Cross-border transactions have inspired many custom awards with designs based on maps, flags, clocks, and currencies.
Lucite deal toy celebrating the acquisition of a majority stake in Benzinger. The German company manufactures turning and milling machines for precision parts, and is used in such industries as jewelry, watchmaking, optics, and for dental and medical applications. (24LJW003)
Crystal deal toy commemorating the merger of Yubico with ACQ Bure AB, and the company’s listing on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market. The provider of hardware-based authentication security keys is based in Sweden. (23ALJ235)
Crystal financial tombstone, incorporating a server design, marking the acquisition of Danish data centre colocation company Fuzion. The acquirer, CapMan Nordic Infrastructure II Fund, invests in transportation, sustainable energy, and telecommunications networks in the Nordic region. (23LJW112)
Custom crystal commemorating the 2023 season of Aston Villa Football Club. The team competes in England’s elite football (soccer) Premier League. (23AKL222)
Crystal deal toy marking a rights issue and listing on the Copenhagen Nasdaq exchange by Asetek. The Danish computer company produces a simulated racing steering wheel. (23LJW065)
Custom crystal deal toy, incorporating a champagne bottle and flute design, commmemoaring the sale of Australian wine brand House of Arras. The sale to Hanpicked Wines included vineyards and the Bay of Fires winery in Tasmania. (23ALJ254)
Lucite deal toy, incorporating a harhat and a service van, commemorating the acquisition of TBD Technische Bau Dienstleistungen. Headquartered in Friedeburg, Northern Germany, TBD provides technical and construction services for critical infrastracture. (23LJW109)
Crystal deal toy commemorating bonds issued by CEC Bank, based in Bucharest, Romania. (23LNL111)
Financial tombstone, featuring a hospital building replica in crystal, celebrating the successful placment of “green” bonds by the Insel Group. The hospital network is based in Switzerland. (23LNL167)
Deal toys and financial tombstones involving cross-border transactions are featured in the galleries beginning on this page. Altogether, you’ll find over 150 deal toys having cross-border or international themes.
You’ll notice deal toy designs commemorating a number of celebrated, high-profile cross-border deals. These include those involving 21st Century Fox, Sky, and Comcast, and Grupo Televisa and Univision. You’ll also see tombstones involving a number of established international companies and brands, such as Siemens, Roche, Citigroup, Moody’s, Toyota, Mitsubishi, and Roche.
As you might expect for transactions involving participants and properties spanning multiple countries, there are some recurring designs. These include deal toy designs involving maps, flags, compasses, globes, currency symbols, state emblems, national mascots, as well as working clocks highlighting different time zones.
But the designs here also reflect a full range not only of countries and regions but also of sectors and industries. Among the lower-profile deals you’ll find commemorated here are for instance, a Japanese investment in a U.S.-based manufacturer of piloted flying vehicles; an Australian acquisition by a Swedish environmental tech company; a Polish-Spanish joint venture centered on offshore wind projects; a joint venture between a Michigan-based footwear manufacturer and a Chinese sports retailer; the acquisition by a British firm of a California producer of integrated circuits; and the sale of the Chinese business of a German retailer.
You’ll also see recognized here transactions that, while not cross-border, have regional or country-specific themes that may be of interest.
Finally, you’ll find here relevant designs commemorating achievement and events unrelated to any specific transaction, cross-border or otherwise. These include, for instance, designs recognizing participation in a prestigious global medicine conference, and another given to speakers at an internationally-focused event sponsored by Harvard Business School.
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