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Monroe Capital (Monroe) has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility and equity co-investment to support Centre Partners’ investment in Wisconsin Cheese Group Holding, (WCG), a manufacturer of branded and private label Hispanic foods, including cheeses, desserts, meats and spices.
Founded in 1985 and based in St Paul, Minnesota, WCG maintains an attractive portfolio of trusted, authentic Hispanic food brands, including La Morenita, El Viajero, Reynaldo’s, El Chilar, Lisy, and Orale!, alongside extensive private label capabilities.
WCG has nationwide distribution with a strong presence within the mass, club, grocery and specialty
Align Capital Partners’ (ACP) portfolio company Pleatco Filtration (Pleatco), the market leading manufacturer of aftermarket cartridge filters for the industrial air and pool/spa industries, has acquired TVS Filters (TVS).
TVS designs and manufactures pleated filter cartridges, gas turbine inlet filters, and other filtration products for complex industrial air filtration applications.
“TVS has experienced tremendous growth due to our commitment to delivering high quality products with industry best lead times and high levels of customer service,” says Part Willings, President of TVS. “Pleatco Filtration’s manufacturing capabilities and deep engineering and marketing expertise are the perfect complement to our business and will
Companies ranked in the bottom 50 per cent of ESG performance are significantly more likely to attract activists’ attention, according to the findings of Alvarez & Marsal’s (A&M) latest analysis and predictor of shareholder activism in Europe, the A&M Activist Alert (AAA).
The study also predicts that the wave of activism across Continental Europe will continue to increase in 2020 as activists adapt their tactics to different markets and sectors, with tech companies a key growing target sector for activist shareholders. The UK however remains the largest market for activists and is home to 54 of the 158 European companies
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
Mercia Asset Management (Mercia) is to acquire the management of the three Northern Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs); Northern Venture Trust PLC, Northern 2 VCT PLC and Northern 3 VCT PLC, from NVM Private Equity LLP (NVM).
This will fulfil Mercia’s ambition to become the leading provider of complete, connected capital to regional SMEs. The deal will significantly increase Mercia’s Assets under Management (AuM) by c50 per cent to cGBP0.8billion. This will ensure that regional businesses will have even greater access to Mercia’s significantly enhanced investment capability and support during 2020 and beyond.
Partly funded by Mercia’s GBP30.0million Placing, which was
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