Industrials
Gradiente acquires 40% of Dierre Macap Group
Company plans to acquire competitors in the European market following capital injection
Ardian backs Gantner MBO
French investor Ardian acquires Austrian electronic hardware company Gantner from Identec Group
Eurazeo PME in €100m Orolia take-private
Deal sees minority owner Isatis reap 2-3x return upon exit, according to unquote” sources
Intera Partners buys scaffolding business Telinekymppi
Finnish firm drew capital from its 2010-vintage buyout vehicle Intera Fund II
Three Hills Capital invests €60m in Aquafil
Three Hills provides €35m from its Three Hills Capital fund
Endless acquires Brabant Alucast
Takeover comes as business secures a refinancing following failure to meet its debt obligations
Ratos acquires Airteam in DKK 575m MBO
Management, founders and key employees will retain a 30% stake in the ventilation company post-buyout
Oaktree’s Countryside valued at £1.01bn in IPO
GP and members of Countryside's management team received £174m from the flotation
Ixo and BPI France in Neotec OBO
Both investors will control a minority stake in the business alongside the CEO and majority owner
Quadrivio acquires Somacis for €100m
Italian technology components maker Somacis to bolt on English competitor as part of buyout
UI Gestion and Sofipaca sell Villas Prisme to Amundi et al.
GPs acquired respective 52% and 8% stakes in residential constructor through 2008 OBO
Deal in Focus: EQT’s EEW exit is largest ever Sino-German trade sale
A look back at how EQT scored one of the largest sales of a German company to Chinese buyers
Gilde et al. to fully acquire Reesink for €279m
Offer values the company's shares at €139.6m and will be followed by an Euronext IPO
Deal in Focus: Livonia makes maiden deal with Ha Serv
Estonian wood products company becomes first acquisition from Baltic GP’s inaugural fund
Core makes 2.4x on PDP Couriers trade sale
Exit is first for GP’s second fund and comes eight years after investing in PDP
Ambienta buys SF-Filter
SF-Filter's Germany head Jochen Zähringer will take over as CEO following buyout
KKR acquires 50% of Swedish wood tech specialist Välinge
Deal was funded mainly through the US GP’s European Fund IV
Palero sells Heidrive to Allied Motion for €20m
Palero Capital has sold Heidrive to US drive technology company Allied Motion for €20m
Palero sells Heidrive to Allied Motion for €20m
Palero Capital has sold Heidrive to US drive technology company Allied Motion for €20m
MBO and Arkéa offload Sira in trade sale
Exit comes almost eight years after both GPs bought a joint 40% stake in the business
EQT in €1.44bn EEW exit to Beijing Enterprises
Deal is largest Chinese direct investment in a German company to date, GP said
Siparex injects €600,000 into Batiroc
Second deal to come via VC’s 40%-invested Rhône-Alpes regional fund in space of a week
BGF in swift exit from Plastique
Business Growth Fund had bought a minority stake in the business for £5m in mid-2014
Ardian-backed Trescal bolts on Kalibrix
Deal is Trescal's 15th bolt-on since the buyout by Ardian in July 2013