Latest News
Alliance Marine, a European distributor in recreational and commercial boating equipment, has acquired 3SI Group in the United Kingdom, its third overseas acquisition following Bukh Bremen in Germany (October 2017) and FNI in Italy (June 2018).
3SI Group counts among the European leaders in safety equipment (design, manufacture and distribution of liferafts, lifejackets, drysuits). Through its portfolio of well-known proprietary brands (Ocean Safety, Typhoon, ISP and Revere) and its know-how, the Group enjoys a strong reputation from professional clients. It generates a turnover of EUR35m and has about 250 employees.
The acquisition is of strategic interest for Alliance Marine,
Bregal Milestone, a private capital firm, has completed an investment in Arkphire Group, a leading IT solutions and networking company. The investment by Bregal Milestone is out of their new EUR400m fund dedicated to investing in high-growth European companies, and is their first deal to be closed, three months after the fund was announced.
Typical commitments from Bregal Milestone range from EUR20m to EUR60m.
Arkphire provides a full range of technology solutions from the desktop to the data centre. The company integrates leading technologies from global IT companies to solve clients’ business challenges. Bregal Milestone will partner with Arkphire’s co-founder and
Capagro is investing SEK15.6 million in Malmö, Sweden-based BoMill AB, which has developed high-speed grain sorting equipment. The previous owners are also participating in the share issue, totalling SEK20 million.
BoMill’s unique High Precision Quality sorting of Single Kernel technology can be used to sort Durum wheat, Soft wheat, Malting barley, Spelt and Oats on Fusarium (DON), Protein, Vitreousness, Seed quality and Falling number with a speed of 25,000 kernels per second or three ton/hour. This makes the TriQ very profitable for businesses within seed cleaning, grain handling and milling activities.
The customer – a mill or grain trader,
Michael Westhoven has joined Livingstone as a Partner in its global Media & Technology team based in Düsseldorf.
Westhoven has 25 years of experience in media, tech and communications M&A as both a corporate finance adviser and venture capital investor, and as an operational executive with P&L responsibility. He joins Livingstone from Houlihan Lokey where he was German head of Technology, Media and Telecommunications.
Westhoven says: “I am delighted to be joining Livingstone’s Media & Technology team to help build on their established platform and expand it across Europe. Livingstone’s excellent reputation, global footprint, and proven track-record at delivering exceptional
ARQIS has advised AVS Verkehrssicherung (AVS), a Triton Fund IV company, on the acquisition of Verkehrssicherungen Plank located in Remseck am Neckar, a provider of services for traffic and building site safety. The purchase price has not been disclosed.
Verkehrssicherungen Plank GmbH was founded in 1998 and offers services in the areas of traffic and building sites safety in the Stuttgart region and across Germany. In 2012 the company was the first one in Germany to be certified by StrAus-Zert for the general protection of work places. The projects comprise traffic security services for the extension of City Traffic Lines,
Mid-market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital’s (Wynnchurch) portfolio company Indiana Limestone Holdings has merged with Polycor Holding (Polycor), North America’s largest natural dimensional stone producer.
Headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana and founded in 1926 (predecessor firms had been quarrying limestone since the mid-1800s), Indiana Limestone Company is the premier supplier of Indiana limestone building products. This internationally renowned natural dimensional stone, often referred to as America’s Building Stone, is the highest quality quarried limestone in North America and is found on iconic structures including the Empire State Building, National Cathedral, and Rockefeller Center. With more than 4,500 acres of reserves and
Envision Healthcare Corporation has announced its acquisition by global investment firm KKR.
As a result of the completion of the merger, Envision has become a wholly owned subsidiary of funds affiliated with KKR, and Envision stockholders will receive an amount in cash equal to USD46.00 per share of Envision common stock.
As a result of the completion of the merger, shares of Envision’s common stock ceased trading on the NYSE prior to the opening of the NYSE today.
Mayfair-based alternative finance house IW Capital has invested GBP2 million in Eos Leisure, which manufactures and sells its own branded eliquid products (Vapemate, Soda Steam, Directors Cut) into the UK vaping market and provides manufacturing and scientific testing services for other suppliers in vaping and other markets.
The EIS qualifying investment of GBP2 million will be used to support the company’s growth, with a focus on building sales and marketing resources, continuing scientific accreditation work and product development.
In a regulated industry, Eos Leisure has made substantial capital investments in plant & equipment to build fully compliant, high capacity
Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd (Catalina) announces that it has closed a USD700 million equity capital raise and concluded its shareholder restructuring following receipt of regulatory approvals.
Following completion of this transaction, affiliates of Apollo Global Management, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, have become majority shareholders of Catalina, with RenaissanceRe Holdings Limited becoming a minority shareholder alongside Catalina’s management. As part of the shareholder restructuring, the Apollo Funds have committed an additional USD700 million in new equity capital to fund Catalina’s continued growth. Together with existing committed and undrawn equity, this brings Catalina’s total committed and undrawn equity to USD850 million.
Private equity firm Advent International has invested in Manjushree Technopack Ltd, India’s largest rigid plastic packaging solution provider, in partnership with the founding Kedia family.
As part of the transaction, Advent purchased all the shares owned by Kedaara Capital and a portion of the Kedia family’s stake in Manjushree Technopack.
Manjushree’s Founder and Managing Director, Vimal Kedia, and the rest of the company’s senior management team will remain closely involved in the business. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Manjushree Technopack is the No1 manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging for the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry
Special Reports
Featured
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
