Challenge TRG Group – a logistics recruitment and distribution company – has acquired training specialist, Phoenix Training Services, as it looks to tackle the HGV driver skills shortage in the UK. The company, which recently rebranded from Challenge Group following the acquisition of TRG Logistics earlier this month, completed the

Omnes has completed the buyout of Camerus Group which it has invested in since 2013. Omnes becomes a minority shareholder alongside Bpifrance and Siparex Mezzanine.  This refinancing deal allows Camerus Group to continue its ambitious organic development and external growth strategy. In this instance the Group has completed a build-up

JPW Industries (JPW), a designer, manufacturer and distributor of branded metalworking and woodworking equipment and specialty shop tools sold under the JET, Powermatic, Wilton, Edwards and Promac brand names, has acquired Baileigh Industrial Holdings (Baileigh).  JPW is a Gamut Capital Management (Gamut) portfolio company. Terms of the transaction have not

Wind Point Partners (Wind Point), a Chicago-based private equity firm, has acquired A&R Logistics (A&R). Based in Louisville, Kentucky, A&R is a provider of integrated dry bulk logistics solutions for the chemical and plastic industries and offers a comprehensive suite of services including transportation, warehousing, packaging, and fully outsourced logistics

Private equity firm West Lane Capital Partners (West Lane) has acquired a majority stake in Fantasy Files Group (Fantasy Files), a California-based developer, manufacturer and distributor of specialty cosmetic products under the Blossom, Blue Cross and Savina brands. Ron Tinero and Mark Friedman, the founders of Fantasy Files, will remain

Zayo Group Holdings is to be acquired by affiliates of Digital Colony Partners (Digital Colony) and the EQT Infrastructure IV fund (EQT). The transaction would result in Zayo transitioning from a public company to a private company.  Under the new ownership, the Zayo team would continue to execute the Company’s

Hampleton Partners, an international mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance advisory firm for technology companies, has advised Simi Reality Motion Systems, a developer of fully markerless video-based motion capture and analysis software, on its acquisition by ZF Friedrichshafen, a global automotive supplier and specialist in autonomous vehicle technology.  This is

Audax Private Equity (Audax) has recapitalised Reedy Industries (Reedy) having partnered with the Reedy family and management.  Reedy Industries, headquartered in Glenview, Illinois, is a provider of commercial HVAC services, mechanical services, and energy solutions primarily serving commercial, industrial, and municipal buildings in the Midwest. Bill Reedy, CEO of Reedy

Asterion Industrial Partners, an independent investment management firm focusing on infrastructure investments in Europe, is to acquire a portfolio of data centres from Telefónica.  The portfolio consists of 29MW of power through 11 state-of-the-art & highly connected data centres, in Spain, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Peru and Argentina. The data