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Sabre Industries a portfolio company of Kohlberg & Company has acquired FWT, a portfolio company of Satori Capital.
The business combination strengthens Sabre's position in the transmission and distribution structures sector.
"This investment in FWT is a perfect combination with Sabre. It increases our industry-leading capabilities, expands our footprint, and brings FWT's history of quality and service," says Peter J Sandore, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sabre. "Together, we will be able to better serve our customers in the electricity transmission industry."
FWT will operate as a subsidiary of Sabre and will continue to serve customers from its plants
Blue Wolf Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in North American Rescue (NAR), a supplier of tactical medical products, such as tourniquets, chest seals and decompression needles.
North American Rescue’s clients include the military, law enforcement and EMS first responders.
NAR’s Chief Executive Officer, Bob Castellani, and other members of the NAR management team invested alongside Blue Wolf and will remain in their current positions. Michael Ranson, Vic Caruso and Aakash Patel of Blue Wolf will join the Company’s Board of Directors. Renaissance Strategic Advisors and Holland & Knight provided advisory services to Blue Wolf on this transaction. Additional
Pioneer Corporation and KKR have completed a share purchase agreement for Pioneer DJ, under which KKR and Pioneer now own 85.05% and 14.95%, respectively, of PDJ Holdings Co.
Pioneer DJ develops and markets equipment for DJs, including CD players, mixers, controllers, headphones and speakers. It has a leading presence in the DJ equipment market with the top global market share, strong brand image, reputation for technological differentiation as well as high profitability and is the favoured brand of a broad range of top professional and amateur DJs worldwide. Pioneer and KKR will jointly leverage their respective business resources, brand power
A total of GBP5.2 billion worth of construction contracts for 1,095 renewable energy projects were awarded in 2014, which includes a record amount of solar power projects worth over GBP1.7 billion.
That’s according to data from Barbour ABI, a sister company of Ecobuild and a chosen provider of construction data for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Government, revealed last year renewable energy planning applications increased by 26 per cent compared with 2013, continuing the trend of year on year growth in the sector. Whilst the renewable sector benefited from high levels of investment in 2014, 45 per
Law firm Ropes & Gray has advised Crescent Capital Partners Management Pty Limited (Crescent) on its over-subscribed Crescent Capital Partners V (Crescent V) fund.
An AUD675 million fund, Crescent V will seek to invest in middle market businesses primarily in Australia and New Zealand with a focus on companies worth between AUD50 million and AUD300 million.
Recognised as one of Australasia’s leading private equity firms, Crescent was formed in Sydney in 2000. The firm has a highly strategic approach to investing, targeting specific investment themes and sectors that will experience strong profit growth. Crescent’s investment approach is complemented by extensive strategy
Professional testing services provider PSI Services has partnered with Waud Capital Partners (WCP), a middle-market private equity firm.
PSI provides various solutions through its multiple business channels including talent assessments (of job-seeking candidates as well as employee development programs), licensure testing and license management services (for government regulatory agencies) and certification credentialing services (for professional associations). PSI offers clients various solutions to measure, assess and identify the skills, abilities, traits and identities of individuals seeking jobs, licensure or certification credentials.
Stephen Tapp, PSI’s Chief Executive Officer, says: "Based on the excellent growth and diversity of PSI's business portfolio, combined with
Mitel is to acquire Mavenir Systems, a provider of software-based networking solutions for mobile carriers in a cash and stock deal valued at approximately USD560 million.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, Mitel will commence an exchange offer pursuant to which Mavenir stockholders will be entitled to elect to receive either all-cash or all-stock consideration for each share of Mavenir common stock, subject to proration, in either case with a value of USD11.08 plus 0.675 of a Mitel common share, or USD17.94 based on the closing price of a Mitel common share on February 27, 2015.
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European private equity group GMT Communications Partners has made three senior promotions – Natalie Tydemano Senior Partner, Vikram Krishna to Partner and Francois Stoessel to Principle.
Tydeman (Senior Partner) joined GMT in 2007. Since joining, she has successfully completed GMT’s investment in Bigpoint, a European developer of browser‐based online games, in 2008, and has most recently played a leading role in the acquisition of Seagull, a leading provider of computer based training for seafarers worldwide. She brings substantial knowledge of the digital media space, having worked in the Communications industry for 17 years. She was previously at Fremantle Media as
Capita Asset Services has extended its range of services for UCITS and alternative investment funds with the introduction of fully automated Annex IV reporting to both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Central Bank of Ireland.
Capita currently provides services to around 50 funds across the UK and Ireland. The development of the Annex IV report has been a complex process requiring extensive data extraction and analysis. As a result Capita is able to provide an automated and verified population of 100% of the Annex IV schema, without any dependence on additional information from portfolio managers.
This has
It has been more than five years already when the economic downturn began, and the Middle Market Private Equity industry in the US has proved its strong foothold in the investment scene as compared to Large or Mega scale markets. According to a report from accounting and consulting firm McGladrey, “until very recently, the middle-market just hasn’t gotten the respect it deserves.
The performance of midsized firms following the recent global economic downturn, however, has been extremely impressive as statistics compiled by the National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) reveal.” Competition, a noted bellwether indicator, shows large players entering
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