Deals
Czech investment company Jet Investment has concluded a contract to sell its 100 per cent stake in MSV Metal Studenka to Moravia Steel. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
“The selling of MSV Metal Studenka to a strategic partner is a successful outcome of our restructuring efforts that we have been making for the last seven years. In the course of our management, the insolvent company has become a clear market leader in the forgings and subassembly for railways in Europe. Since our entry, we have doubled the profits and revenues of the entire group,” says Marek Malík,
Washington DC-based private equity firm,Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington Capital) has acquired Firth Rixson Forgings Limited from Arconic.
Going forward, the business will operate as part of Forged Solutions Group (FSG), which was formed in November 2019 by Arlington Capital as its aerospace forging platform. Located in Sheffield, United Kingdom, the Company is a provider of complex closed die forgings and forged discs and proprietary forward-and-backward extrusion produced shafts and cylinders primarily for OEM and Tier 1 aerospace & defence engine customers.
Peter Manos, a Managing Partner at Arlington Capital, says: “The Company is a perfect complement to our recent acquisition
The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has provided Black Country based Vacuum Furnace Engineering Ltd (VFE), with a GBP1.5 million funding package.
This will enable the business to increase output, fund several large projects and pursue its growth strategy.
VFE is a leading specialist in the service, repair and overhaul, as well as supply and design of vacuum furnaces and autoclave and serves a range of blue-chip customers from various sectors including aerospace, automotive, medical and general engineering. Vacuum furnaces are used to heat treat metals and ceramics at high temperatures
Alantra, an independent global mid-market investment banking and asset management firm, has advised international technology group RUAG on the sale of its UK cybersecurity software business Clearswift, to US-based HelpSystems. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed.
Alantra’s UK and Swiss offices worked in collaboration on the deal advising Swiss-based RUAG which Alantra has had an existing relationship with for over a decade. The cross-border nature of the sale to a US trade buyer demonstrates the strength of Alantra’s international reach and its specialist expertise in the cybersecurity sub-sector. Cybersecurity M&A activity levels remain high and Clearswift has
ARQIS has advised Aon Group (Aon) on the acquisition of TRIUM Insurance Broker and its subsidiaries (TRIUM), an insurance broker specialising in risk management in the real estate sector. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.
The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
The merger will enable Aon to expand its market position in the fast-growing real estate sector. Kai-Frank Büchter, CEO of the primary insurance broker at Aon in Germany, says: “The merger means new competencies for both sides: On the one hand there is an agile, owner-managed specialty broker and on the other
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK VIII Fund has reached an agreement to acquire Ondal Holding (Ondal), a leading Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) of medical pendant systems used mainly in operating rooms and intensive care units, from funds advised by Capvis.
Founded in 1945, Ondal has become the global #1 provider of medical pendant systems. With its innovative and broad product portfolio applied in settings such as operating rooms, intensive care units as well as diagnostic and imaging rooms, Ondal sets the global quality standard for medical pendant systems in terms of reliability, functionality and usability. Products manufactured by Ondal are
Quorso, a platform for managing business performance improvement, has closed a USD5.2 million Series A funding round, led by OMERS Ventures and joined by existing investor Hambro Perks.
Quorso will use the fundraising to accelerate its global commercial expansion. The Quorso platform makes performance improvement effortless; by surfacing insights, taking action, measuring impact and scaling success — all in a single tool. Harry Briggs, managing partner at OMERS Ventures, will join Quorso’s board of directors.
“Every business in the world is focused on improving performance. And as data gets richer and more accessible, there is no shortage of smart insights.
Iotic has secured investment of EUR7.5million to accelerate growth and meet increasing demand for its digital twin technology.
Iotic enables enterprises and their ecosystems of assets, objects, companies and people to interact automatically and securely. The digital software company provides the secure operating environment and tools to create digital twins of any thing, enabling their secure interactions, and building true interoperable ecosystems.
The investment from leading European VCs; IQ Capital, Talis Capital and Breed Reply, will drive rapid deployment, deepen channel partnerships and expand market adoption of its patented Iotic Operating Environment, Twin technology and Event Analytics. The funding
Private equity firm Lonsdale Capital Partners’ (Lonsdale) portfolio company Cross Rental Services Group has completed the acquisition of Swegon Hire UK (Swegon).
The acquisition cements Cross’ position as one of the largest specialist chiller, boiler, heating & air conditioning rental companies in the UK and Irish market.
Lonsdale has now completed thirteen bolt-on acquisitions for its portfolio companies and eight platform investments, since closing its first institutional fund of GBP110 million in April 2016.
Cross, which Lonsdale acquired in December 2018, is a market leading provider of rental equipment to both retail and commercial customers. It was established
Ardenton Capital Corporation (Ardenton) has acquired Pebbles Care, a provider of residential care and education for young people across the United Kingdom. This is Ardenton’s sixth investment in the UK.
Headquartered in Leeds and Dunfermline, Pebbles currently operates 41 residential care homes and four schools, providing care and education across the North of England and Scotland for more than 100 young people.
Ardenton will work closely with the business’ management team, and the investment will support Pebbles in its roll-out of best-in-class service for young people.
The company was founded in 2003 when company director Luiz Guilherme opened Pebbles House
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