Middleby designs and manufactures cooking equipment used in commercial, residential and industrial settings. - Shutterstock Billionaire investor Josh Harris’s firm, 26North Partners, struck a deal to take a controlling stake in Middleby’s kitchen-products division, executives of the companies told The Wall Street Journal. The details 26North is set to own 51% of the unit that houses a number of luxury cookware-equipment brands, including Viking, Lynx, La Cornue, Rangemaster and Aga. Middleby is set to o ...

Group 1 - 26North is set to acquire a 51% stake in the kitchen-products division, which includes several luxury cookware and equipment brands [1]