Atlas Holdings has acquired New Jersey-based Marcal Paper Mills, LLC, a tissue and paper products manufacturer and distributor. The company, now under the guidance of new CEO George Wurtz (pictured), has been renamed Soundview Paper Company. “We plan to focus on superior customer service and product excellence by building on the quality of our people, our equipment, our papermaking skills and our core brand, Marcal,” says Wurtz. “Soundview’s leadership team is comprised of industry veterans with unparalleled experience in the tissue business.  With the strong focus and high standards of this team, Soundview is well-positioned to transform this business, better

Corporate specialists at Shoosmiths have advised Patriot Aerospace on its acquisition of commercial helicopter charter specialist Veritair Aviation. Shoosmiths’ team was led by corporate associate Emma Dolphin (pictured), with support from solicitor Alistair Hammerton. Patriot Aerospace Group is a leading General Aviation specialist in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. With operations spanning a full range of national flight training, charter, sales and engineering operations, the group combines three distinct brands, each recognised as experts in their field. The deal, which underlines Patriot’s determination to form a credible UK alternative to the foreign owned companies currently dominating the commercial helicopter

Gresham Private Equity has successfully signed a deal to sell its investment in Olaer to Parker Hannifin, a manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems. The deal is subject to regulatory approval. The performance of the Olaer Group since acquisition in 2005 will result in an exceptional return on investment for Gresham. With origins as an 18th century UK engineering business, Olaer is one of the world’s leaders in the provision of fluid management solutions. Olaer manufactures, markets and distributes a range of accumulators, oil coolers and filters that represent high quality and superior technology. Present on 5 continents,

Orthofix International is selling its Sports Medicine Business Unit, which operates as Breg, Inc, to Water Street Healthcare Partners for USD157.5 million. The deal is expected to close during Q2 2012. Net proceeds to Orthofix from the sale are anticipated to be approximately USD140 million, which will be used for the prepayment of debt as required by Orthofix’s existing credit agreement. The Company acquired its Sports Medicine business in 2003 with the purchase of Breg, which is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA. The Sports Medicine business provides a portfolio of bracing and cold therapy products to treat a variety of sports

Atlante Private Equity, a private equity fund managed by IMI Fondi Chiusi SGR, has acquired an interest in Svas Biosana, a company based in Somma Vesuviana (Naples) that has been operating for over 40 years in the medical devices and infusion solutions sector. Atlante has invested EUR6 million to acquire a minority interest in the company. “We are delighted to welcome the Atlante Private Equity Fund as one of our shareholders,” says Umberto Perillo, managing director of the Svas Biosana Group. “In such an unsettled economic environment, tackling the challenges posed by the market with the daily support of a

Voyage Care (Voyage), the UK specialist care provider for people with learning disabilities, brain injuries and other complex needs, has acquired Solor Care. Solor Care was previously owned by Barclays Ventures, Royal Bank of Scotland and Management. The acquisition makes Voyage the UK’s clear leader in the provision of learning disability services with 363 care homes and 2,369 beds.   The transaction is being funded with existing cash and a further injection of equity from Voyage’s majority shareholders, HgCapital and SL Capital Partners.   Like Voyage, Solor Care provides high quality personalised support and care for people with complex needs.

Health Safety and Engineering Consultants (HSEC), the engineering risk management consultancy, has undergone a GBP2.7m management buy-out backed by venture capitalist EV. Debt facilities were provided by The Co-operative Bank and included funding to support the company’s future growth.   EV has secured a substantial minority stake in the business, which is based in Ashby-de-la-Zouch and provides health and safety and risk management advice to clients across the UK.  Under its RHMA brand it provides forensic investigation and expert witness services dealing with personal injury, commercial liability and health and safety regulatory work to an increasing number of law and

AIRCOM International, a portfolio company of HIG Europe, the European arm of global private equity investment firm HIG Capital, announces the acquisition of Symena Software & Consulting GmbH (Symena). AIRCOM is the world’s largest independent provider of network planning management and optimisation tools and services to the mobile telecoms industry; its products are in use across more than 135 countries by over half the world’s mobile operators.   Symena develops market-leading software that helps to automate mobile networks. The company was founded in 2002 as a spin-off from Vienna University. It has enjoyed significant market traction with leading international operators,

Mid-market private equity firm, CapVest Limited is selling United Coffee (Cafe2011 Holdings Limited trading as United Coffee) to UCC Holdings Limited. United Coffee is the largest independent coffee business in Europe with leading market positions in the UK, Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain and a growing presence in France and Scandinavia. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of this year. 

CapVest acquired United Coffee, then called Drie Mollen, in 2008 and set about implementing a strategy to transform the business into a truly pan-European leader in the coffee industry. In 2010, this culminated in the creation