。但人们也在更换工作中的车库门开启器，以获得更好的技术支持的车库门开启器。”</blockquote> The Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.<blockquote>Duchossois家族与张伯伦的联系可以追溯到1979年，当时铁路设备制造商Thrall Car ManufacturingCo.收购了该公司，家族族长Dick Duchossois是该公司的总裁。据Duchossois网站称，该公司当时是一家生产洗衣机绞拧机和家用熨斗的上市公司。</blockquote> In 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.<blockquote>1980年，迪克的儿子克雷格·杜乔索斯成为公司总裁，1983年杜乔索斯家族购买了萨尔家族在公司的权益。</blockquote> In 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.<blockquote>2001年，Duchossois将萨尔出售给Trinity Industries Inc.，保留了张伯伦并继续扩大业务。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackstone-to-buy-chamberlain-group-11631019601?mod=markets_lead_pos2\">The Wall Street Journal</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BX":"黑石"},"source_url":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackstone-to-buy-chamberlain-group-11631019601?mod=markets_lead_pos2","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1123612663","content_text":"Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion.\n\nBlackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.\nThe private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.\nBased in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.\nChamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.\nChamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.\nBlackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.\n“This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”\nThat prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.\n“We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”\nThe Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.\nIn 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.\nIn 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"BX":0.9}},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":5782300,"gmtCreate":1631024359414,"gmtModify":1631889792476,"authorId":3574299068791767,"author":{"id":3574299068791767,"idStr":"3574299068791767","authorId":3574299068791767,"name":"Abcdefgg","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/91d18f2f3fa7070967448fd5432a6af3","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":880344622,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"K","text":"K","html":"K"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":880344062,"gmtCreate":1631022703656,"gmtModify":1631890985007,"author":{"id":"3574341550753694","authorId":"3574341550753694","name":"cammietang90","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":11,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3574341550753694","idStr":"3574341550753694"},"htmlText":"Pls like, thanks&nbsp;","listText":"Pls like, thanks&nbsp;","text":"Pls like, thanks","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/880344062","repostId":1123612663,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1123612663","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1631022305,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1123612663?lang=zh_CN&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-09-07 21:45","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Blackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote>","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1123612663","media":"The Wall Street Journal","summary":"Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion.\n\nBlackstone GroupInc.BX-1","content":" Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion. Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.<blockquote>这笔交易对这家家族车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元。Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%的官员表示，已同意收购Chamberlain Group LLC，这笔交易对这家家族企业LiftMaster车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元（包括债务）。</blockquote> The private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.<blockquote>这家私募股权巨头正在通过其核心私募股权基金进行这笔交易，该基金旨在收购优质公司，并比典型的收购基金持有时间更长。Blackstone将从Duchossois Group Inc.手中收购Chamberlain，Duchossois Group Inc.是一家由运营公司和投资公司组成的家族实体。交易完成后，Duchossois将保留两个董事会席位和该公司的大量少数股权。</blockquote> Based in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.<blockquote>总部位于伊利诺伊州橡树溪。张伯伦拥有LiftMaster、张伯伦、Merlin和Grifco品牌。它的车库门开启器遍布全球数百万家庭和企业。该公司的myQ平台允许用户控制他们的车库门，并授予遛狗者、修理工或送货员远程访问权限。</blockquote> Chamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.<blockquote>张伯伦于2019年与Amazon.comInc.建立了合作伙伴关系，允许特定城市的Amazon Prime客户将包裹安全地送到他们的车库。</blockquote> Chamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.<blockquote>张伯伦集团还拥有Controlled Products Systems Group（一家美国门禁设备（如无钥匙进入板和读卡器）的批发分销商）以及装卸码头设备制造商Systems LLC。</blockquote> Blackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.<blockquote>黑石计划投资将张伯伦的互联服务业务扩展到更多商业和工业市场，包括住宅社区、仓库和装卸码头。这家私募股权公司采用主题投资风格，将张伯伦视为美国房地产增长和电子商务持续爆炸式增长的受益者。</blockquote> “This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”<blockquote>黑石核心私募股权业务负责人彼得·华莱士(Peter Wallace)表示：“这是一个意识到连通性非常重要的团队。”“甚至在他们弄清楚如何获得报酬之前，他们就决定为每个车库门开启器启用WiFi。”</blockquote> That prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.<blockquote>他表示，这种先见之明使这家拥有115年历史的公司的商业模式发生了转变，这也是张伯伦成为黑石长期持有战略理想候选人的原因之一。</blockquote> “We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”<blockquote>张伯伦集团首席执行官乔安娜·索霍维奇(JoAnna Sohovich)表示：“我们看到了多方面的增长。”“在大流行期间，新房子正在建造，人们正在搬出高密度地区。但人们也在更换工作中的车库门开启器，以获得更好的技术支持的车库门开启器。”</blockquote> The Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.<blockquote>Duchossois家族与张伯伦的联系可以追溯到1979年，当时铁路设备制造商Thrall Car ManufacturingCo.收购了该公司，家族族长Dick Duchossois是该公司的总裁。据Duchossois网站称，该公司当时是一家生产洗衣机绞拧机和家用熨斗的上市公司。</blockquote> In 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.<blockquote>1980年，迪克的儿子克雷格·杜乔索斯成为公司总裁，1983年杜乔索斯家族购买了萨尔家族在公司的权益。</blockquote> In 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.<blockquote>2001年，Duchossois将萨尔出售给Trinity Industries Inc.，保留了张伯伦并继续扩大业务。</blockquote>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Blackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nBlackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\nThe Wall Street Journal2021-09-07 21:45\n\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion. Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.<blockquote>这笔交易对这家家族车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元。Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%的官员表示，已同意收购Chamberlain Group LLC，这笔交易对这家家族企业LiftMaster车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元（包括债务）。</blockquote> The private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.<blockquote>这家私募股权巨头正在通过其核心私募股权基金进行这笔交易，该基金旨在收购优质公司，并比典型的收购基金持有时间更长。Blackstone将从Duchossois Group Inc.手中收购Chamberlain，Duchossois Group Inc.是一家由运营公司和投资公司组成的家族实体。交易完成后，Duchossois将保留两个董事会席位和该公司的大量少数股权。</blockquote> Based in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.<blockquote>总部位于伊利诺伊州橡树溪。张伯伦拥有LiftMaster、张伯伦、Merlin和Grifco品牌。它的车库门开启器遍布全球数百万家庭和企业。该公司的myQ平台允许用户控制他们的车库门，并授予遛狗者、修理工或送货员远程访问权限。</blockquote> Chamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.<blockquote>张伯伦于2019年与Amazon.comInc.建立了合作伙伴关系，允许特定城市的Amazon Prime客户将包裹安全地送到他们的车库。</blockquote> Chamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.<blockquote>张伯伦集团还拥有Controlled Products Systems Group（一家美国门禁设备（如无钥匙进入板和读卡器）的批发分销商）以及装卸码头设备制造商Systems LLC。</blockquote> Blackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.<blockquote>黑石计划投资将张伯伦的互联服务业务扩展到更多商业和工业市场，包括住宅社区、仓库和装卸码头。这家私募股权公司采用主题投资风格，将张伯伦视为美国房地产增长和电子商务持续爆炸式增长的受益者。</blockquote> “This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”<blockquote>黑石核心私募股权业务负责人彼得·华莱士(Peter Wallace)表示：“这是一个意识到连通性非常重要的团队。”“甚至在他们弄清楚如何获得报酬之前，他们就决定为每个车库门开启器启用WiFi。”</blockquote> That prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.<blockquote>他表示，这种先见之明使这家拥有115年历史的公司的商业模式发生了转变，这也是张伯伦成为黑石长期持有战略理想候选人的原因之一。</blockquote> “We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”<blockquote>张伯伦集团首席执行官乔安娜·索霍维奇(JoAnna Sohovich)表示：“我们看到了多方面的增长。”“在大流行期间，新房子正在建造，人们正在搬出高密度地区。但人们也在更换工作中的车库门开启器，以获得更好的技术支持的车库门开启器。”</blockquote> The Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.<blockquote>Duchossois家族与张伯伦的联系可以追溯到1979年，当时铁路设备制造商Thrall Car ManufacturingCo.收购了该公司，家族族长Dick Duchossois是该公司的总裁。据Duchossois网站称，该公司当时是一家生产洗衣机绞拧机和家用熨斗的上市公司。</blockquote> In 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.<blockquote>1980年，迪克的儿子克雷格·杜乔索斯成为公司总裁，1983年杜乔索斯家族购买了萨尔家族在公司的权益。</blockquote> In 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.<blockquote>2001年，Duchossois将萨尔出售给Trinity Industries Inc.，保留了张伯伦并继续扩大业务。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackstone-to-buy-chamberlain-group-11631019601?mod=markets_lead_pos2\">The Wall Street Journal</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BX":"黑石"},"source_url":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackstone-to-buy-chamberlain-group-11631019601?mod=markets_lead_pos2","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1123612663","content_text":"Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion.\n\nBlackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.\nThe private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.\nBased in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.\nChamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.\nChamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.\nBlackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.\n“This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”\nThat prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.\n“We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”\nThe Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.\nIn 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.\nIn 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"BX":0.9}},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":5786498,"gmtCreate":1631060376075,"gmtModify":1631890985007,"authorId":3579765510985887,"author":{"id":3579765510985887,"idStr":"3579765510985887","authorId":3579765510985887,"name":"tinggie","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":11,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":880344062,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"y","text":"y","html":"y"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":880348835,"gmtCreate":1631022595627,"gmtModify":1632904539736,"author":{"id":"3581562365927542","authorId":"3581562365927542","name":"BBBBBBBBBB","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/973395458d7e1db24dbd4a689c79e8a2","vip":1,"crmLevel":11,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3581562365927542","idStr":"3581562365927542"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":3,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/880348835","repostId":1123612663,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1123612663","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1631022305,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1123612663?lang=zh_CN&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-09-07 21:45","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Blackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote>","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1123612663","media":"The Wall Street Journal","summary":"Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion.\n\nBlackstone GroupInc.BX-1","content":" Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion. Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.<blockquote>这笔交易对这家家族车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元。Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%的官员表示，已同意收购Chamberlain Group LLC，这笔交易对这家家族企业LiftMaster车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元（包括债务）。</blockquote> The private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.<blockquote>这家私募股权巨头正在通过其核心私募股权基金进行这笔交易，该基金旨在收购优质公司，并比典型的收购基金持有时间更长。Blackstone将从Duchossois Group Inc.手中收购Chamberlain，Duchossois Group Inc.是一家由运营公司和投资公司组成的家族实体。交易完成后，Duchossois将保留两个董事会席位和该公司的大量少数股权。</blockquote> Based in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.<blockquote>总部位于伊利诺伊州橡树溪。张伯伦拥有LiftMaster、张伯伦、Merlin和Grifco品牌。它的车库门开启器遍布全球数百万家庭和企业。该公司的myQ平台允许用户控制他们的车库门，并授予遛狗者、修理工或送货员远程访问权限。</blockquote> Chamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.<blockquote>张伯伦于2019年与Amazon.comInc.建立了合作伙伴关系，允许特定城市的Amazon Prime客户将包裹安全地送到他们的车库。</blockquote> Chamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.<blockquote>张伯伦集团还拥有Controlled Products Systems Group（一家美国门禁设备（如无钥匙进入板和读卡器）的批发分销商）以及装卸码头设备制造商Systems LLC。</blockquote> Blackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.<blockquote>黑石计划投资将张伯伦的互联服务业务扩展到更多商业和工业市场，包括住宅社区、仓库和装卸码头。这家私募股权公司采用主题投资风格，将张伯伦视为美国房地产增长和电子商务持续爆炸式增长的受益者。</blockquote> “This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”<blockquote>黑石核心私募股权业务负责人彼得·华莱士(Peter Wallace)表示：“这是一个意识到连通性非常重要的团队。”“甚至在他们弄清楚如何获得报酬之前，他们就决定为每个车库门开启器启用WiFi。”</blockquote> That prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.<blockquote>他表示，这种先见之明使这家拥有115年历史的公司的商业模式发生了转变，这也是张伯伦成为黑石长期持有战略理想候选人的原因之一。</blockquote> “We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”<blockquote>张伯伦集团首席执行官乔安娜·索霍维奇(JoAnna Sohovich)表示：“我们看到了多方面的增长。”“在大流行期间，新房子正在建造，人们正在搬出高密度地区。但人们也在更换工作中的车库门开启器，以获得更好的技术支持的车库门开启器。”</blockquote> The Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.<blockquote>Duchossois家族与张伯伦的联系可以追溯到1979年，当时铁路设备制造商Thrall Car ManufacturingCo.收购了该公司，家族族长Dick Duchossois是该公司的总裁。据Duchossois网站称，该公司当时是一家生产洗衣机绞拧机和家用熨斗的上市公司。</blockquote> In 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.<blockquote>1980年，迪克的儿子克雷格·杜乔索斯成为公司总裁，1983年杜乔索斯家族购买了萨尔家族在公司的权益。</blockquote> In 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.<blockquote>2001年，Duchossois将萨尔出售给Trinity Industries Inc.，保留了张伯伦并继续扩大业务。</blockquote>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Blackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nBlackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\nThe Wall Street Journal2021-09-07 21:45\n\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion. Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.<blockquote>这笔交易对这家家族车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元。Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%的官员表示，已同意收购Chamberlain Group LLC，这笔交易对这家家族企业LiftMaster车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元（包括债务）。</blockquote> The private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.<blockquote>这家私募股权巨头正在通过其核心私募股权基金进行这笔交易，该基金旨在收购优质公司，并比典型的收购基金持有时间更长。Blackstone将从Duchossois Group Inc.手中收购Chamberlain，Duchossois Group Inc.是一家由运营公司和投资公司组成的家族实体。交易完成后，Duchossois将保留两个董事会席位和该公司的大量少数股权。</blockquote> Based in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.<blockquote>总部位于伊利诺伊州橡树溪。张伯伦拥有LiftMaster、张伯伦、Merlin和Grifco品牌。它的车库门开启器遍布全球数百万家庭和企业。该公司的myQ平台允许用户控制他们的车库门，并授予遛狗者、修理工或送货员远程访问权限。</blockquote> Chamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.<blockquote>张伯伦于2019年与Amazon.comInc.建立了合作伙伴关系，允许特定城市的Amazon Prime客户将包裹安全地送到他们的车库。</blockquote> Chamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.<blockquote>张伯伦集团还拥有Controlled Products Systems Group（一家美国门禁设备（如无钥匙进入板和读卡器）的批发分销商）以及装卸码头设备制造商Systems LLC。</blockquote> Blackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.<blockquote>黑石计划投资将张伯伦的互联服务业务扩展到更多商业和工业市场，包括住宅社区、仓库和装卸码头。这家私募股权公司采用主题投资风格，将张伯伦视为美国房地产增长和电子商务持续爆炸式增长的受益者。</blockquote> “This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”<blockquote>黑石核心私募股权业务负责人彼得·华莱士(Peter Wallace)表示：“这是一个意识到连通性非常重要的团队。”“甚至在他们弄清楚如何获得报酬之前，他们就决定为每个车库门开启器启用WiFi。”</blockquote> That prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.<blockquote>他表示，这种先见之明使这家拥有115年历史的公司的商业模式发生了转变，这也是张伯伦成为黑石长期持有战略理想候选人的原因之一。</blockquote> “We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”<blockquote>张伯伦集团首席执行官乔安娜·索霍维奇(JoAnna Sohovich)表示：“我们看到了多方面的增长。”“在大流行期间，新房子正在建造，人们正在搬出高密度地区。但人们也在更换工作中的车库门开启器，以获得更好的技术支持的车库门开启器。”</blockquote> The Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.<blockquote>Duchossois家族与张伯伦的联系可以追溯到1979年，当时铁路设备制造商Thrall Car ManufacturingCo.收购了该公司，家族族长Dick Duchossois是该公司的总裁。据Duchossois网站称，该公司当时是一家生产洗衣机绞拧机和家用熨斗的上市公司。</blockquote> In 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.<blockquote>1980年，迪克的儿子克雷格·杜乔索斯成为公司总裁，1983年杜乔索斯家族购买了萨尔家族在公司的权益。</blockquote> In 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.<blockquote>2001年，Duchossois将萨尔出售给Trinity Industries Inc.，保留了张伯伦并继续扩大业务。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackstone-to-buy-chamberlain-group-11631019601?mod=markets_lead_pos2\">The Wall Street Journal</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BX":"黑石"},"source_url":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackstone-to-buy-chamberlain-group-11631019601?mod=markets_lead_pos2","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1123612663","content_text":"Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion.\n\nBlackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.\nThe private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.\nBased in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.\nChamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.\nChamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.\nBlackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.\n“This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”\nThat prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.\n“We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”\nThe Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.\nIn 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.\nIn 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"BX":0.9}},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":5781878,"gmtCreate":1631022665242,"gmtModify":1634806264439,"authorId":3578267868807631,"author":{"id":3578267868807631,"idStr":"3578267868807631","authorId":3578267868807631,"name":"Deathminos","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":11,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":880348835,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Yes","text":"Yes","html":"Yes"},{"id":5781885,"gmtCreate":1631022674398,"gmtModify":1634806263798,"authorId":3576206774226035,"author":{"id":3576206774226035,"idStr":"3576206774226035","authorId":3576206774226035,"name":"YWC","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":11,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":880348835,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Hi","text":"Hi","html":"Hi"},{"id":5783011,"gmtCreate":1631027437208,"gmtModify":1634806179121,"authorId":3581588474178431,"author":{"id":3581588474178431,"idStr":"3581588474178431","authorId":3581588474178431,"name":"38341f8e","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":880348835,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"ok","text":"ok","html":"ok"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":880341183,"gmtCreate":1631022576142,"gmtModify":1631888683202,"author":{"id":"3581742924827239","authorId":"3581742924827239","name":"JiaocyTi","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c16d760078e396b46033bc97afede0c8","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3581742924827239","idStr":"3581742924827239"},"htmlText":"Good","listText":"Good","text":"Good","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/880341183","repostId":1123612663,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1123612663","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1631022305,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1123612663?lang=zh_CN&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-09-07 21:45","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Blackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote>","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1123612663","media":"The Wall Street Journal","summary":"Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion.\n\nBlackstone GroupInc.BX-1","content":" Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion. Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.<blockquote>这笔交易对这家家族车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元。Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%的官员表示，已同意收购Chamberlain Group LLC，这笔交易对这家家族企业LiftMaster车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元（包括债务）。</blockquote> The private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.<blockquote>这家私募股权巨头正在通过其核心私募股权基金进行这笔交易，该基金旨在收购优质公司，并比典型的收购基金持有时间更长。Blackstone将从Duchossois Group Inc.手中收购Chamberlain，Duchossois Group Inc.是一家由运营公司和投资公司组成的家族实体。交易完成后，Duchossois将保留两个董事会席位和该公司的大量少数股权。</blockquote> Based in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.<blockquote>总部位于伊利诺伊州橡树溪。张伯伦拥有LiftMaster、张伯伦、Merlin和Grifco品牌。它的车库门开启器遍布全球数百万家庭和企业。该公司的myQ平台允许用户控制他们的车库门，并授予遛狗者、修理工或送货员远程访问权限。</blockquote> Chamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.<blockquote>张伯伦于2019年与Amazon.comInc.建立了合作伙伴关系，允许特定城市的Amazon Prime客户将包裹安全地送到他们的车库。</blockquote> Chamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.<blockquote>张伯伦集团还拥有Controlled Products Systems Group（一家美国门禁设备（如无钥匙进入板和读卡器）的批发分销商）以及装卸码头设备制造商Systems LLC。</blockquote> Blackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.<blockquote>黑石计划投资将张伯伦的互联服务业务扩展到更多商业和工业市场，包括住宅社区、仓库和装卸码头。这家私募股权公司采用主题投资风格，将张伯伦视为美国房地产增长和电子商务持续爆炸式增长的受益者。</blockquote> “This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”<blockquote>黑石核心私募股权业务负责人彼得·华莱士(Peter Wallace)表示：“这是一个意识到连通性非常重要的团队。”“甚至在他们弄清楚如何获得报酬之前，他们就决定为每个车库门开启器启用WiFi。”</blockquote> That prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.<blockquote>他表示，这种先见之明使这家拥有115年历史的公司的商业模式发生了转变，这也是张伯伦成为黑石长期持有战略理想候选人的原因之一。</blockquote> “We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”<blockquote>张伯伦集团首席执行官乔安娜·索霍维奇(JoAnna Sohovich)表示：“我们看到了多方面的增长。”“在大流行期间，新房子正在建造，人们正在搬出高密度地区。但人们也在更换工作中的车库门开启器，以获得更好的技术支持的车库门开启器。”</blockquote> The Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.<blockquote>Duchossois家族与张伯伦的联系可以追溯到1979年，当时铁路设备制造商Thrall Car ManufacturingCo.收购了该公司，家族族长Dick Duchossois是该公司的总裁。据Duchossois网站称，该公司当时是一家生产洗衣机绞拧机和家用熨斗的上市公司。</blockquote> In 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.<blockquote>1980年，迪克的儿子克雷格·杜乔索斯成为公司总裁，1983年杜乔索斯家族购买了萨尔家族在公司的权益。</blockquote> In 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.<blockquote>2001年，Duchossois将萨尔出售给Trinity Industries Inc.，保留了张伯伦并继续扩大业务。</blockquote>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Blackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nBlackstone to Buy Chamberlain Group<blockquote>黑石集团将收购张伯伦集团</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\nThe Wall Street Journal2021-09-07 21:45\n\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion. Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.<blockquote>这笔交易对这家家族车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元。Blackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%的官员表示，已同意收购Chamberlain Group LLC，这笔交易对这家家族企业LiftMaster车库门开启器制造商的估值约为50亿美元（包括债务）。</blockquote> The private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.<blockquote>这家私募股权巨头正在通过其核心私募股权基金进行这笔交易，该基金旨在收购优质公司，并比典型的收购基金持有时间更长。Blackstone将从Duchossois Group Inc.手中收购Chamberlain，Duchossois Group Inc.是一家由运营公司和投资公司组成的家族实体。交易完成后，Duchossois将保留两个董事会席位和该公司的大量少数股权。</blockquote> Based in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.<blockquote>总部位于伊利诺伊州橡树溪。张伯伦拥有LiftMaster、张伯伦、Merlin和Grifco品牌。它的车库门开启器遍布全球数百万家庭和企业。该公司的myQ平台允许用户控制他们的车库门，并授予遛狗者、修理工或送货员远程访问权限。</blockquote> Chamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.<blockquote>张伯伦于2019年与Amazon.comInc.建立了合作伙伴关系，允许特定城市的Amazon Prime客户将包裹安全地送到他们的车库。</blockquote> Chamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.<blockquote>张伯伦集团还拥有Controlled Products Systems Group（一家美国门禁设备（如无钥匙进入板和读卡器）的批发分销商）以及装卸码头设备制造商Systems LLC。</blockquote> Blackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.<blockquote>黑石计划投资将张伯伦的互联服务业务扩展到更多商业和工业市场，包括住宅社区、仓库和装卸码头。这家私募股权公司采用主题投资风格，将张伯伦视为美国房地产增长和电子商务持续爆炸式增长的受益者。</blockquote> “This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”<blockquote>黑石核心私募股权业务负责人彼得·华莱士(Peter Wallace)表示：“这是一个意识到连通性非常重要的团队。”“甚至在他们弄清楚如何获得报酬之前，他们就决定为每个车库门开启器启用WiFi。”</blockquote> That prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.<blockquote>他表示，这种先见之明使这家拥有115年历史的公司的商业模式发生了转变，这也是张伯伦成为黑石长期持有战略理想候选人的原因之一。</blockquote> “We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”<blockquote>张伯伦集团首席执行官乔安娜·索霍维奇(JoAnna Sohovich)表示：“我们看到了多方面的增长。”“在大流行期间，新房子正在建造，人们正在搬出高密度地区。但人们也在更换工作中的车库门开启器，以获得更好的技术支持的车库门开启器。”</blockquote> The Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. It was then a public company making washing-machine wringers and home ironers, according to the Duchossois website.<blockquote>Duchossois家族与张伯伦的联系可以追溯到1979年，当时铁路设备制造商Thrall Car ManufacturingCo.收购了该公司，家族族长Dick Duchossois是该公司的总裁。据Duchossois网站称，该公司当时是一家生产洗衣机绞拧机和家用熨斗的上市公司。</blockquote> In 1980, Dick’s son Craig Duchossois became the company’s president, and in 1983 the Duchossois family purchased the Thrall family’s interest in the company.<blockquote>1980年，迪克的儿子克雷格·杜乔索斯成为公司总裁，1983年杜乔索斯家族购买了萨尔家族在公司的权益。</blockquote> In 2001, Duchossois sold Thrall to Trinity Industries Inc., retaining Chamberlain and continuing to expand the business.<blockquote>2001年，Duchossois将萨尔出售给Trinity Industries Inc.，保留了张伯伦并继续扩大业务。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackstone-to-buy-chamberlain-group-11631019601?mod=markets_lead_pos2\">The Wall Street Journal</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BX":"黑石"},"source_url":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackstone-to-buy-chamberlain-group-11631019601?mod=markets_lead_pos2","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1123612663","content_text":"Deal values family-owned maker of garage-door openers at about $5 billion.\n\nBlackstone GroupInc.BX-1.52%has agreed to buy the Chamberlain Group LLC in a deal that values the family-owned maker of LiftMaster garage-door openers at about $5 billion including debt, officials from the companies said.\nThe private-equity giant is doing the deal through its core private-equity fund, which aims to buy high-quality companiesand hold themfor longer than the typical buyout fund. Blackstone will purchase Chamberlain from Duchossois Group Inc., a family-owned entity comprising operating companies and an investment firm. Duchossois will retain two board seats and a significant minority stake in the business following the close of the deal.\nBased in Oak Brook, Ill., Chamberlain owns the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco brands. Its garage-door openers are found in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The company’s myQ platform lets users control their garage doors and grant access remotely to the dog walker, a repairman or delivery person.\nChamberlain in 2019 launched a partnership withAmazon.comInc.that allows Amazon Prime customers in select cities to have packages securely delivered to their garages.\nChamberlain Group also owns Controlled Products Systems Group, a U.S. wholesale distributor of access-control equipment, such as keyless entry pads and card readers, and loading-dock equipment maker Systems LLC.\nBlackstone plans to invest in expanding Chamberlain’s connected-services business to more commercial and industrial markets, including residential communities, warehouses and loading docks. The private-equity firm, which has embraced a thematic investment style, sees Chamberlain as a beneficiary of both U.S. housing growth and the continued explosion of e-commerce.\n“This is a group that realized connectivity was really important,” said Peter Wallace, head of Blackstone’s core private-equity business. “Even before they figured out how they were going to get paid for it, they decided to WiFi-enable every garage-door opener.”\nThat prescience has enabled a transformation in the 115-year-old company’s business model, one reason Chamberlain is an ideal candidate for Blackstone’s long-hold strategy, he said.\n“We see many facets of growth,” said Chamberlain Group Chief Executive JoAnna Sohovich. “You have new houses being built and people moving out of high-density areas during the pandemic. But people are also replacing working garage-door openers to get the better tech-enabled one.”\nThe Duchossois family’s connection to Chamberlain dates back to 1979, whenThrall Car ManufacturingCo., a railroad-equipment maker of which family patriarch Dick Duchossois was president, bought the company. 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