FloWorks International (FloWorks), a specialty flow control distribution platform backed by Clearlake Capital Group, has acquired Flotech, a value-added distributor and servicer of industrial valves. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Founded in 1961, Flotech is a distributor and servicer of industrial valves and automation solution.   Together with Flotech, FloWorks will now have over 50 global branches, all strategically located in key markets to support customers focused on the chemical, sanitary, utility, refining, integrated circuit fabrication, pulp and paper, power generation, municipal, microelectronics, life sciences, food & beverage, agriculture, and general industrial end markets.

YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has made an additional multi-million pound investment in the UK-headquartered film and TV visual effects company Outpost VFX through its British Smaller Companies VCTs. This will enable the business to continue its rapid scale-up by investing in high calibre artistic talent, company culture and its tech infrastructure. Since YFM first backed Outpost VFX in February 2021, the business has seen rapid growth, delivering 150% revenue uplift in its first full year of trading since investment. It has continued to build its team which has increased almost four-fold to service continuing growth, including strengthening its management with

NB Renaissance and Chequers Capital are to sell the Biolchim Group (Biolchim), an Italy-based global producer and distributor of a specialty fertilisers, to JM Huber Corporation, one of the largest US family-owned companies whose products are used in a broad range of applications including agriculture, food and beverage, personal care, building materials and other.

Abris Capital Partners (Abris), an ESG transformation specialist private equity investor, has supported GreenGroup, a central European circular economy specialist, in acquiring UAB Ecso, a Lithuanian LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene) recycling company. Part of an ambitious M&A strategy, this acquisition marks GreenGroup’s entry into the polyolefin recycling market and creates the platform for further expansion in this sector across the CEE region. Over the next few years, GreenGroup will invest EUR 150 million to EUR200 million to further consolidate its position as the largest integrated recycling group in CEE through capex investments and bolt-on acquisitions.  UAB Ecso is GreenGroup’s second

QinetiQ US, a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ Group and a leading defence company is to acquire Avantus Federal (Avantus) from NewSpring Holdings for an enterprise value of $590 million. The combination of QinetiQ US and Avantus will create a powerful growth platform to address the complex and large scale intelligence and defense challenges government customers face today. The closing of the acquisition is subject to customary conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close by end of calendar year 2022. Avantus is a provider of mission-focused cyber, data analytics, and software development solutions to the Department of Defense,

An affiliate of CenterGate Capital (CenterGate), an Austin-based private equity investment firm, has made an investment in Prisma Graphic (Prisma), a marketing solutions provider that offers a range of technology-enabled marketing logistics functions for enterprise customers. Established in 1980 and headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, with an additional location in Nashville, TN, Prisma provides custom commercial printing, data analytics-driven direct mail services, packaging, and brand management for customers in a variety of end markets across the US. Prisma has built a strong reputation for customer service through its high-touch approach and proprietary software platform. CenterGate Capital was represented by McDermott Will