Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity firms, has acquired a majority stake in Gardengate, a European manufacturer of aluminium gates and doors. Crest Capital Partners will retain a minority stake alongside the founder and management team. Founded in 1997 in Braga, Portugal, Gardengate has
Permira funds have agreed to the sale of Lyophilization Services of New England (LSNE), a contract manufacturing organisation, to PCI Pharma Services (PCI), a pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical global integrated solutions provider. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Bedford, New Hampshire, LSNE is a market leader providing a wide range of
Fortis Solutions Group, a provider of high impact printed packaging solutions and a portfolio company of Main Post Partners, has acquired Quality Tape and Label. Founded in 1979 by Cecil & Myrl Daniels and run today by Rick and Rob Daniels, Quality Tape and Label specialises in providing digital shrink
SkyCell – a Swiss pharma-tech company manufacturing smart containers enabling the safe, secure, and sustainable transportation of pharmaceutical products – has secured USD34.8 million (CHF 32 million) in Series C funding. The round – a combination of equity and debt financing – included DisruptAD (the venture capital arm of Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund
BSW Timber Ltd (BSW), a UK-based integrated forestry and sawmilling group, has been acquired by Binderholz. The deal is subject to normal closing conditions and approval from the Austrian Competition Commission and UK Financial Conduct Authority. Binderholz is a significant global sawmiller and producer of value added products, including cross
Summa Equity has signed a definitive agreement to sell Lakers Group Holding (Lakers), an independent aftermarket service provider of water and wastewater pumps to Vestum AB (publ) (Vestum) for a total consideration of approximately SEK2 billion, of which cSEK250 million will be reinvested into Vestum. Since Summa Equity’s acquisition of
Ara Partners (Ara), a private equity firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has acquired Fluitron. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in Ivyland, Pennsylvania, Fluitron is a specialist in manufacturing industrial gas compression and dispensing equipment, including diaphragm compressors, pressure vessels, and other specialised products. Founded
HIG Capital (HIG) has sold its portfolio company, Hart & Cooley (H&C) to DuraVent, a manufacturer of venting products for gas, wood, oil, pellet and fuel burning appliances. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Since 1901, H&C has provided high quality air distribution products designed to make buildings
Graycliff Partners has completed an equity investment and recapitalisation of CHawk Technology International (CHawk), a manufacturer of precision plastic and metal components and assemblies for the semiconductor capital equipment, aerospace, and medical device industries. Based in Hayward, CA and founded in 2005, CHawk provides plastic and metal machining, fabrication, clean
O’Melveny has advised DL Chemical Co, a subsidiary of DL Holdings Co (formerly Daelim Industrial Co), on its merger agreement to acquire 100 per cent of Kraton Corporation (NYSE: KRA), a global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value bio-based products, in an all-cash transaction with an equity value of
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