Industrials
Towerbrook takes off with LDC's AIM Aviation
Towerbrook Capital Partners has acquired aircraft cabin interior designer and manufacturer AIM Aviation from LDC.
InnovaFonds injects €3m into Icape
InnovaFonds has invested €3m in French circuit boards manufacturer Icape.
Caixa Capital Risc commits €2m to Forest Chemical
Caixa Capital Risc has made a €2m commitment to Alicante-based industrial adhesives firm Forest Chemical Group.
PE-backed Fläkt Woods to sell subsidiary for €193m
Fläkt Woods, a global air treatment and ventilation provider backed by Sagard and Equistone, has received a firm €193m offer for its Infrastructure & Industry activity.
Mandarin Capital sells IMA
Sino-Italian investor Mandarin Capital Partners has sold its stake in Bologna-based pharmaceutical machinery business IMA Group.
SEP increases stake in Anesco
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) and Hermes have acquired Zouk Capitalтs stake in Anesco, a UK energy efficiency solutions company.
Maven Capital backs Fletcher Shipping
Maven Capital Partners has invested a further ТЃ5.5m in its portfolio company Fletcher Shipping, an Aberdeen-based shipping company.
SAEV backs InflowControl
Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV) has backed InflowControl, a Norway-based provider of inflow control device (ICD) technology designed to increase the recovery and production from oil and gas fields.
HTGF invests in CCI
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has backed Custom Cells Itzehoe (CCI), a manufacturer of individual energy storage systems.
BPI France invests €1.5m in Sigmaphi
State-backed BPI France has injected €1.5m into Brittany-based Sigmaphi, a specialist manufacturer of electro-magnets and particle beam transport lines for particle accelerators.
Carlyle buys Klenk Holz
Carlyle has acquired German wood products manufacturer Klenk Holz from a group of German banks.
Verdane sells SmartMotor to Rolls-Royce
Verdane Capital has sold Norwegian technology company SmartMotor to Rolls-Royce Marine, divesting the asset from Verdane Capital V.
Sentica's Citec in new bolt-on
Sentica Partners portfolio company Citec has acquired Norwegian oil and gas company M7 Offshore.
PE-backed McCarthy & Stone in refinancing
Retirement home developer McCarthy & Stone т which is backed by a consortium of investors believed to include Goldman Sachs, TPG and Alchemy Partners т has refinanced its existing debt.
BGF-backed SHS bolts on Dixon Pentland
Swanbridge Hire & Sales Integrated Services (SHS), a portfolio company of the Business Growth Fund (BGF), has acquired UK-based Dixon Pentland Scaffolding for approximately ТЃ2m.
Sector focus: can UK manufacturing catch up with Germany?
Germany has long set the standard for manufacturing in Europe but, as the continent picks itself up from the financial downturn, does the UK have the potential to knock Germany off its top spot? Alice Murray investigates
Triton buys Alpine-Energie
Triton has wholly acquired Austrian energy firm Alpine-Energie Holding from Spanish group Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC).
PMV backs Rapidfit
PMV has backed Rapidfit, a Belgium-based 3D printing specialist for the automotive industry, with a combination of equity and a subordinated loan.
Finatem buys 40% stake in FMW Industrieanlagenbau
Finatem has bought a 40% stake in FMW, an Austrian manufacturer of industrial plants, from private equity house Hannover Finanz and FMW’s management.
Index invests in TheFamily
Index Ventures has backed TheFamily, a Paris-based start-up accelerator.
Sector focus: oil & gas still draws PE interest
To kick-start our new sector focus series, Ellie Pullen looks at private equity’s turbulent relationship with the oil and gas sector, and how events such as the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 have shaped investments in this space
Consortium backs Organica Water
A consortium of new and existing backers has invested in Budapest-based Organica Water, a wastewater treatment and recycling company.
Terra Firma sells Phoenix to Hastings
Terra Firma has wholly divested Phoenix Natural Gas, a Northern Irish natural gas distribution and energy services company, to infrastructure fund manager Hastings.
Investec funds 2M's acquisition of ChlorVinyls arm
Investec Growth and Acquisition Finance has provided follow-on funding to client 2M Group for the acquisition of the packed chlorine branch of ChlorVinyls.