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Caseking, a European online-retailer and distributor of gaming and PC accessories backed by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), has acquired Trigono, a B2B software and hardware distributor, from financial holding company Bratt International.
The acquisition strengthens Caseking Group’s position in the Scandinavian market, while the Caseking product range will open up growth opportunities for Trigono. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Equistone acquired Caseking in March 2014 and has since supported the Company’s growth strategy. Having acquired leading British hardware component supplier Overclockers in 2012, Caseking has strengthened its presence in other key European regions since Equistone’s
Audax Private Equity has acquired Ecolab’s Equipment Care business from Ecolab Inc, a provider of commercial kitchen repair, maintenance services, and parts to the US commercial food service industry.
Equipment Care services 40,000 locations across 25 states with 500 technicians and 400 subcontractors and distributes 25K SKUs of OEM and private label parts. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Geoffrey Ss Rehnert, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Audax Group, says: “Ecolab’s Equipment Care is a leader in the kitchen equipment repair industry. We look forward to working with Bill Emory and the rest of the Equipment Care team to build
Dave Edwards, Nick Grainger and Andy Dimmock, Partners at FRP Advisory specialising in debt advisory services, are now operating as FRP Debt Advisory as part of the full integration of Litmus Advisory within the FRP Advisory partnership of business advisory services.
The launch of FRP Debt Advisory coincides with the appointment of Andy Pickford to the team as a Director based in the firm’s Manchester office, as a response to client demand for debt advisory services from companies and private equity groups both in Manchester and across the wider North-West and North of England regions.
The formation of FRP Debt
Wynnchurch Capital has completed an investment in America II Group, an electronic component distributor, supplying a broad array of products for use in higher value-add applications across diversified end-markets including industrial controls and sensors, medical devices, data networks, internet-connected products and material handling/transportation equipment.
The Company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida with a global footprint and offices in the UK, Germany, China, Japan, Singapore and Mexico.
“We are excited to partner with a great management team and invest in a global market leader with a differentiated value proposition, diversified customer base and growing
Bedell Cristin has advised Leonard Green & Partners (LGP), a US private equity investment firm, on its acquisition of intellectual property management and technology group, CPA Global.
CPA Global was founded in Jersey in 1969 and has grown to become a major international organisation, servicing customers’ needs in 200 jurisdictions. The group specialises in registration, protection and administration of intellectual property, and it offers its customers a unique integrated platform of IP software and technology-enabled solutions.
LGP is a leading private equity investment firm founded in 1989 and based in Los Angeles. The firm partners with experienced management teams,
Funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) are to acquire a majority stake in SunSource Holdings, a distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power products in the US and Canada. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
SunSource serves a diverse customer base which includes more than 20,000 original equipment manufacturers and end users of hydraulic and pneumatic equipment. The company’s broad product portfolio of pumps, motors, valves, cylinders and components for use in mobile hydraulics and electronics, industrial hydraulics and pneumatics, automation and fluid process equipment exceeds 200,000 SKUs. SunSource serves equipment manufacturers and users across a
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies at the lower end of the middle market, has acquired Nekoosa, a manufacturer of specialty paper and film products used in the graphics and commercial print markets.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Nekoosa produces a comprehensive suite of specialty engineered materials in four key product areas: application and pressure sensitive tapes used to protect and transfer graphics onto surfaces such as store windows and commercial vehicles; specialty synthetic papers that offer a digitally printable tear-and-water-proof alternative to lamination; sheeted digital
Colin Morton, vice president, portfolio manager, Franklin UK Equity Income Fund and Franklin UK Rising Dividends Fund, comments in the Bank of Englands decision to raise interest rates…
With this interest rate rise, the Bank of England (BoE) has reversed an emergency measure put in place post Brexit that perhaps ended up being unnecessary, given that the expected recessionary environment and jump in unemployment has not materialised. Mark Carney’s creditability was on the line and today’s decision sidestepped any danger of him being accused of ‘crying wolf’ for a second time if no action was taken. Against that backdrop, today’s
The Bank of England has raised interest rates by a quarter point to 0.5 per cent, the first interest rate rise in a decade.
Commenting on the decision, Andrew Fowkes, Head of Retail Centre of Excellence, SAS UK & Ireland says: “Today’s decision to increase interest rates will be felt by consumers immediately.
“Some brands have already invested in the ability to respond to external events in real-time to survive and thrive. Our research shows that over half (55 per cent) of UK organisations use changes in financial markets to inform their customer interactions, with telco providers, insurance companies and
Lowell, a European credit management services provider backed by the Permira funds and The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, is to create the second largest credit management services company in Europe through the acquisition of the carve-out business from Intrum.
The carve-out comprises Lindorff’s entire business in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, and Sweden as well as Intrum Justitia’s entire business in Norway and was specified by the European Commission as a condition of the combination of the two companies earlier this year.
The acquisition will create a leading pan-European credit management platform that benefits from significant scale and great regional, as
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