Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Glencoe Capital's Michigan Opportunities Fund Acquires Novo 1.

Glencoe Capital's Michigan Opportunities Fund has acquired the inbound telephone customer service business and certain other assets of Novo 1, in a move that promises to create more than 300 new jobs in the State of Michigan, announced David S. Evans, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Glencoe Capital.

"Our investment in Novo 1 continues the Michigan Opportunities Fund's strategy to invest in growing companies that can generate attractive returns to our investors, while promoting business growth and fostering job creation that together help improve the economic vitality of the State of Michigan," said Evans.

Formed in 2000 and based in Waukesha, Wis., Novo 1 is a leading provider of inbound and outbound customer interaction solutions to clients across industries. With revenues of $43 million last year, Novo 1 ranked as the 25th-largest inbound services provider in the domestic US in 2008, according to Customer Inter@ction Solutions magazine.

http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/operations-customer/13207269-1.html