Private equity firm The Riverside Company has acquired La Galvanina (Galvanina), a fourth generation, family-owned, Italian producer of premium private label and branded mineral water and traditional and organic soft drinks.  Galvanina sells its products to a global customer base comprised of leading retailers, department stores and wholesalers in more

UK private equity fund Elaghmore has acquired Gardners, a designer and manufacturer of large format visual displays for world-famous brands and leading UK retailers. Elaghmore has bought Gardners from its management, who will remain with the business. Based in Cardiff and employing over 100 people, Gardners was an early pioneer

Silverbear, a member of the ClearCourse Partnership and a membership and CRM solutions provider for professional organisations, trade associations and the wider Not-for-Profit sector, has acquired Decisions, a provider of CRM solutions, application development and support for membership associations.  The deal was financed by ClearCourse and represents the first acquisition

Lyreco Group has acquired DeskRight, an office supplies business focused on the Singapore market.  Lyreco says the acquisition will boost business at its Singaporean subsidiary, opened in 2006, as it benefits from DeskRight’s relations with local businesses and government agencies. This B2B client base will in turn benefit from Lyreco’s

Helios Investment Partners (Helios), an Africa-focused private investment firm, and the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund (EAEF) through their investment manager Lorax Capital Partners (LCP) have acquired 96.7 per cent of Misr Hytech Seed International (Misr Hytech), a breeder and producer of proprietary agricultural seeds in Egypt, and one of the Middle

Gen Cap America has partnered with management to acquire Mayflower Sales Co (Mayflower), a Brooklyn-based distributor of premium physical security and storefront hardware products. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. “We are excited to partner with Mayflower’s top-notch management team, led by CEO Paul Swetow, in this investment,”

Mishcon de Reya has advised Bill Toner, CEO, Madeleine Musselwhite, executive director and Nick Thomas, CFO of UK hospitality caterer CH&Co on the secondary buy-out of the firm by mid-market private equity investor, Equistone Partners. CH&Co, employing nearly 6,500 people, has a prestigious client portfolio, providing catering services for some

ARQIS has advised Kyocera on the acquisition of the advanced ceramics business operations of Friatec, a manufacturer and seller of ceramic and plastic components based in Mannheim, Germany, through a newly established subsidiary Kyocera Ceramic Solutions (Esslingen).  The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is

Alantra CPA, the credit and real estate portfolio advisory division of Alantra, has acquired a majority stake in urbanData Analytics (uDA), a tech company that offers big data and artificial intelligence services in the real estate sector.  The company gathers market information from more than 40 public and private sources