Industrials
AM Ventures holds first close for 3D printing venture fund
Additive manufacturing-focused firm has a target of €100m for the vehicle
SICI backs Italian foundry 3M
Company plans to boost its technological development and bolster its international expansion
Miura sells Equipe Cerámicas to Mandarin's Italcer
Miura reinvests in the deal alongside Mandarin and retains a minority stake in the combined group
VCs in €200m round for Volocopter
New investors in the urban air mobility company include BlackRock and Avala Capital
Phoenix invests in Setfords Law; BGF exits
Phoenix will acquire a majority stake in the legal network; BGF invested £3.75m in Setfords in 2016
Equistone acquires Franke Water Systems
Carve-out comprises kitchen and bathroom fittings businesses Water Systems Commercial Group and KWC
LDC backs WCCTV with £30m investment
Company plans to use the fresh capital to further accelerate its international expansion and launch new products
Ergon forms SPV for fire protection business SVT
GP's €270m fund will invest only in the fire protection company, which Ergon bought from IK in 2017
HTGF, Neuhaus Partners sell stakes in Next Kraftwerke
Shell acquires the virtual power plants operator one month buying VC-backed Ubitricity
Latour buys Omni-Pac from Motion Equity and Arkéa
Omni-Pac's management team and Motion Equity Partners reinvest alongside Latour Capital
Carlyle sells Logoplaste stake to OTPP
Packaging producer posted 2020 EBITDA of €120m, compared with €78m when Carlyle invested in 2016
Arcaris buys Magro Verbindungselemente
Acquisition of the industrial procurement business is part of a succession solution
Eurocov buys KTN out of administration
Entrepreneur Philipp Mühlbauer's investment holding will buy KTN following an administration process
DBAG's Ding Gruppe bolts on Bergert Gruppe
Telecommunications service Ding Gruppe now has 1,000 employees and posts €200m in revenues
Ambienta buys Caprari
GP intends to strengthen the company's market position and build an aggregation platform across the sector
Longship to buy Norwegian company Gexcon
Purchase price could be around €29.2m, according to a local press report
Novum Capital to sell CC Group to trade
Buyer is Waterland portfolio company Blue Phoenix; the sale ends Novum's three year holding period
SVP's Klöckner Pentaplast completes €1.9bn refinancing
Strategic Value Partners bought the recycled products and packaging company from Blackstone in 2012
Mutares acquires La Rochette
Vendor, packaging producer Reno de Medici, acquired La Rochette in a deal valued at €16-20m in 2016
Quadrum Capital's Bark Packaging buys CarePack
Quadrum invested in Bark in March 2020 and the deal is part of the company's buy-and-build strategy
Sherpa sells Macrolibros to Gold Tower's Graficas Ceyde
With the addition of Macrolibros, Graficas Ceyde plans to boost its expansion into new business verticals
Ouest Croissance, Trocadero back VAC
With the support of its new investors, the company plans to further expand across France and consolidate its market position
LDC sells Adey for £210m
LDC acquired Adey in June 2016, with Alcentra providing a €60m unitranche to support the deal
YFM sells CPMS for 2x return
In 2018, YFM funded an MBO of CPMS with a £4.5m investment from its first buyout fund
