Evolution Capital Partners has sold Innerpac, a manufacturer of corrugated and chipboard partitions in the US, to a strategic buyer. "Evolution is proud to have partnered with the Innerpac management team, achieving the goal of creating a national partition company with a solid foundation for growth," says Evolution’s managing partner

Starwood Capital Group’s Groupe du Louvre affiliate has sold Hotel Lutetia to Alrov, a real estate company. The transaction is part of the ongoing evolution of Starwood’s Societe du Louvre portfolio, Europe’s second-largest hotel network, which also owns five other hotels in the Paris market. Terms of the transaction were

Catterton Partners, a consumer-focused private equity firm in North America, has acquired a controlling interest in Alasko Foods, the largest Canadian marketer of frozen fruits and vegetables to both institutional and consumer markets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Alasko specialises in importing, distributing and marketing frozen fruits and

Charterhouse Group, a New York-based private equity firm, together with Highlander Partners, a Dallas-based investment firm, and MTS Health Investors, a healthcare private equity firm, are selling their portfolio company Chamberlin Edmonds to a subsidiary of Emdeon for USD260m in cash. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Chamberlin Edmonds is a provider

Venture capital trust provider Octopus Investments has completed merger of four of its Alternative Investment Market VCTs into two. Octopus AIM VCT and Octopus Phoenix VCT have merged to become the enlarged Octopus AIM VCT. Meanwhile, Octopus Second AIM VCT and Octopus IHT AIM VCT have merged to become Octopus

Actis, a private equity investor focused solely on emerging markets, has acquired Vlisco Group, a company specialising in designer wax fashion fabrics. Vlisco Group is a 164-year-old business which contributes to multiple West African economies with diverse brands ranging from luxury (Vlisco) through its mid-tier business (Uniwax) to contemporary (GTP

Origo Partners has formed a joint venture with Monnis International, one of Mongolia’s largest industrial holding companies, to establish Resource Investment Capital.  ResCap will provide corporate finance advisory services primarily to companies active in or seeking to enter the Mongolian natural resources sector.   Mongolia has vast, largely untapped reserves

RoundTable Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, has completed the sale of Bioniche Pharma Holdings to Mylan, a pharmaceutical company, for USD550m in cash. Bioniche Pharma is a sterile injectable pharmaceutical company based in Galway, Ireland, with a majority of its sales in the