Another bargain: the U.K.-based BBA Group, a conglomerate that makes hydraulicequipment, services aircraft and manufactures nonwoven textiles for things like diapers.
Forbes reported last year that the two men stood to profit handsomely from the sale to Caterpillar of Siwei, which makes hydraulic mine-roof equipment.
These are both billion-dollar U.S.-based companies growing 20% or more annually renting hydraulic lifts, compressors and other smallish equipment to general contractors.