Industrials
Carlyle-backed Applus+ buys Velosi for €105m
Applus+, a portfolio company The Carlyle Group is poised to acquire testing, inspection and certification services provider Velosi for €105m.
Qualium sells Exxelia to LBO France
Qualium (formerly CDC Capital Investissement) has sold French electronics specialist Exxelia to LBO France for an undisclosed amount.
Capricorn and LRM invest €20m in Ducatt
Capricorn Venture Partners and LRM have invested €20m in Belgian solar glass start-up Ducatt.
Sherpa Capital acquires 60% of Polibol
Sherpa Capital has acquired a 60% stake in Spanish packaging company Polibol as part of a capital increase.
IK and Ratos sell Superfos for €240m
IK Investment Partners and Ratos have fully exited Superfos through a trade sale to RPC Group Plc, valuing the company at тЌ240m.
Bain buys IMCD from AAC
Bain Capital has purchased specialty chemicals distributor IMCD from mid-market buyout firm AAC Capital Partners via a secondary buyout.
R Capital in talks over Robinson steelworks
R Capital is close to signing a deal to buy struggling steelwork contractor S Robinson & Sons, according to reports.
Barclays sells Aerocan to Ball for €221m
Barclays Private Equity (BPE) has agreed to sell its stake in French aluminium cans manufacturer Aerocan to US-based Ball Corporation, in a deal that values the company at €221m.
ALMI Invest et al. backs Malwa
ALMI Invest and business angel JУЖrgen Lillieroth have backed forestry equipment supplier Malwa International AB.
Triton acquires Wittur Group
Triton has acquired German elevator component manufacturer Wittur in a secondary buyout from Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Cerberus.
Mandarin Capital acquires Italmatch in SBO
Sino-European investor Mandarin Capital Partners and industrial group the Malacalza Group will acquire the 90% stake Investindustrial holds in Italmatch Chemicals.
HitecVision invests in Core Energy
HitecVision has provided $150m equity for new independent oil and gas company Core Energy AS.
Invercaria and SEPIDES invest €2m in Futuna Blue
Invercaria, the investment vehicle of Junta de Andalucía, and Banesto Enisa Sepi Desarrollo, a private equity firm managed by Banesto and the Collosa group, have invested €2m in Futuna Blue.
Gamma Capital Partners exit Fulterer
Austrian private equity firm Gamma Capital Partners (GCP) exits Fulterer from its Gamma MezzoPreneurs Fund.
Investinor et al. inject NOK 50m in Havgul
Investinor and existing investor Sustainable Technologies Fund have provided NOK 50m for Havgul Clean Enery AS, a developer of wind power projects.
BPE exit Bamberger Kaliko
BPE is to sell its remaining 34.1 % stake in Bamberger Kaliko GmbH to the management for an undisclosed amount.
NiXEN sells Groupe Plastisud in sponsorless OBO
NiXEN has sold its 60% stake in French plastic moulds manufacturer Plastisud back to the founding family and management.
LODH and Qualitas sell 20% of Forte
LODH Private Equity and Qualitas Venture Capital have partially exited precast concrete specialist Forte Hormigones Group via a management buy-back.
Consortium invests DKK 27m in PhotoSolar
A consortium consisting of SET Venture Partners, VУІkstfonden, Teknologisk Institut and Syddansk Teknologisk Innovation have provided DKK 27m for PhotoSolar A/S.
Pinova acquires Invent Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik
Private Equity firm Pinova Capital has acquired shares in Invent Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik from an existing shareholder.
Holland Private Equity takes stake in SFC Energy AG
Holland Private Equity has acquired a 25.01% stake in SFC Energy AG, making it the largest single shareholder.
Pinova Capital acquires Wendt Sit
Pinova Capital has added German insulation provider Wendt Sit GmbH to its portfolio through a secondary buyout of the company from BPE Unternehmensbeteiligungen.
KKR sells recycling company DSD
British private equity group Solidus Partners has backed the acquisition of Duales System Deutschland (DSD) for an undisclosed amount.
STING invests in SEEC
STING Capital has invested in SEEC AB, a provider of energy storage devices for heating and cooling large buildings.