CRG, a UK specialist in the healthcare and social care staffing market, has acquired Affinity Workforce (Affinity), a provider of education, health and social care staffing from Endless, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition sees CRG shareholders Ian Munro, Tristan Ramus and Jamie Webb leading the next step of Affinity’s

EagleTree Capital’s private equity fund EagleTree Partners IV has acquired a majority stake in Gaylord Chemical Company, a specialist in chemical production. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Paul Dennis, and other existing shareholders will retain a significant stake in the Company. Co-investors, including the Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund Board and

Group of Butchers, a Dutch supplier of high-quality meat and mince-based products in which Equistone Partners Europe acquired a majority stake in January 2017, has acquired Hartmann, a family-owned German producer of meatballs and mince-based products. The deal represents Group of Butchers’ first move into the German market and strengthens

International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Caledonia Investments plc on the acquisition of its majority stake in Deep Sea Electronics Ltd (DSE), in a transaction that values the business at GBP162 million. Based in the UK, DSE is one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of controllers for

KKR is to acquire Quadion, which trades as Minnesota Rubber and Plastics (MRP), from Norwest Equity Partners (NEP), a Minneapolis-based middle-market equity investment firm. This transaction marks KKR’s second acquisition of a middle-market business in the industrials sector and is being funded through KKR’s Americas XII Fund. Financial details of

ARQIS has advised AVS Verkehrssicherung (AVS), a Triton Fund IV company, on the acquisition of Verkehrssicherungen Plank located in Remseck am Neckar, a provider of services for traffic and building site safety. The purchase price has not been disclosed. Verkehrssicherungen Plank GmbH was founded in 1998 and offers services in

Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd (Catalina) announces that it has closed a USD700 million equity capital raise and concluded its shareholder restructuring following receipt of regulatory approvals. Following completion of this transaction, affiliates of Apollo Global Management, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, have become majority shareholders of Catalina, with RenaissanceRe Holdings

Kainos Capital (Kainos), a food and consumer-focussed private equity firm, has agreed to sell its portfolio company SlimFast to Glanbia plc in a transaction valued at USD350 million. The transaction also includes SlimFast’s sister company, HNS. Headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, SlimFast is a leading provider of nutritional products,

Celestica, a specialist in design, manufacturing and supply chain solutions, is to acquire Impakt Holdings, LLC.   Impakt is a highly-specialised, vertically integrated manufacturer providing manufacturing solutions for leading OEMs in the semiconductor and Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display industries, as well as other markets requiring complex fabrication services.