Carousel Capital has announced the acquisition, in partnership with packaging executive Jerry Lux, of South Carolina specialty packaging company Copec. Copec provides high end folding cartons, labels, inserts, hanging tags and envelopes to customers primarily in the home fragrance, tobacco, personal care, pharmaceutical and other consumer markets.   Carousel Capital is partnering with packaging executive Lux, who has assembled a management team comprised of several experienced packaging executives along with existing Copac employees, in acquiring the company from its founder and owner. Lux founded the specialty packaging division of Cadmus in 1993. Cadmus was subsequently acquired by Cenveo and Lux

Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR has established a partnership with Ed Fiorentino to form Actient Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, which will focus on acquir

Polaris Private Equity has announced the first closing of a new private equity fund with initial commitments of more than EUR275m that will invest in small and medium-sized industrial a

VinaCapital, an asset management group focused on Vietnam, has announced the successful IPO of its investee company Phu Nhuan Jewelry.  

Ply Gem Industries, a US manufacturer of residential exterior building products, has announced that affiliates of the company’s financial sponsor, CI Capital Partners, will acquire a ma

SJ Berwin says it plans to launch a dedicated China and East Asia practice with an office in Hong Kong, subject to regulatory requirements.

M&A activity in the European private equity industry fell in 2008, but respondents to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey believe there will be greater private equity involvement in the

Atlanta Equity Fund has completed the recapitalization of Florida-based Empower Software Solutions, which is active in the human resources management solutions industry with a focus on

Franklin Templeton Investments and Algebra Capital, an asset management firm in the Middle East/North Africa region, have announced that Franklin Templeton has increased its equity stak