Industrials
Gimv backs €10m Arplas MBO
Management team acquires a minority stake in the welding technology supplier alongside the GP
Imperial leads £3.2m round for SAM Labs
Internet-of-Things company is to invest in new product development and recruitment
Perfectis exits Piscines Magiline in SBO
Investors including UI Gestion and BPI France will take over Perfectis's 70% stake in the company
PAI Partners in partial exit from Kaufman & Broad
Holding Financiere Gaillon 8 reaps €257m from the sale of a 39% stake in the business
Capidea acquires water treatment business Guldager
Buyout is brought on by succession and sees Steen Ulrik Madsen join the Danish company as CEO
Comment: Change creates the future
Grant Thornton's Charles Toosey discusses how to attract graduates and investment into a reawakening industrials sector
Tado raises €20m from Inven Capital
The startup raised €15.2m from Siemens, Statkraft and other backers in October 2015
Lone Star initiates Forterra exit with £360m London IPO
Flotation gave the UK-based brick-maker a total market value of £360m
Collins Capital buys 40% of Energy House
Deal marks the maiden transaction of recently founded Spanish GP Collins Capital
Hélicéo raises €1.5m in first round of funding
The drone-maker will aim to commercialise its products internationally
Carlyle sells 10% of Applus for €111m
Carlyle-backed Azul has reduced its stake in the business to 13.97%
Konux raises $7.5m from US VCs
Munich-based Konux produces sensor solutions for industrial companies, including Deutsche Bahn
CataCap takes majority stake in Casa
Founder Michael Mortensen completes second sale to PE after exiting HusCompagniet to Axcel
Kerogen injects £44m into listed Hurricane
Investment into UK oil exploration company will fund the drilling of two wells
DeA's SMRE floats 11% stake on Italian stock exchange
Trading of shares will bring €5.33m to shareholders and could lead to an exit for Idea
Avantium raises €20m in round led by PMV
The funds will be used to commercialise Avantium's bio-based packaging material
Cathay's SeaOwl acquires Wellstaff
Cathay secured a minority stake in oil & gas services company SeaOwl in 2015
Ambienta completes tertiary buyout of Calucem from Argus Capital
The GP will become the third private equity owner of the Croatian cement maker after Argus and Mid Europa
DBAG and Redwood exit Clyde Bergemann
Sale of Clyde Bergemann marks the last exit for DBAG's fourth vehicle
Arx reaps 4.1x on Tomplast exit
Sale to Finnish asset manager KJK Capital nets Arx a 20% IRR over its nine-year investment
Eurazeo sells €281m stake in professional clothing firm Elis
Sale represents a third of Eurazeo's stake in the company, which listed in 2015
Capvis buys Hennecke from Adcuram
Investor Adcuram acquired the company in 2008 in a spinout from Bayer
Segulah takes majority stake in Sandbäckens
Deal is the fifth investment for the Swedish GPтs recently-closed fifth fund
KKR invests €100m in Next Wave's keg maker Petainer
GP's hybrid investment will enable the packaging company to refinance