Akio Toyoda’s $42 billion plan to buyout Toyota Industries Corp. is the most dramatic example of a growing trend in Japan of founding families trying to take companies private.

Valparaiso-based Sunocs LLC has been acquired by the Cincinnati-based specialty chemical company Kodiak LLC.

The co-founders of cleaning products brand Branch Basics shut down their company in 2015 to develop a new formula. Now, the startup is more lucrative than ever.