Summa Equity Fund I (Summa) is to acquire Norsk Gjenvinning from Altor Fund III (Altor). The transaction is subject to government approval and is expected to be completed in Q1 2018. Norsk Gjenvinning is Norway’s largest and leading recycling company, with around 1200 employees and annual revenues in excess of

Atlantic Street Capital has acquired a majority stake in Lori’s Gifts, the largest multi-unit retailer of gift shops in hospitals, from the Bernick family. Founded in 1981, Lori’s Gifts is the nation’s leading operator of hospital gift shops with more than 350 shops in hospitals from coast to coast. The

IK Investment Partners (IK) is to acquire Optimum Group, a European printing and labelling company. Financial terms of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, have not been disclosed. Optimum Group is a printer of self-adhesive labels, banding and shrink sleeves, primarily serving the food and retail market. The Group

The Montreux Healthcare Fund is selling its primary asset, The Regard Group, to AMP Capital, a specialist investment manager. The Regard Group, which offers industry-leading specialist care for adults with learning disabilities and mental health issues, operates an efficient business with industry leading care quality ratings and occupancy.   The

Old Mutual Wealth has agreed to sell its Single Strategy asset management business (Single Strategy business) to the existing Single Strategy Management team and funds managed by TA Associates, for GBP600 million. The deal will see TA Associates pay GBP570 million payable on or before completion, with approximately GBP30 million

alphabroder, a North American distributor of imprintable sportswear and accessories and portfolio company of Littlejohn & Co, has closed its acquisition of Prime Line, a manufacturer and supplier of promotional products for more than three decades. Since its founding in 1980, Prime Line has introduced many innovative products and services

Private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners has acquired Captain D’s, the franchisor and operator of 530 Captain D’s restaurants in 21 US states. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The Captain D’s system consists of 227 franchised and 303 company-owned locations with established strongholds in the American Southeast

Agilitas-backed Relita, the Swedish division of Recover Nordic group, a provider of damage control, emergency response and environmental services, has agreed to acquire Betongborrargruppen i Mälardalen AB (BBG), a company specialising in specialist demolition and remediation of concrete for real estate projects in Sweden. Financial details of the deal have

Zenith American Solutions has been acquired in a transaction led by Chicago-based Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company (BPOC).  BPOC acquired the company from Water Street Healthcare Partners, LLC, a strategic investor focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, which grew Zenith American into the nation’s largest independent third-party administrator of benefits