Portfolio management
Equistone’s Bretèche Industrie acquires Shick
Investment in the US baking industry equipment business is part of Bretèche Industrie's buy-and-build strategy
Inflexion's British Engineering Services acquires Nortest
Deal marks the first bolt-on under Inflexion's stewardship
Ambienta’s IP Cleaning buys Vaclensa
Acquisition will bring IPC's revenues to €200m, up from €170m in 2013
Summit-backed DentalPro buys Dentadent
Deal marks the second bolt-on acquisition for the Italian dental clinic group
Paine’s Suba Seeds buys Brotherton
Deal marks the second bolt-on acquisition in the US market for PE-backed Suba Seeds
MML’s CH&Co merges with Brookwood, Absolutely Catering
Newly enlarged entity will generate turnover of £200m and employ 6,000 people
Afinum’s Empolis invests in Smart Reporting
Empolis financed the minority-stake acquisition of Smart Reporting with its own cash flow
Carlyle’s Comdata buys Turkish peer Win Bilgi Iletisim
Deal follows the recent bolt-on acquisition of Spanish competitor Digitex in February 2016
Findos-backed Abit acuires Eurosystems
Main Capital invested €10m in the Dutch software provider in 2011, becoming majority shareholder
Activa-backed Alliance Étiquettes buys Imprimerie D3
Buy-and-build platform Alliance Étiquettes was set up by Activa Capital in late 2015
Ardian’s Trigo acquires Böllinger’s automotive quality business
Acquisition is Trigo's first bolt-on since Ardian's takeover in the spring
VR’s Vohtec bolts on Böllinger subsidiary
Böllinger sells its business section as part of the group's restructuring
Alto Partners’ Dolciaria Val d’Enza bolts on Artebianca
Deal marks the seventh transaction for the GP’s third vehicle, Alto Capital III
Lion Capital-backed Afflelou to acquire Optimil
Bolt-on acquisition will enable French group to further develop Spanish activity
Carlyle's Addison Lee acquires Octopus-backed Tristar
Post-transaction, the combined executive car hire company will have a headcount of 800
BaltCap’s EKT bolts on Jaakson Linnahooldus
Add-on acquisition comes six months after the GP took a 75% stake in EKT
Gimv-backed Brakel acquires Argina Technics
Gimv acquired a majority stake in Dutch group Brakel in September 2015
Hellman’s TeamSystem buys E-conomic
Deal follows the recent acquisition of Italian startup Fatture In Cloud
Adelis-backed Nordomatic buys Dominus
Following the bolt-on, the Nordomatic group will have a turnover of SEK 500m
Summit’s DentalPro bolts on Giovanni Bona for €80m
Pemberton supported the acquisition with a €70m bond facility
Ardian’s Italmatch Chemicals buys Compass
Deal marks the third bolt-on acquisition in the water treatment industry for the Italian business
Quadrivio’s Somacis buys Graphic
Deal marks first acquisition afield for the Italian buyout house Quadrivio
Dunedin's CET bolts on Omega
Deal marks 13th acquisition by the testing and outsourcing business
IK-backed SVT buys AIK Flammadur
SVT hopes to benefit from AIK's existing customer network in the shipping industry