Private equity firm OpenGate Capital is to acquire Umicore Zinc Chemicals (UZC), a specialist in the production of zinc chemicals. The acquisition is expected to be complete in the second half of 2016. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. UZC has industrial operations in Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway,

Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm with a focus on application and infrastructure software and technology enabled services, is to acquire Qlik, a specialist in visual analytics software and provider of solutions for self-service data visualization and guided analytics. Under the terms of the all-cash transaction, which values Qlik at

Pan-European mid-market investor Aurelius is acquiring the commercial activities of the Abelan Group (Abelan) in Germany and the Netherlands.  In 2015, the acquired activities generated revenues of approximately €50 million. The completion of the transaction is scheduled for the end of June 2016; the financial terms of the deal are

svt Group has acquired AIK Flammadur Brandschutz (AIK), a manufacturer of passive fire protection products and systems. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Established in Seevetal/Hamburg in 1969, svt is a leading passive fire protection and restoration management company in Germany. The Group operates in two segments

Forma Holdings (Forma), an international diversified cannabis company co-founded by Kingsley Capital Partners which operates in legalised, medicinal cannabis markets, has completed its first asset acquisitions and launched its second capital raise, targeting at least GBP10 million for expansion. This follows the success of a fund raising earlier this year,

Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners (CVC) are to acquire 100 per cent of ÅR Packaging Group AB (AR Packaging) from Ahlstrom Capital and Accent Equity.  Founded in 2011 through the merger of A&R Carton and Flextrus, AR Packaging is one of Europe’s leading packaging companies with sales of approximately

Amulet Capital Partners (Amulet), a middle-market private equity investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare sector, has acquired SynteractHCR Holdings Corporation (SynteractHCR), a contract research organisation (CRO) focused on Phase I‐IV clinical trials for emerging to mid-sized biopharma clients in the US, Europe and Asia.  Terms of the transaction have

Ergomed is acquiring Haemostatix from a group of UK-based VC investors including Albion Ventures, Catapult Ventures, Esperante, as well as Nesta and the Wellcome Trust for an initial consideration of GBP8.0 million, with a contingent consideration of GBP20.0 million. Nottingham based Haemostatix, a spin-out of the University of Nottingham, is

RINA is to acquire the entire share capital of Edif Group Limited (Edif), a portfolio company of Phoenix Equity Partners (Phoenix), for GBP118.5 million (around EUR151 million). The acquisition represents a further step towards the fulfilment of RINA’s broader growth strategy, which will increase its geographical coverage, and deliver a