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Compass Electronics Group (CEG) has acquired Texas-based electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and third-party logistics solutions provider Protech Global Solutions (Protech).
“Protech has an excellent reputation as a producer of high-quality electronic components with absolutely reliable logistics operations,” says Jeff Roberts, President and Chief Operations Officer of CEG. “We’re thrilled to bring the Protech team’s electronics expertise to our platform. It solidifies our position as a one-stop shop for customers’ design, development, and fulfilment needs while also enhancing our already formidable assembly capabilities.”
Established in 2001, Protech provides a wide range of electronics manufacturing, cable/wire harness assembly, box build and
Leisure specialist Ian Edward has been appointed as a Senior Adviser at corporate finance firm Clearwater International.
Edward brings over 30 years’ experience in the leisure industry, as M&A adviser, Non-Executive Board Director and investor. His previous transactions include the sale of New World Trading Company to Graphite Capital, the sale of Geronimo Inns to Young’s, and the sale of a stake in Pho to Livingbridge. He is a co-founder of Hippo Inns and a Non-Executive Director of Pizza Pilgrims, Seafood Pub Company and Thunderbird Fried Chicken.
Clearwater International’s consumer team saw a 15 per cent increase in completed
Dechert LLP has advised Ares Management Limited (Ares) on the refinancing of Daisy Group (Daisy) to support the founder of the business, Matthew Riley in an MBO from existing minority investor Toscafund.
The refinancing of Daisy is one of the largest European private credit transactions completed.
Daisy was founded in 2001 by executive chairman Matthew Riley and has since grown to be the leading independent provider of IT, communications and cloud services to UK businesses. Headquartered in Nelson, Lancashire it has circa 360,000 indirect and direct customers, circa 2,100 partners, circa 4,000 employees, and 30-plus locations nationwide.
The
Italian corporate and financial law firm Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners has advised Ardian portfolio and Italian outsourcing company F2A FIS-Antex, on the acquisition of Archimede HR.
Based in Perugia, Archimede HR is a leading workforce management software developer for several industries, including healthcare, transports and retail. The acquisition allows F2A to expand its range of services with highly synergistic specialist competences.
It also strengthens F2A’s strategic position in Central Italy with a new office in Perugia, where all Archimede HR employees and a dedicated software R&D centre will be based. Archimede HR founder Aldo Pascucci will join F2A
Private equity firm Hidden Harbor Capital Partners (Hidden Harbor) has closed its debut buyout fund at over USD265 million, above its target, with contributions from a balanced mix of endowments, foundations, pensions, family offices and funds of funds.
“We are humbled by all of the support from our limited partners, and look forward to building great companies rooted in our core values of integrity, team, high-performance, passion and a commitment to constant improvement,” says John Caple, Managing Partner.
Hidden Harbor was formed in 2016 by industry veterans John Caple, David Block and Christopher Paldino, and places a distinct emphasis
Dinosaur Merchant Bank (DMBL) has appointed Andrew Truman-Williams as the bank’s new Head of European Portfolio and Securities Finance businesses.
This is a new role for the growing challenger bank, which is a subsidiary of Dinosaur Group Holdings LLC. Truman-Williams will be based at the bank’s London headquarters.
Truman-Williams joins DMBL from VTB Capital, where he was the Head of Securities Finance for over eight years. With more than 20 years’ experience in securities finance, including senior positions at Commerzbank AG, HBOS and Man Group, the appointment comes as DMBL is expanding its EMEA reach as well as its
Convelio, a specialist in the shipping of art, antiques and designer objects, has raised EUR1.85 million in funding just nine months after its creation.
Edouard Gouin and Clément Ouizille, the company’s founders, say: “This exceptional investment by Global Founders Capital (GFC), as well as several other business angels, gives Convelio an additional boost, enabling us to accelerate our development. Evolution of the platform, integration of new services, new perspectives are opening up to us and will allow us to maintain our strengths: immediacy, optimisation and performance. We are all the more proud to raise this kind of funding only nine
Activa Capital has acquired a majority stake in Explore, a specialist in the development of B2B business intelligence solutions, to support the company in its development projects.
With this primary transaction, Activa Capital becomes a shareholder of the company alongside its founding directors, Laurent Nicouleau and Philippe Raison.
The strategy of Explore and its subsidiaries is to broaden its unique data platform on its historical markets (real estate, construction, B2B services) and to win new markets through innovative distribution methods and value propositions: business intelligence, integration in management solutions (CRM, ERP), on-demand usage via the cloud, data production and
ARQIS has advised Sekisui Plastics Europe on the acquisition of a 75 perc ent share of Proseat and seven other Proseat companies, from Belgian Recticel NV/SA.
Proseat was established in 1999 as a joint venture between Recticel and Canadian partner Woodbridge Foam Corporation to serve Tier 1 and OEM car manufacturers with moulded seat pads and head and armrests in polyurethane. Proseat Group is composed of eight companies in six European countries (Germany, Czech Republic, France, Poland, Spain, and United Kingdom,) and is building on leading position as Europe’s largest independent automotive parts manufacturer (seat-use cushion material, trim parts such
Mid-market investment bank Carl Marks Securities has acted as the financial advisor to PowerTown Line Construction in its sale to Entregado Group Inc, a portfolio company of AEA Investors.
PowerTown is a growing, profitable entrepreneur driven company providing best-in-class outsourced services to the leading power and utility companies throughout the Southeast and along the Eastern Seaboard. Founded by CEO Steven Townsend in 2005, PowerTown specialises in a wide variety of distribution, transmission, telecommunication, and substation construction services. Headquartered in Seffner, Florida, PowerTown has three additional operations centres to serve customers.
“PowerTown’s strong performance and reputation in the industry for
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