Being the Change: Meet Our Director of Community Impact
Being the Change: Meet Our Director of Community Impact After a rewarding career in pharmaceutical sales, Julie Fletcher founded a nonprofit that has served thousands of families since 2006. Now, she is Director of Community Impact at Crane Group, where she will lead Crane Group’s efforts to understand and help address community needs through strategic […]
Hire and Retain: How Diamond Z is building a best-in-class employee engagement strategy
By Brandon Simpson
Leap of Faith: One owner’s acquisition story
By Scott Morris
Tech Support: 3 key benefits to enabling growth with tech
By Kevin Kuhlwein
Values Added Leadership: How we foster strong and thoughtful managers
By Andrea Thomas
Cascading Goals: How to foster a culture of accountability
By John Lamprinakos
The Heart & Soul of Crane: A Q&A with Terri Fasold
Terri Fasold was just 18 when she was hired at VIPCO, a siding division of Crane Group, in 1979. Over the next 44 years, she has witnessed many changes—from the company’s decision to sell its legacy plastics business to its acquisition of numerous business units and its evolution into the Crane Group of today. Now, […]
Your Team at Crane: Who’s in your corner when you partner with us
By Christine Murry
Passing the Torch: A Q&A with Mike Crane
After a successful career in law, Mike Crane has spent the last three decades in the family business at Crane Group. Known for his passion for people and his ability to draw out their best, he helped build and then evolve a plastics business into an investment company—while nurturing a culture where people thrive. He also spent his final decade with the company watching one […]
Dimensions of a Deal: What it’s like to explore a partnership with us
By Andy Hackett
Investing in Good: Paradise Partnership
When Fernando Acosta-Rua’s teen daughter became a buddy to a special needs student, it sparked what has become a long-term passion for the company he runs. Acosta-Rua is CEO at Pet Paradise—a Crane Group portfolio company based in Florida with over 50 pet resorts nationwide. Here, we talk with him about how the North Florida […]