Press
Release - April 12, 2002
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RELEASE
Launch
of Spring Garden Corporate Advisors, Inc. follows successful history
of financing, acquiring and building leading wholesale garden product
companies
WELLESLEY,
MA – April 12, 2002.
Spring
Garden Corporate Advisors, the investment and advisory firm for the
garden products industry, today announced the formal launch of Spring
Garden Corporate Advisors, Inc. in Wellesley, MA. Spring Garden is built
upon Jack Hesse’s 30 years experience in the U.S. and Europe in financing,
acquiring, building and operating leading garden product companies such
as International Garden Products (conglomerate of garden product companies,
American Garden Products and Atlantic Greenhouses.
Spring
Garden is led by John (Jack) Hesse , President, and was formed to meet
the equity financing needs of leading operating companies in certain
sectors of the garden products industry, and to serve as strategic advisers
to special companies in the industry seeking to improve their competitive
positions. Spring Garden’s ultimate objective is to maximize shareholder
value for the companies in those industry sectors with the most attractive
investment potential.
Spring
Garden established a proprietary "Garden Industry Institutional
Investment Program" through its long-standing relationships with
private equity investing institutions. The program’s main objective
is to acquire leading grower/marketers of woody ornamental plants in
the horticulture industry and other leading garden product companies
in the largest and fastest growing sectors of the industry.
Jack
Hesse, President of Spring Garden said: "This is the first time
well-established garden products companies will be able to gain direct
access to institutional investors." Spring Garden’s mission is
unique in the investment industry and gives well-established operating
firms in the horticulture field a real competitive advantage.
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