Private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners has acquired Avalign Technologies from RoundTable Healthcare Partners. Avalign is a manufacturer of implants and instruments, specialty instrumentation, cutting tools, and cases and trays to the orthopedic medical device and specialty surgical markets. Avalign offers its OEM partners a broad portfolio of manufacturing solutions and extensive engineering design, development, and project management capabilities from concept to launch. Avalign has an established reputation for consistent and sophisticated quality systems, flexible capacity capabilities, and superior customer service.   Matt Altman (pictured), a Partner at Arlington Capital, says: “Avalign is an established leader in the large and

IK Investment Partners (IK) is to acquire Auxiga Group, a French and Belgian leader of pledge inventory services. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Since its establishment in 1919 in Belgium and 1975 in France, Auxiga Group has been a bank guarantee expert, drawing up structured and flexible credit facilities using inventories as collateral. The Group operates through four business units: Auxiga and Sofigarant, which are the leading providers of pledge inventory services in France, Warrant, which provides the same services in Belgium and Auxicontrol, a specialist in asset control and floor check services. The Group provides

High Road Capital Partners has acquired Cali Bamboo in what is the fifth platform acquisition for High Road Capital Partners Fund II. The transaction closed on 10 July, 2015. Cali Bamboo is a manufacturer and direct-to-consumer retailer of bamboo flooring and sustainable building products. Based in San Diego, California, the company offers bamboo flooring, composite decking, bamboo plywood, eucalyptus flooring, bamboo fencing, and cork tiles. Bamboo is among the fasting-growing plants on Earth, making it an environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional hardwoods.   “Cali Bamboo prides itself on providing the highest-quality, sustainable building products, along with delivering an outstanding customer

Century Park Capital Partners has acquired Better Life Technology, a manufacturer, designer, marketer and distributor of vinyl flooring products and printing substrates for multiple end markets.  BLT has a diverse and customisable range of vinyl floor coverings that are used by residential consumers as well as OEMs of marine and transit products. The Company’s products are also used as a substrate in the growing graphic printing market. BLT was founded by Don & Brett Sneed in 1998. The foundation of the BLT product line is G-Floor vinyl flooring. The original G-Floor Parking Pad was the first product created by Brett

Private equity fund manager Horizon Capital has acquired a stake in Rozetka, an e-commerce company based in Ukraine. The funding for the deal comes from Horizon Capital’s Emerging Europe Growth Fund II (EEGF II). Fnancial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.  Ukraine’s e-commerce recorded growth rates of over 30% for the last five years, in US dollar terms, and still retains significant upside potential as both, internet penetration and online shopping share of total retail remain substantially lower than regional peer levels.  The company, led by visionary entrepreneurs, Vladyslav and Iryna Chechotkin, is the indisputable market leader in

An affiliate of Vessey Street Capital Partners (VSCP) has acquired Imedex, a provider of accredited, independent Continuing Medical Education (CME) to industry professionals via in-person conferences and online education forums. Located in Alpharetta, Georgia, Imedex was previously a subsidiary of AmerisourceBergen, a global pharmaceutical sourcing and distribution service company.   “Imedex plays a critical role educating physicians in key specialty areas within the healthcare spectrum, including oncology, hematology, and gastroenterology. The Company’s leading industry presence and world class content will provide significant growth over the long-term. We view this as an excellent platform acquisition and hope to deploy additional capital

Private equity firm Waterland Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in Napoleon Games, a Belgian specialist in gaming and sports betting. Napoleon Games was founded in the ‘50s and has grown into the Belgian market leader in the gaming sector. The group is primarily known for its successful online platform (napoleongames.be), and is among others sponsoring AA Gent, the reigning champion in Belgian football, as well as the professional cycling team Sunweb-Napoleon Games. Over the last few years, the group has grown rapidly and completed its product offering through significant investments in the online platform. In order to sustain