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Tikehau IM has arranged a term loan financing for ELIX Polymers, a specialty chemicals manufacturer owned by an affiliate of Sun European Partners.
Headquartered in Tarragona, Spain, ELIX is a manufacturer of high quality pre-coloured Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) resins and derivatives as well as tailor-made specialities used for automotive, healthcare, consumer, appliances and electronics applications.
ELIX was acquired by Sun European Partners in 2012 from INEOS, as part of the remedy process imposed by the European Commission for the formation of the joint venture between the ABS businesses INEOS and BASF.
After a successful transformation, ELIX has become an
Bill Fickling has been named portfolio manager for TCA’s Opportunities Fund I, a small-cap, private equity fund that invests in underserved growth stage companies.
In this role, his focus will be on overseeing portfolio investments and securing returns from equity positions where TCA has capital invested.
“Bill has been a trusted advisor and one of our operating partners for several years,” says TCA founding partner and CEO Bob Press. “When the decision was made to extend our business model and start a private equity fund, we knew his instincts and expertise made him the perfect choice to manage the
Seyfarth Shaw has added partners John D Shire and William B Eck to the firm’s corporate department in Washington, DC.
Shire arrives from the Washington, DC office of Fox Rothschild, while Eck joins from the Washington, DC office of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC, a prominent California-based health law boutique firm.
“John and Bill are exceptional corporate lawyers. 2016 has been a year of growth for our transactional and regulatory practices, especially in the healthcare, M&A and energy areas,” says Paul Mattingly, chair of Seyfarth’s corporate department.
“They are both strong gifted team members who augment our existing
Denver-based private equity firm Revelstoke Capital Partners has expanded its team with two new operating partners – Steve Geringer, chairman of AmSurg Corp, and Greg Steil, founder of ATI Physical Therapy.
Geringer and Steil will also join the board of directors of Fast Pace Urgent Care, Revelstoke’s newest portfolio company.
“I’ve worked closely with Steve and Greg for many years. Their combined knowledge in clinic-based healthcare operations and healthcare services is unmatched,” says Simon Bachleda, managing partner and co-founder of Revelstoke, and chairman of the board of Fast Pace. “Both are successful entrepreneurs, experienced CEOs and invaluable board members.
Graphite Capital, a mid-market private equity specialist, has acquired Beck & Pollitzer, which provides industrial machinery installation and relocation services, from Bridgepoint Development Capital for an undisclosed sum.
Beck & Pollitzer’s blue chip clients, which include Toyota, Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls Royce, Rexam, Kimberley Clark and many other international brands, operate principally in the automotive, aerospace, metals and packaging industries.
The company’s services range from moving single machines to the relocation of entire factories and installation of complex production lines.
Beck & Pollitzer employs more than 600 staff in 26 offices located in 14 countries and executes projects
Commonwealth Capital has launched the Commonwealth Capital Income Fund-I to provide investment capital exclusively for start-ups and early-stage companies.
The company also launched a new microsite at commonwealthcapital.fund to assist capital seekers. Entrepreneurs can sign up now and be matched with a no-cost, personal “funding concierge” who guides them through a standardised process for fund eligibility.
Users first engage in an online "proof of concept" stage to gain community support for their project, product or service. They then create a marketable deal structure for investors and an operating plan to attract a well-connected management team. After completing these stages, users potentially
A company backed by the Permira funds is to acquire the majority of P&I Personal & Informatik, a German full suite provider of HR software solutions, for an undisclosed sum.
The current owner HgCapital will continue to be invested as minority shareholder in the company.
Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Wiesbaden, P&I is a supplier of integrated HR software solutions for payroll, human capital management as well as HR cloud and outsourcing services. The company serves more than 15,000 customers, ranging from small and medium-sized private businesses (SMB) to public sector organisations of all size mainly in Germany,
Private equity firm TA Associates has completed a significant investment in Radixx International, a provider of travel distribution and passenger service system software for airline reservations, distribution and merchandising.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Radixx offers a cloud-based SaaS Passenger Service System (PSS) designed to help airlines increase profitability and maximise productivity through expanded distribution of products and services.
The company’s product suite features flexible, modern technology that allows airlines to sell to ticketed passengers at all touch points – online, via call centres and at airports – and through multiple channels, including directly
Silverfleet Capital portfolio company Sigma Components has appointed Mark Rollins and Ed Riley as non-executive chairman and chief financial officer respectively.
Based in Hinckley, Leicestershire, Sigma is a precision engineering components manufacturer for the commercial aerospace sector.
The new appointments complete Sigma’s board of directors, which has been strengthened since Silverfleet’s acquisition to support the company’s growth plans.
Rollins has an extensive career in the manufacturing and aerospace sectors. He is a former CEO and financial director of Senior Plc, the engineering and manufacturing group, where he played an instrumental role in transforming the business.
Riley also brings
Newcastle upon Tyne-based NVM Private Equity has led a fundraising round for London based Channel Mum, an online multi-channel video blog community network for parents.
NVM has invested GBP2 million to support and work with Channel Mum to accelerate and grow the company over the next few years.
Building on Channel Mum’s skillset the growth strategy is focused on expanding the core product offering and growing the ‘Millennial’ audience.
Channel Mum was founded in 2015 by ‘mumpreneur’ Siobhan Freegard OBE who in 2000 also co-founded the UK’s biggest parenting website Netmums – aimed at millennial mums and parents-to-be.
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