Flynn Restaurant Group (Flynn), one of the largest franchise operators in America, has acquired 937 Pizza Hut and 194 Wendy’s locations throughout the US from Kansas City-based NPC International.   With a portfolio that already includes leading brands like Applebee’s, Panera Bread, Taco Bell and Arby’s, the newly acquired Pizza

Funds advised by Apax are to acquire Rodenstock Group (Rodenstock), a manufacturer of premium ophthalmic lenses, from Compass Partners. Founded in 1877, Rodenstock has been a global leader in prescription lenses for over 140 years, with a strong track record of innovative product development and market leading technologies. Headquartered in

Queen’s Park Equity (QPE) portfolio company DCSL Software has acquired GuideSmiths Limited. The acquisition enables DCSL to offer an enhanced range of capabilities to clients, doubles the workforce and expands the Group internationally. The business will rebrand as DCSL GuideSmiths. DCSL, a software development and digital transformation specialist, has doubled

Wabtec Corporation is to acquire Nordco, a North American supplier of new, rebuilt and used maintenance of way equipment with a broad product and service portfolio including mobile railcar movers and ultrasonic rail flaw detection technologies, from Greenbriar Equity Group LP.  Through the acquisition, Wabtec will expand its installed base

Insightful Science, a software provider serving the global life sciences community, is to acquire Dotmatics, a cloud-based scientific R&D data management platform. By integrating Insightful Science’s software applications into Dotmatics cloud-first enterprise data management solution, the company will provide an end-to-end scientific research platform. This combination further improves laboratory efficiency

Gulf Capital, a growth markets alternative investment firm, has completed two strategic acquisitions of US healthtech companies for a total transaction value of USD60 million.  The majority stake investments in Eclat Health and Hansei Solutions will expand Gulf Capital’s healthcare-focused Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) platform. In 2018, Gulf Capital had

Argonaut Private Equity, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based private equity fund, has acquired the assets of Pioneer Well Services, a subsidiary of Pioneer Natural Resources. Located in the heart of the Permian Basin, the operation is now doing business as American Well Services and provides well service rigs for workover or completions

Blue Point Capital Partners has acquired Weaver Leather, its ninth Blue Point IV platform investment.   Based in Mt Hope, Ohio, Weaver is a produces enthusiast brands in the equine, pet, leather crafting, arborist, livestock and construction markets. Known for its quality and breadth of products, Weaver manufactures, markets and

Eurazeo, via its Eurazeo PME subsidiary, has signed an exclusivity agreement under which it would invest, as a majority shareholder, alongside Groupe Premium’s current shareholders – Montefiore Investment, Groupe Premium’s management including Olivier Farouz, Laurent and Didier Zerbib, Benoît Jauvert and other key executives, together with independent agent partners.  

Aurelius has acquired all shares of Panasonic’s European Consumer Battery Business Units (Panasonic Consumer Energy) from Panasonic Europe. From its European sales headquarters in Zellik Belgium, Panasonic Consumer Energy operates two manufacturing facilities, one located in Belgium and one in Poland. Across its locations Panasonic Consumer Energy today employs around