Columna Capital, a pan-European private equity investor, has completed a significant investment in Physidia SAS, a French specialist in home haemodialysis solutions. Existing shareholders, the Plowiecki family and founders Cyril Balas and Michel Houdou, will remain as minority shareholders.

Global investment firm Carlyle has agreed to acquire Meopta Optika (Meopta), a manufacturer of optical, opto-mechanical, and opto-electronic solutions founded in 1933 and headquartered in Prerov, Czech Republic. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Meopta is a vertically integrated developer and manufacturer of high-precision specialised industrial and

DCP Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in Greater China led by former executives from KKR and Morgan Stanley, is to acquire agribusiness giant Cargill’s poultry business in the country, according to a report by Reuters. The acquisition of Cargill Protein China, which is expected to close this

Apollo’s Impact platform, which makes private equity-like investments aimed at creating positive, measurable social and/or environmental impact as well generating attractive risk-adjusted returns, is to acquire United Living Group.

IK Partners, via the IK IX Fund, is to acquire a majority stake in GoodLife Foods BV, a European manufacturer of frozen snacks, from Egeria Capital Management, alongside senior management who will be reinvesting. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

SGT Capital, a global private equity firm that invests in mid-sized companies, is to acquire Elatec GmbH, a specialist in physical and digital access solutions from growth equity investor Summit Partners, in ideal valued at €400 million. 

Funds advised by global private equity firm Permira have agreed to acquire a majority stake in Gruppo Florence, an Italian integrated industrial platform serving the high-end luxury industry, from existing shareholders VAM Investments, Fondo Italiano d’Investimento, Italmobiliare, and Gruppo Florence’s entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs, the management team and VAM Investments will

Global private equity firm TA Associates is to make a significant growth investment in Alpha II, a provider of revenue cycle management technology solutions to healthcare providers across the US.