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Harris Williams, a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide for more than 25 years, announces that it advised Wulftec International, Inc. (Wulftec), on its sale to Duravant, a global engineered equipment and automation solutions provider to the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors. A subsidiary of H.I.G. Europe’s portfolio company Maillis Group (Maillis), Wulftec is a leading provider of end-of-line packaging automation solutions in North America. The transaction was led by Patrick McNulty, Brad Morrison, Ryan Nelson, Jeff Perkins, Lars Friemann, Brandt Carr and Shinik Patel of Harris Williams’ Industrials Group.

Harris Williams, a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide for more than 25 years, announces that it advised Quirch Foods® (Quirch) on its sale to a private equity fund affiliated with Palladium Equity Partners, LLC (Palladium). Quirch is one of the largest suppliers of fresh and frozen foods in the Southeastern United States, Puerto Rico and Latin America. The transaction was led by Tim Alexander, Brant Cash, Brant Wilczek and David Stead of Harris Williams’ Consumer Group.

Harris Williams, a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide for more than 25 years, is pleased to announce that it has hired Kelly McPhilliamy as a managing director and William McBride as a vice president in the firm’s Consumer Group. McPhilliamy and McBride expand the Consumer Group’s expertise and will focus on the health and beauty sector.