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Impax and Gamesa agree sale of French wind project

Wind energy specialist Gamesa has sold a wind project in France with installed capacity of 8 MW to Impax New Energy Investors II (NEF II), an investment fund managed by London-based Impax Asset Management, via its portfolio company, Epuron France. La Souterraine wind project in the Limousin region of France

Z Capital Partners names William Monagle as managing director

Z Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on revitalising businesses, has named William J Monagle, Jr, as managing director.  Monagle (pictured), who has served in a consultant capacity to Z Capital since early this year, will be responsible for operational and accounting due diligence for portfolio companies, board representation

Brynwood Partners exits Balance Bar Company

Private equity fund Brynwood Partners VI has sold its portfolio company, Balance Bar Company, to NBTY, a specialist in vitamins, supplements and active nutrition products and a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group. Balance Bar, founded in 1992 and acquired by Brynwood VI from Kraft Foods in 2009, has been

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Platte River Equity acquires The WellMark Company

Platte River Equity has acquired The WellMark Company, an Oklahoma-based manufacturer of liquid and pneumatic flow controls and valves serving the oil and gas and petrochemical industries. "We are pleased about WellMark’s new partnership with Platte River Equity," says Dick Pfieffer, co-founder of the company. "The additional capital along with

Monomoy Capital Partners acquires MPI from Revstone Industries

Monomoy Capital Partners, a New York private equity fund focused on value investing and business improvement, has acquired the assets of MPI from Revstone Industries. Monomoy acquired MPI through its second fund vehicle, Monomoy Capital Partners II. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. MPI is a North American manufacturer

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Hastings adds two to UK infrastructure team

Hastings Funds Management has appointed two new members to its European infrastructure team to strengthen the firm’s infrastructure equity, debt and business development capabilities. Heiko Schupp has joined Hastings as investment director to lead business development, institutional relationship building and fund-raising activities in the UK and Europe. Schupp will report

Innova Capital acquires EnergoBit Group in Romania

Innova Capital, a Central European private equity fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are investing in EnergoBit Group, an electrical engineering services company in Romania. Innova Capital, a Central European private equity fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are investing in EnergoBit

Continued downward trend in European buy and build activity in Q3 2012

Buy and build add-on activity in Europe has been even weaker than the subdued levels seen in H1 2012, and well below the same quarter in 2011, according to Silverfleet Capital and mergermarket’s Buy & Build Monitor for Q3 2012. The volume of buy and build activity in Europe in

MMC Ventures invests in Love Home Swap again

Following its investment in December 2011, MMC Ventures has led another GBP800,000 round of investment into Love Home Swap, the international holiday home exchange website founded by serial entrepreneur Debbie Wosskow.  Love Home Swap has appointed David Kelly as chairman (Amazon, Lastminute, eBay, mydeco, Rackspace) and Sean Cornwell (Google, eHarmony)

Claranet acquires Star in a deal valued at GBP55m

Claranet, a European managed service provider, has acquired Star, a UK provider of managed technology services. The acquisition creates the largest mid-market provider of integrated hosting and network services in the UK and continental Europe. Claranet is acquiring STH and its subsidiary, Star Technology Services, in a deal valued at

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