Specialist industrial investor Rubicon Partners has acquired Park Sheet Metal, a Coventry-based manufacturer of complex sheet metal components from from its owner, Stephen Payne. Founded by the Payne family in 1947, PSM has established a market leading position as a supplier of prototype tooling and assemblies and low volume production

An affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock) is to acquire the Engineered Components & Systems (EC&S) segment (excluding Cortland US) from Actuant Corporation (Actuant). The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2019. Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Engineered Components & Systems is a global

Cairngorm Capital Partners’ second fund, Cairngorm Capital LP II, has acquired Millbrook Healthcare Limited (Millbrook), together with its subsidiaries, Ultimate Healthcare Limited and Consolor Limited.  The transaction marks Cairngorm Capital’s entry into the assisted living sector, a long-held objective for the firm, which was facilitated by the appointment of Dr

Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the financial services, healthcare, industrial technology and software industries, has completed the previously announced acquisition of Advarra, a provider of compliance solutions that are critical to the drug development process, from Linden Capital Partners. Advarra is a leading

Investment company Fortino Capital Partners has taken a majority stake in the Odin Group, an independent ICT service provider consisting of the companies Previder, Heutink ICT and Winvision.  The management of the Odin Group believes that Fortino is the right partner to support their growth ambitions and the further development

Alpha Private Equity Fund 7 has finalised the sale contract for the acquisition of AMF from Italglobal Partners, Simax Srl (vehicle of the Faerber family) and HB 2.0, which reinvested together with Alpha in the new shareholder structure.  The completion of the transaction is expected before the summer break. Carmen

Ropes & Gray has served as legal counsel to Kohlberg & Company (Kohlberg) in its agreement to acquire a majority stake in EN Engineering from General Atlantic. The transaction was announced on 18 July.  Kohlberg is a leading private equity firm headquartered in Mount Kisco, New York. EN Engineering is

A company backed by the Permira Funds is to acquire a majority stake in Quotient from companies controlled by GHO Capital and other investors for an undisclosed sum.  The investment provides substantial new funding to fuel the next stage of Quotient’s growth. Chief Executive Mark Egerton and the management team

Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has acquired a majority stake in Infiana Group (Infiana) from Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) and from Infiana’s management.  Completion is subject to approval by antitrust authorities and the sale is expected to be closed within the next three months. Infiana (www.infiana.com) is a specialist in engineered

Mississippi Lime Company (Mississippi Lime), a global supplier of high-calcium lime products and a portfolio company of HBM Holdings (HBM), is to acquire the Calera, Alabama lime business of Covia, operating historically as Southern Lime. The Calera business supplies high-calcium quicklime and hydrated lime products to customers in the Southeastern