Cedar's US consulting team has been assisting clients for over three decades in the areas of market and business strategy across industry sectors. It has assisted over 600 clients, and Cedar's operations in Chicago include the strategic assets/brand, and team of Technomic International, a leading US market and business strategy consulting firm, which it acquired in 2007. The team has best-in-class competency in assessing markets, competition, regulations, products, technologies, future growth trends, and developing successful market growth and entry strategies not only in the US, but globally. Team members also have skills in evaluating technology related private equity opportunities for leading private equity firms like KKR and Carlyle. Additionally, there is significant expertise and experience in the area of breakthrough process improvement and significant cost take-out, both in the industrial and financial services sectors.