A fund advised by SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement mbH, has acquired puracon's business operations from the insolvent predecessor company. Based in Rosenheim, puracon is a packaging specialist focused on the sterile assembly and packaging of medical devices and implants in GMP certified cleanrooms. The range of services that it provides its globally active customers also includes consultancy with regard to all regulatory issues as well as conducting the required testing, certification and validation in compliance with the respective national directives. Puracon realigned its business in light of increasingly stringent regulatory requirements in 2013/2014.   "With its business model, Puracon is

Rubicon Partners and Grovepoint Capital have cquired EnServe Group Limited from European private equity firm Cinven for an undisclosed amount. EnServe is a provider of infrastructure support services to the utilities sector, operating principally in the UK. EnServe was acquired during December 2010 by Cinven and today comprises three divisions: Electricity, Utility Services and Analytics. The Group works in partnership with a large number of commercial, public and utility organisations, operating from more than 30 locations across the UK and employing 1,650 people.   EnServe comprises the following three divisions:   The Electricity division incorporates Freedom Group, which provides engineering design,

Private equity firm JW Child Associates has agreed to sell Sunny Delight Beverages Co (SDBC), to Brynwood Partners VII L.P. for an undisclosed amount pending regulatory approval. SDBC, a Cincinnati-based company, was formed by JW Childs in 2004 when it acquired the iconic SunnyD brand from The Procter & Gamble Company.    Brynwood Partners also owns the Harvest Hill Beverage Company which markets Juicy Juice products, the Hug juice brand and Daily's Cocktails brand.    "We are pleased that Brynwood VII has agreed to acquire Sunny Delight," says Billy Cyr, president and CEO, SDBC. "Our team looks forward to working

Environmental investment-focused private equity fund Ambienta has acquired Mikrotron, a German-based provider of high-speed machine vision cameras. Mikrotron, together with Tattile, which Ambienta purchased in 2012, will constitute the core of LakeSight Technologies, the consolidation project backed by Ambienta aimed at building a European leader in the machine vision sector. Machine vision systems, typically used in quality inspection and automation solutions for industrial processes, are crucial in reducing unnecessary processing, thus improving energy and materials efficiency.   Machine vision is a EUR2 billion fast-growing market characterised by high fragmentation, where 90 per cent of suppliers have a turnover below EUR10

IK VII Fund, advised by IK Investment Partners (IK), is to acquire TeleComputing AS from Ferd Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Since 1997, TeleComputing has been at the forefront of IT operations and outsourcing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Nordic region. As IT environments are becoming increasingly complex and critical to business management, TeleComputing has successfully built a leading position by making IT easy for its customers.   “TeleComputing has successfully positioned itself as a leading player in the Nordic SME segment with a core value proposition of reducing IT complexity for

Waterlogic is to acquire the water cooler division of PHS Group (PHS Waterlogic) for an undisclosed amount. PHS Waterlogic is a long established water cooler business active in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Netherlands. The business exclusively distributes Waterlogic manufactured and branded point-of-use water (POU) coolers, and was originally acquired by PHS Group from Waterlogic in 2000. PHS Waterlogic adds a total of circa 90,000 POU water coolers on rental and service contracts to Waterlogic’s existing operations.   The UK business of PHS Waterlogic will be merged with Angel Springs, one of the leading UK bottled water and point-of-use businesses