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One Equity Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, has acquired the Alltub Group. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2005 as a spin-off from the aluminium producer Alcan, Alltub is a market leader in aluminium and laminate speciality packaging for the cosmetics, pharma, food and industrial end markets. Headquartered in Amsterdam, Alltub operates a global production and sales platform with facilities in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy and Mexico. With revenues of EUR 150 million in 2017 and more than 1,400 employees, the Company has experienced steady growth in recent years and serves large global
Frontenac, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has completed the sale of GNAP, a distributor of industrial abrasive products, equipment, specialty ceramics and ancillary services to CenterOak Partners.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
GNAP was formed in 2005 through a merger between Grand Northern Products and Abrasive Products. Since Frontenac recapitalised GNAP with the owner operators in 2014, the Company has achieved strong organic growth and completed four acquisitions, making it the market-leading speciality distributor of consumable abrasive products for surface enhancement and specialty ceramics applications. GNAP represents more than 550 global suppliers and serves over 5,000
High Road Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Radix Wire (Radix), the ninth platform acquisition for High Road Capital Partners Fund II.
Cleveland, Ohio-based Radix is a manufacturer of high-temperature and fire-resistant wire and cable. Radix designs and engineers products proven to perform in temperatures ranging from 150°C to 1000°C and in diverse industrial OEM, maintenance, repair and operations, and fire protection applications. Radix serves global markets with increasingly stringent regulations governing component selection and performance, including cooking and heating equipment, oil and gas, lighting, and fire protection systems. Radix’s branded, high-performance products are manufactured in two facilities in
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap II Fund, together with company founders, is to acquire SCHEMA Group (SCHEMA), a developer and provider of software solutions for demanding product- and process-related content.
Financial terms of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1995 by Marcus Kesseler and Stefan Freisler, SCHEMA provides sophisticated component content management system (CCMS) software for creating modular documentation in technical content and other editing contexts and targets a broad range of different global industries such as engineering, pharmaceuticals and medical technology. CCMS solutions are required to efficiently master
Mid-market private equity firm Equistone Partners Europe has completed the sale of managed print services provider Apogee to HP Inc in a deal that values the company at GBP380 milllion.
Maidstone-headquartered Apogee employs over 1,000 staff and operates from 25 office locations across the UK and Europe. It has grown turnover to over GBP250m this year, becoming one of Europe’s largest independent providers of managed print services.
The business provides organisations including SMEs, corporates and the public sector with printing, scanning and workflow solutions from global brands including HP, Ricoh, Canon, Xerox and Konica Minolta.
Equistone took a
London-based investment fund, Fuel Ventures, has made a GBP275,000 investment in an online employee referral platform.
Real Links uses its web-based portal to help organisations lower recruitment costs by utilising their employee network, while improving employee engagement and staff retention. 

An online platform aimed at helping businesses improve employee referrals and reduce hiring costs has secured GBP275,000 from London-based investment fund, Fuel Ventures.
Real Links works with organisations to improve hiring through their employee network and is the second company to receive investment from Fuel Ventures since raising GBP20 million in its third round.
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A fund managed by Horizon Capital is to acquire a minority stake in Ukrainian biscuit producer Yarych.
Yarych is the second largest packaged biscuits producer in Ukraine, holding a 33 per cent share of the packaged biscuits market with its branded Maria, petit beurre and The Crackers biscuits. Yarych was established in 2008, upon acquisition of the factory from Nestle by the Company’s founder, with the Yarych brand launched in 2010.
Yarych is among only a few IFS certified confectionary producers in Ukraine with regulatory approvals in place to enable exports to the European Union.
During the past
ProVen VCT plc and ProVen Growth and Income VCT plc, managed by Beringea, are to launch a combined Offer for Subscription to raise up to a total of GBP60 million with an over-allotment facility of up to a further GBP20 million. The target launch date for the Offer is December this year.
The GBP80 million total would represent a record VCT fundraise for Beringea, a transatlantic venture capital investor that manages over USD700 million in funds in the UK and the US and over 60 portfolio companies across North America and Europe. This would also rank among the UK’s largest
Following receipt of regulatory approval from the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), Centaur has completed its purchase of Luxembourg Capital Partners SA and is now open for business in the Grand Duchy.
Centaur’s Luxembourg office will focus on servicing private equity and real estate funds and related corporate entities.
Centaur recently acquired Luxembourg Capital Partners, an existing administration firm, which provides a full suite of fund administration services to funds, family office and corporate vehicles. This acquisition brought Gerry Salucci and a team of experienced industry professionals to Centaur to spearhead the establishment and growth of Centaur
BNP Paribas Capital Partners (BNPP CP), BNP Paribas Asset Management’s specialist in external alternative manager selection, has launched an investment programme to provide institutional investors with exposure to the European discounted private debt market.
Fundraising is ongoing, with the final target of EUR250 million expected to be reached in 2019.
The investment programme is structured as a closed-ended fund of debt funds, with a lifespan of seven years and an average duration of about two and a half years. It aims to offer investors a net internal rate of return (IRR) of around 9-12 per cent.
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