{"id":4268,"date":"2017-02-09T20:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mequipment.ro\/?p=4268"},"modified":"2017-02-09T20:00:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T17:00:10","slug":"sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/en\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sterling Group completes the acquisition of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sterling Group<\/strong>, a middle market private equity firm based in Houston, Texas, has announced on February 6 that it acquired Time Manufacturing Company<\/strong> (\u201cTime\u201d) from O\u2019Flaherty Holdings Limited.<\/em><\/p>\n

Headquartered in Waco, Texas, Time is a global designer, manufacturer, and distributor of vehicle-mounted aerial lifts primarily for the telecom and electric utility end markets. Time has pioneered several brands within the aerial lift market, including the market leading Versalift brand. <\/p>\n

\u201cSterling is the right partner for Time as we continue to pursue the significant growth opportunities that exist for the company today,\u201d said Charles Wiley, CEO of Time. \u201cThe Time team is excited to partner with Sterling, and together we expect continued success in this next phase of our company\u2019s history.\u201d
\n\u201cThe team at Time has built the company into an industry leader that provides outstanding products and services to its customers, and we look forward to further supporting their future growth,\u201d said Kent Wallace, a Partner at The Sterling Group. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sterling Group, a middle market private equity firm based in Houston, Texas, has announced on February 6 that it acquired Time Manufacturing Company (\u201cTime\u201d) from O\u2019Flaherty Holdings Limited. Headquartered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stiri-utilaje-de-constructii-miniere-si-forestiere","category-stiri-internationale"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["ro","en"],"languages":{"ro":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"yoast_head":"\nThe Sterling Group completes the acquisition of Time - M. Equipment | Latest News in Construction, Mining & Forestry Industry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Sterling Group completes the acquisition of Time - M. Equipment | Latest News in Construction, Mining & Forestry Industry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"M. Equipment | Latest News in Construction, Mining & Forestry Industry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mequipment.ro\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-09T17:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sterling_acquisition.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"790\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MEq\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@MEqOfficial\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MEqOfficial\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MEq\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"MEq\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6420f8a8af51c451b5ed5d25ef32e5af\"},\"headline\":\"The Sterling Group completes the acquisition of Time\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-09T17:00:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":367,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/Sterling_acquisition.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Worldwide news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Sterling Group completes the acquisition of Time - M. Equipment | Latest News in Construction, Mining & Forestry Industry\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/Sterling_acquisition.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-09T17:00:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/Sterling_acquisition.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/Sterling_acquisition.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":790},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Prima pagin\u0103\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sterling Group a achizi\u0163ionat compania Time\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/\",\"name\":\"M. EQUIPMENT\",\"description\":\"News & Media \u2502 Construction, Mining, Forestry\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"M. Equipment\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/MEQ_512x512-.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/MEQ_512x512-.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"M. Equipment\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/MEqOfficial\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/mequipmentofficial\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/m-equipment\\\/?trk=biz-companies-cym\",\"https:\\\/\\\/ro.pinterest.com\\\/mequipment0694\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCf2OrMoKQCoHfc2CETKHBCA\\\/videos\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6420f8a8af51c451b5ed5d25ef32e5af\",\"name\":\"MEq\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7143df362462e13d73cc9066f44ccab42c7110785bbf761734af5f14ab102ec4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7143df362462e13d73cc9066f44ccab42c7110785bbf761734af5f14ab102ec4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7143df362462e13d73cc9066f44ccab42c7110785bbf761734af5f14ab102ec4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MEq\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.mequipment.ro\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mequipment.ro\\\/en\\\/author\\\/craiova\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Sterling Group completes the acquisition of Time - M. Equipment | Latest News in Construction, Mining & Forestry Industry","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Sterling Group completes the acquisition of Time - M. Equipment | Latest News in Construction, Mining & Forestry Industry","og_url":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/","og_site_name":"M. Equipment | Latest News in Construction, Mining & Forestry Industry","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mequipment.ro\/","article_published_time":"2017-02-09T17:00:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":790,"url":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sterling_acquisition.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MEq","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@MEqOfficial","twitter_site":"@MEqOfficial","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MEq","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/"},"author":{"name":"MEq","@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/#\/schema\/person\/6420f8a8af51c451b5ed5d25ef32e5af"},"headline":"The Sterling Group completes the acquisition of Time","datePublished":"2017-02-09T17:00:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/"},"wordCount":367,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sterling_acquisition.jpg","articleSection":["News","Worldwide news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/","url":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/","name":"The Sterling Group completes the acquisition of Time - M. Equipment | Latest News in Construction, Mining & Forestry Industry","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sterling_acquisition.jpg","datePublished":"2017-02-09T17:00:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sterling_acquisition.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sterling_acquisition.jpg","width":1024,"height":790},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/sterling-group-a-achizitionat-compania-time\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Prima pagin\u0103","item":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sterling Group a achizi\u0163ionat compania Time"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/","name":"M. EQUIPMENT","description":"News & Media \u2502 Construction, Mining, Forestry","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/#organization","name":"M. Equipment","url":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MEQ_512x512-.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MEQ_512x512-.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"M. Equipment"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mequipment.ro\/","https:\/\/x.com\/MEqOfficial","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mequipmentofficial\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/m-equipment\/?trk=biz-companies-cym","https:\/\/ro.pinterest.com\/mequipment0694\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCf2OrMoKQCoHfc2CETKHBCA\/videos"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/#\/schema\/person\/6420f8a8af51c451b5ed5d25ef32e5af","name":"MEq","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7143df362462e13d73cc9066f44ccab42c7110785bbf761734af5f14ab102ec4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7143df362462e13d73cc9066f44ccab42c7110785bbf761734af5f14ab102ec4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7143df362462e13d73cc9066f44ccab42c7110785bbf761734af5f14ab102ec4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MEq"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.mequipment.ro"],"url":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/en\/author\/craiova\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mequipment.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}