Buyouts
Parcom Capital backs MBO of CTS
Parcom acquired aluminium specialist CTS alongside management for an undisclosed amount.
Activa Capital buys Primavista off LFPI
Activa Capital has acquired a majority stake in French maternity and school photography specialist Primavista from LFPI Gestion.
Capidea backs MBO of Klokkerholm Karosseridele
Capidea Management has acquired a 70% stake in Danish auto body part distributor Klokkerholm Karosseridele.
Riverside and Halder acquire Keymile from Hannover Finanz
The Riverside Company and Halder have acquired telecommunications firm Keymile from Hannover Finanz in a secondary management buyout.
Matrix Private Equity backs MBO of EMaC
Matrix has invested ТЃ6m to back the MBO of service plan provider EMaC.
Butler Capital takes over Anovo
Turnaround specialist Butler Capital has been chosen to take over Anovo, a French provider of after-sales support solutions for high-tech products, from administration.
CVC linked to £4bn RBSI bid
CVC Capital Partners has reportedly made a bid for RBS Insurance (RBSI), which could provide the largest European buyout this year if successful.
Barclays Private Equity buys UETIKON
Barclays Private Equity has acquired 100% of fine chemicals specialist CU UETIKON together with the management.
Nordic buyouts: Sailing to recovery
Unquoteт data points to the Nordic private equity industry recovering faster than the rest of Europe. Although buyout activity is low at the moment, trends emerging from long-term data tell a different tale. Sonnie Ehrendal reports
Argos Soditic buys Marchegay
Argos Soditic has acquired a majority stake in the management buyout of French glass structures manufacturer Marchegay Technologies.
Finance Wales backs Jet-Vac MBO
Finance Wales has backed the management buyout of UK-based industrial cleaning company Jet-Vac Systems with an undisclosed equity investment.
GED buys Révai Printing House
GED has wholly acquired Hungarian printing services provider Révai Printing House From the British Polestar Group.
Quadriga Capital acquires Lapp Insulators
Private equity house Quadriga Capital has bought Lapp Insulators from Andlinger & Company.
Rabo Capital backs Delta Wines MBO
Rabo Capital has signed an agreement with HAL Investments to buy a stake in Dutch wine wholesaler Delta Wines.
Palatine backs secondary MBO of Wealth at Work
Palatine Private Equity has provided funding for the secondary buyout of Wealth at Work from LDC.
Weinberg buys Climater off Industries & Finances
Weinberg Capital Parners (WCP) had acquired a majority stake in French climate engineering group Climater from Industries & Finances (I&F).
Eurazeo backs 3S Photonics MBO
Eurazeo has acquired a majority stake in French opto-electronic components manufacturer 3S Photonics.
Carlyle buys Telecable for €400m
The Carlyle Group has won the bidding war for Spanish telecommunications provider Telecable de Asturias, beating CVC at the last hurdle with its offer, which values the company at €400m.
Sullivan Street acquires Taylor Continental for £15m
Sullivan Street Partners, alongside Oakfield Capital, has acquired Taylor Continental Group for ТЃ15m from ECI Partners.
ISIS acquires Onyx in management buyout
ISIS Equity Partners has acquired technology provider Onyx Group alongside its management team led by CEO Neil Stephenson.
Sun European carves out Kobusch-Sengenwald
Sun European Partners has acquired German packaging business Kobusch-Sengewald from its parent Pregis.
JC Flowers acquires Belgium's Fidea for €243.6m
KBC Group has signed an agreement to sell Belgian insurance provider Fidea to JC Flowers, in a deal worth a total of €243.6m.
Argos Soditic acquires BMF
Argos Soditic has acquired industrial company Bartholet Maschinenbau.
CIC LBO Partners leads Lefebvre Software MBO
CIC LBO Partners has backed the management buyout of French software business Lefebvre Software, alongside Women Equity Partners.