Industrials
FSH leads €2.3m series-B for fos4X
FSH provides around half of committed capital
Argos Soditic exits Davey Bickford in €103.3m trade sale
Company was last asset of GP's FHB buyout
Nordic Capital buys Resman from Verdane and STI
Nordic Capital acquires oil reservoir surveillance company in SBO
Xenon-backed Dimms Control explores IPO
Italian industrial services business will also issue €10m of mini-bonds
Trilantic acquires stake in Prettl SWH
Prettl family remains the majority shareholder following deal
Alpha acquires IMI Investimenti-backed Pavan
Italian machinery manufacturer to seek international expansion
PE-backed Groupe Fleuret acquires Sati and Paoletti
Group turnover expected to triple to €13m
Baird acquires Clearwater
Acquisiton partly financed with debt provided by RBS
Better picks up CAV for £40m
Aerospace business will not be combined with Gardner Aerospace
DBAG backs Cleanpart Group MBO
DBAG invests €12.5m from balance sheet for 13% stake
Dunedin commits further £3m to Formaplex
GP originally backed company's £9m MBO in December 2007
HTGF et al. back Bionic Robotics series-A
Robotics arms producer to use funds for new assembly facilities
Carlyle raises $2.5bn energy fund
GP now has more than $10bn available for energy investments
Investindustrial partially exits AEB Group
US private investment firm SK Capital Partners obtains majority stake
Fondo Italiano invests €7.5m in Brugola
Deal is first instalment of potential €20m investment
Triton fully exits Stabilus
99% of shares are now in free float
Miura's TVC bolts on Falcon Industries
Spanish visual merchandising business expands into new markets
Altrad raises further €100m from BPI France et al.
Fresh funds go towards financing bolt-on of Hertel
Brockhaus acquires minority stake in Tmax
Existing shareholders sell part of their stakes to GP
CVC acquires DSM's chemicals division in €600m deal
Vendor will will retain a 35% stake in the division following deal
Triton’s Compo sells Expert division
GP to focus on growing Compo Consumer division in Europe
Erhvervsinvest buys PCH Engineering
Deal is second transaction for SME-focused GP in 2015
Auctus acquires Italpresse
Italian producer of die-casting machines to invest in new staff
Viking Venture et. al reap 12x in GasSecure exit
Exit returns 12x initial investment to investor group