Custom crystal deal toy celebrating Series D funding for SkyCell. The Zug, Switzerland-based company provides temperature-controlled air freight containers for shipping pharmaceutical goods, including vaccines. (24LNL090)
The transportation-themed deal toys shown here take inspiration from planes, freighters, boats, buses, drones, and more. The industry also utilizes commemoratives for service awards and operator certifications.
Custom crystal deal toy celebrating Series D funding for SkyCell. The Zug, Switzerland-based company provides temperature-controlled air freight containers for shipping pharmaceutical goods, including vaccines. (24LNL090)
Custom Lucite tombstone, incorporating miniature sports cars, marking the acquisition of Precision Rentals. Precision is an equipment rental company operating in Phoenix, Arizona and Aurora, Colorado. (24AKL131)
Custom crystal container ship marking the 25th anniversary of OEC Group’s New York branch. (22AKL554)
Top view of Lucite tombstone celebrating a joint venture involving battery technology for zero-emission trucks. The joint venture partners include EVE Energy, Daimler Truck, Accelera by Cummins, and PACCAR. (24AZH121)
Lucite financial tombstone commemorating notes issued by GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust 2024. GLS (Global Lending Services) is based in Greenville, South Carolina. (24AKL118)
Crystal deal toy, with frosted text, marking the acquisition of 300 routes and vehicles by American Student Transportation Partners. (24AKL026)
Custom deal toy commemorating the acquisition of Buffalo, New York-based Dunn Tire by Discount Tire. (23AJH097)
Mountain-themed wood and crystal deal toy celebrating the issue of asset-backed bonds secured by auto loan receivables. The bonds were issued by Colorado Springs-based Ent Credit Union. (23ALJ269)
Lucite deal toy celebrating a private placement by PARTS iD, an Ecommerce company. PARTS iD sells automotive parts and accessories through its proprietary sites. (R023AKL311)
You’ll find beginning with the galleries on this page images of over 200 financial tombstones from the transportation sector. The deals commemorated here represent a full range of transportation modes and services. You’ll see deal toys featuring cars, airplanes, buses, railroads, trucks, motorcycles, subway systems, helicopters, light and passenger rail, passenger ships—to name just a few.
You’ll also find a number of deal toys with designs that play off many of the trappings commonly associated with the transportation industry. These include, for example, tombstone designs featuring highway signs, steering wheels, propellors, compasses, airline tickets, shipping containers, tunnels, traffic lights, tollbooths, port facilities, and parking lots.
You’ll recognize among these deal tombstones many of the sector’s highest-profile companies and players. These include international brands such as J.B. Hunt, Daimler, Airbus, Boeing, CMA CGM, Lyft, Kerry Logistics, HMM, Danaos, Expedia, Hyundai, United, Maersk, General Motors, Air Canada, and United.
But the deal toy galleries here also highlight a number of less prominent players and deals from the transportation space. Those include the acquisition of a firm specializing in airline shopping data; Series B financing for a SaaS provider for connected cars; the acquisition of an Austrian manufacturer of headlight systems; the initial public offering for an Australian luxury car dealer; and the acquisition of a Texas-based company specializing in automatic tire inflation systems for trailers.
The galleries also feature designs that recognize deals outside the transportation sector, ones that nevertheless have relevant themes. These deal tombstones include, for instance, a bicycle-themed design celebrating the sale of a group of Dutch hotels; one with a tram theme marking several transactions in the Swiss telecom sector; and a Roman galley-inspired piece commemorating a landmark media transaction.
Finally, there are pieces included here that are unrelated to any financial transaction. These commemorate achievements in the sector. They include the surpassing of a user milestone for a public transportation app, and of a growth milestone for a corporate intermodal fleet.
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