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Mayfair Equity Partners backs management buy-out of Tangle Teezer

Mayfair Equity Partners (Mayfair), a tech and consumer growth investor, has completed an investment in British haircare brand Tangle Teezer. Mayfair will hold a majority stake in the business. Additional deal terms have not been disclosed. Founded in 2007 by Shaun Pulfrey, Tangle Teezer produces a range of innovative detangling,

Kartesia closes third Benelux deal with unitranche financing for P Van De Velde

Kartesia, a European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, is pleased to announce that it has provided a financing solution to P Van De Velde. P Van De Velde is a Belgian, family-owned, packaging group active in the manufacturing and distribution of ecological cardboard packaging products

Portobello Capital acquires Farmol

Spanish private equity firm Portobello Capital has acquired a 100 per cent stake in Farmol, a leading contract manufacturer of aerosol and liquid branded products for Personal Care, Home Care, and Health Care in Europe. Founded in 1946 and based in Comun Nuovo (Italy), Farmol is one of the leading

Wynnchurch Capital acquires Trimlite

Wynnchurch Capital has acquired Trimlite, a manufacturer and distributor of residential doors and related door products.  Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Renton, Washington, Trimlite has developed a strong presence in the US and Canada by providing high quality products and value-added services to its diverse network of wholesale distributors,

HVD Partners to acquire assets of Sampsistemi

HVD Partners is to acquire the assets of Sampsistemi (SAMP) and Sampsistemi Extrusion as part of a scheme of arrangement administered by the Court of Bologna.  SAMP supplies precision machines, spare parts and services to leading wire and cable manufacturers around the globe from locations in Italy, China, Brazil and

Mercedes-Benz acquires the electric motor and controller technology company YASA

Mercedes-Benz has acquired YASA, a specialist in next-generation electric drive technology. YASA’s proprietary axial-flux electric motors offer enhanced performance over radial electric motor technologies. YASA’s e-motors deliver the greatest efficiencies and highest power densities in class for the smallest possible size and weight. Following the acquisition, YASA and its 250

CAPZA Transition invests in NORCAN Group

CAPZA, an independent management company and leading player in private investments in European SMEs, has invested in the NORCAN Group, a European specialist in modular solutions based on aluminium profiles and the French leader in autonomous mobile robots for industry via its subsidiary Sherpa Mobile Robotics (SMR).  CAPZA’s investment in

Summa Equity acquires G-CON

Summa Equity Fund II (Summa) has acquired a majority stake in G-CON, a leading US-based manufacturer of prefabricated cleanrooms used for manufacturing within the pharmaceuticals industry.  G-CON designs, builds and installs turnkey cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) compliant suites called PODs, for a global biopharma customer base focused on biologics,

Keensight Capital to exit ASTI

Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, is to sell, alongside the founder, its stake in ASTI, a global autonomous mobile robotics (AMR) manufacturer, to ABB. Founded in 1982, ASTI supports one of Europe’s largest installed fleets of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and has a

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