Central Steel Fabricators, LLC Acquired by Live Ventures, Inc.

Artemis Transaction Advisors Completes Sale of Central Steel Fabricators to Live Ventures

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We are pleased to announce this transaction! This was a tough transaction with many important facets, but once again, Artemis delivers a terrific outcome for our client.

- John Lahti, Managing Director and Head of Artemis Industrials Practice Graphic of closing quote marks.

Congratulations to our client Central Steel Fabricators on its sale to Live Ventures!

The Artemis Transaction Advisors, LLC deal team included Darrell Butler and Andrew Samuels, and the transaction represents another great outcome for the Artemis Industrials Practice.

Headquartered in Chicago, CSF manufactures specialized fabricated metal products primarily for data centers and the communication industry. CSF will benefit from ongoing corporate investments in AI and data centers, and it will be added to the steel manufacturing segment of Precision Marshall, a LIVE Ventures company.

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We are pleased to announce this transaction! This was a tough transaction with many important facets, but once again, Artemis delivers a terrific outcome for our client.

- John Lahti, Managing Director and Head of Artemis Industrials Practice Graphic of closing quote marks.
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