Transportation

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.

Credit Card-Inspired Deal Tombstone

Wood and Lucite deal toy marking the acquisition of 20 cardlock, automated fueling stations for commercial fleets. The stations were acquired by Flyers/Quick Fuel. (23ALJ279)

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Side view of ood and Lucite deal toy marking the acquisition o automated cardlock fueling stations. Wood and Lucite deal toy commemorating the acquisition of 20 cardlock fueling stations, mostly in Michigan.

Crystal Deal Toy with Rounded Top

Custom crystal deal toy marking the acquisition of Pinnacle Central Company, a Jacksonville-based provider of surface preparation equipment for the maritime industry. Pinnacle was advised by Mensura Capital. (24AKL410)

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Crystal deal tombstone commemorating Source Capital's acquisition of Pinnacle Central. Source Capital is an Altanta-based private equity firm.

Crystal and Metal Shipping Container Deal Toy

Custom crystal deal toy celebrating Series D funding for SkyCell. The Zug, Switzerland-based company provides temperature-controlled smart air freight containers for shipping pharmaceutical goods, including vaccines. (24LNL090)

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Side view of deal tombstone marking funding for Swiss pharmaceutical company SkyCell.

Sports Car-Themed Lucite Tombstone with Plexi Map

Custom Lucite tombstone with a laser-cut plexi base in the shape of Arizona, incorporating miniature sports cars. The tombstone marks the acquisition of Precision Rentals. Precision is an equipment rental company operating in Phoenix, Arizona and Aurora, Colorado. (24AKL131)

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Custom Crystal Container Ship

Custom crystal container ship marking the 25th anniversary of OEC Group’s New York branch. (22AKL554)

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Battery Cell Joint Venture Tombstone (Top View)

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)

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Lucite deal toy commemorating the formation of Amplify Cell Technologies. In 2024, the joint venture broke ground on a new battery cell manufacturing facility in Mississippi.

School Bus-Inspired Deal Toy

Crystal deal toy, with frosted text, marking the acquisition of 300 routes and vehicles by American Student Transportation Partners. (24AKL026)

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Back view of crystal deal toy commemorating an acquisition by American Student Transportion Partners, a portfolio company of Baltimore-based Access Holdings.

Tire Company Acquisition Deal Toy

Custom deal toy commemorating the acquisition of Buffalo, New York-based Dunn Tire by Discount Tire. (23AJH097)

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Pike’s Peak-Themed Deal Toy

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)

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Transportation Deal Toys

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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