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GERMANY - CFH joins DZ Equity Partner in CleanCar investment
CFH GmbH has acquired a minority stake in Clean Car AG. The new investor joins existing investor DZ Equity Partner which provided Clean Car with growth capital funding to the value of between EUR 50-100m in late 2007. Dusseldorf-based CleanCar is a...
GERMANY - Halder acquires VAG-Armaturen GmbH
Halder has acquired VAG Armaturen through a management buyout from Equita Beteiligungen Fonds 2 KG, Bad Homburg. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. VAG-Armaturen designs, produces and distributes industrial valves and fittings for...
AUSTRIA - Adcuram cancels sale of Battenfeld to OOD Private Equity
According to the Austrian press, Adcuram Group AG has announced that it will cancel the sale of Battenfeld Kunststoffmaschinen GmbH to OOD Private Equity Ltd. The reason was cited as being 'the doubts voiced about the purchaser'. Adcuram plans to 'counteract...
GERMANY – BAVARIA Idustriekapital buys Elcoteq
BAVARIA Industriekapital AG has acquired Elcoteq Communications Technology GmbH, based in Offenburg, for an undisclosed sum. Finnish Elcoteq Group, a supplier of electronic goods, has divested the business due to its changed role in Elcoteq’s global production...
SWITZERLAND - Invision and Vinci take majority stake in RSD
Invision Private Equity AG and Vinci Capital SA have together acquired a majority stake in software company RSD SA, based in Geneva. This is apart of a succession plan. Founder and CEO of the company, Louis-Pierre Roger, remains a stakeholder. RSD SA...
Against the gloom
There is a lot of talk about the credit crunch reverberating through the market. The transparency issue looms as well. The interdependence of financial markets and a potential US recession are on everybody's mind. From this, we could assume that insecurity...