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Italmatch Chemicals, a specialist in the production and marketing of performance additives for lubricants, industrial water & process treatment, oil & gas, and plastics backed by private equity firm Ardian, has acquired Sudamfos do Brasil, a distribution company, specialised in marketing of phosphonates, phosphates and other specialty chemical products, through its recently created local subsidiary Italmatch Do Brasil Partipações Ltda.
This transaction gives Italmatch Chemicals a stronger presence in the Latin American market, as well as reinforces the overseas growth and development recently undertaken by the Group in the American Continent. It, indeed, follows the recent acquisition of Compass Chemical
New York-based private equity firm Argand Partners (Argand) has acquired Oase Management (OASE). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
OASE is a provider of outdoor water gardening products with a growing presence in indoor aquatics products, which are sold under their biOrb and Highline programs. Founded in 1949, in Hörstel, Germany, OASE benefits from almost 70 years of brand heritage and is well‐known for its highly innovative and quality‐leading product solutions. The Company’s products stand for cutting‐edge design and exceptional ease‐of‐use. OASE is also a leader in complex fountain technology and has extensive experience designing large‐scale projects globally,
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to IDBS, a leader in enterprise scientific informatics platforms, on its sale to Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR), a global science and technology innovator with more than 20 operating companies spanning healthcare, environmental and industrial sectors.
Founded by entrepreneur Neil Kipling, IDBS provides innovative enterprise data management, analytics and modelling software for R&D and science-driven companies. The company’s E-WorkBook Cloud platform, which was recently named Cloud Product of the Year at the National Technology Awards, provides critical R&D data management and lab informatics capabilities to drive innovation at over 200 large global enterprises
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has made a significant investment in Dotmatics, a scientific informatics software provider delivering enterprise solutions tailored to the modern, highly collaborative and mobile scientific environments.
Dotmatics provides solutions for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academia, food and beverage, oil and gas, and agrochemical industries. The funding will enable Dotmatics to continue its investment into product innovation and customer success, as well as to strengthen operations in each of its key geographies.
Dotmatics’ comprehensive solutions include tools for knowledge management, data storage, enterprise querying and reporting, data analysis and visualisation. Headquartered in the UK, Dotmatics is one of
Assetz Capital, one of the UK’s fastest growing peer-to-peer alternative finance platforms, has reported a continuation of profit for its half year results.
The company has recorded a seven-figure pre-tax profit in the six months from April to September 2017, in keeping with the profitability recorded for the entire 2016/17 financial year. With recent FCA approval, Assetz Capital remains one of the very few P2P platforms worldwide to achieve profitability, with a revenue run-rate of circa GBP15 million per annum.
From April 2017 to September 2017, well over GBP110 million was lent through Assetz Capital to credit worthy businesses nationwide,
Some 43,000 new aircraft are to be delivered over the next 20 years, according to the latest World Fleet Forecast from international aircraft leasing company Avolon.
The forecast projects growth in and changes to the global commercial jet fleet and includes forecasts of aircraft deliveries, retirements, funding requirements and passenger-to-freighter conversions.
Dick Forsberg, Avolon’s Head of Strategy and author of the paper, says: “The growth fundamentals of the airline industry remain strong for next two decades, and we expect that the cycles for aircraft orders and deliveries will continue to move in line with the broader economic cycle.
Maven Capital Partners has appointed Alex Marsh to its investment team in the North East, as Investment Manager to transact on behalf of Maven’s private equity funds and help manage the GBP20 million Finance Durham Fund, announced earlier this year by Business Durham.
Marsh joins from Northstar Ventures, a North East-based venture capital investor focussed on the digital and technology sector, where he invested in early stage businesses to support a range of innovative, high growth companies and prepared portfolio companies for exits. Previously at PwC for almost 10 years, Alex worked as a Corporate Finance Manager in the award
International private equity firm Cinven is to acquire a majority stake in Planasa, a global operator in the agri-food sector, for a consideration of approximately EUR450 million.
Planasa specialises in plant research, nursery and fresh produce. Alexandre Darbonne, CEO and current owner of the company, will continue to hold a significant shareholding.
Headquartered in Valtierra, Spain, Planasa is one of the leading plant variety and nursery operators within the berry fruit category worldwide. The Group provides seeds, plants and R&D services to farmers, and fresh produce to retailers across the world. Planasa has benefitted from strong growth in its
Mid-market private equity investor Graphite Capita has backed the GBP72 million management buy-out of YSC Consulting, an independent global provider of leadership strategy consultancy services.
Headquartered in London, YSC Consulting operates from 17 offices in Europe, North America, South Africa and Asia-Pacific. It has built a large and diverse blue-chip customer base of more than 400 organisations of which almost 60 per cent are in the FTSE 100, FTSE 250 or Fortune 500. Its global clients include Qantas, HSBC, Diageo, GlaxoSmithKline, Tesco, BHP, Li & Fung and BP.
YSC Consulting works mainly with C-suite executives, developing trusted, long-term relationships.
HighLife SAS, an early-stage medtech company focused on the development of a unique trans-catheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system to treat patients suffering from mitral regurgitation, has closed a EUR12.3 million investment round led by Sofinnova Partners, who become the main investor in the company.
HighLife had previously secured financing from LivaNova PLC, which also participated in this financing round along with Georg Börtlein, the CEO and founder of HighLife.
Based in Paris, HighLife was started in 2010 by Georg Börtlein, who was previously a co-founder with Professor Jacques Séguin and Chief Operating Officer at CoreValve Inc, a pioneer
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