Altus Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on the North American manufacturing sector, has sold PRISM Plastics, a Michigan-based manufacturer of high-precision plastics, to a subsidiary of Marmon Engineered Components. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.   Altus acquired PRISM in June 2014 alongside the company’s founders to

Private equity firm SFW Capital Partners has sold Essen BioScience, a specialist in the field of cell-based assays and instrumentation used for life sciences research, to Sartorius Group for USD320 million. SFW acquired a controlling interest in Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Essen in May 2014.   SFW recruited Brett Williams to

Private equity firm Keensight Capital and digital growth capital specialist TIME for Growth are to sell their stakes in Oodrive, a provider of sensitive data management SaaS solutions, to a pool of investors led by Tikehau Capital. TIME for Growth acquired an interest in Oodrive in 2011 and Keensight Capital

Sealed Air Corporation is to sell its Diversey Care division and the food hygiene and cleaning business within its Food Care division (New Diversey) to Bain Capital Private Equity for approximately USD3.2 billion. New Diversey will be a leading hygiene and cleaning solutions company that integrates chemicals, floor care machines,

LBO France has entered into exclusive negotiations for the sale of CHRYSO, one of the four main global specialty chemicals groups for construction materials. The sale of CHRYSO would be the first for the LBO France White Knight IX fund.   CHRYSO is an international producer of additives and admixtures

HIG Bayside Capital, a special situations affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG), has sold its portfolio company Ready Pac Foods to Bonduelle SA. Based in Irwindale, California, Ready Pac is the market leader in the rapidly growing single-serve salad market through its Bistro Bowl line of products, as

Italian private equity firm Progressio SGR has sold its majority stake in the Duplomatic group, a Milan-headquartered provider of hydraulic components and systems. In fewer than four years of Progressio ownership, Duplomatic increased both revenues and EBITDA by approximately 50 per cent each. The enterprise value at closing was EUR69

HIG Bayside Capital (Bayside), the distressed debt and special situation affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital, is to sell the Beauty Bell Chain (Bodybell) following a restructuring of the company’s operations, to Douglas, a European retailer in the selective beauty market. Bodybell, founded in the 1970s, is a distributor

Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies at the lower end of the middle market, has sold Power Products, a provider of branded electrical products and systems. Details of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Power Products designs, manufactures,