The trend of tuckunder M&A continues (see prior post “Those all-telling exits” Aug 27-09), and I realized that we failed to point out that Wellington Financial Fund III portfolio co. MTI Global has announced that its Polyfab business is being acquired by 3M for US$24 million. 3M is the US$58B ubiquitous specialty products company. Aerospace
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