Industrials

Bridgepoint sells wind farm stake to Acciona

Bridgepoint has sold its stake in Spanish wind farm developer CESA following an offer for the entire business by Spanish construction and energy group Acciona which values the business at EUR 1.47bn. The transaction is subject to approval from Spanish...

Barclays Ventures buys Accura from Nova

Barclays Ventures has acquired Accura Support Services from Nova Capital Management for £11.9m in a buy-in management buy-out (BIMBO). Senior debt was provided by Bank of Scotland Corporate.

TNT set to acquire TG+

TNT, a global provider of mail, express and logistics services, has announced that its express division will acquire TG+, a Spanish domestic distribution company. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close early this year....

Riverside closes third acquisition of the year

Opening up a flow of business into the chemical and pharmaceutical industries in Europe and China, The Riverside Company has announced the purchase of ITT Richter Chemie-Technik GmbH, a leading supplier of pumps, valves, controls and related services...

Close sells Laybond to Bostik

Close Brothers Private Equity (CBPE) has announced the sale of Laybond Group to Bostik, the global adhesives and sealants company, for an undisclosed sum.

3i makes 3.3x money on Warren's sale

3i has announced that it has sold its minority stake in A Warren & Sons Ltd, a leading supplier of industrial products to the construction industry, to the BSS Group. BSS has paid £14m in cash on completion with a further amount of up to £750,000 maximum,...

BA Capital acquires GCE from Triton

BA Capital Partners Europe (BACPE), the European private equity arm of Bank of America, has today announced the signing of an agreement for the acquisition, through a BACPE controlled entity, of a majority of the shares in GCE Holding AB, the parent company...

ABN AMRO makes Spanish acquisition

ABN AMRO Capital has completed its first acquisition in Spain this year with a management buyoutof Spanish plumbing materials manufacturer, Nueva Terrain.Vitoria-based Nueva Terrain is a leading manufacturer of tubes and accessories for residentialplumbing,...

Bridgepoint sells Lynx Express to UPS

Private equity firm Bridgepoint has sold its majority ownership of Lynx Express, one of the UK’s largest independent parcel carriers, to the global carrier, UPS. Nuneaton-based Lynx Express, in addition to its parcel delivery service, offers customers...

Advent sells Moeller to Doughty Hanson for EUR 1.1bn

Moeller Group is one of Europe’s largest suppliers of low-voltage electrical distribution and automation components for industrial, commercial and residential use. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in August 2005....

Wellington profits from net mobile IPO

net mobile AG, which has been a Wellington Partners portfolio company since 2003, has gone public at an issue price of EUR 8.50 per share, and already recorded a double-digit rise in the share price on the first trading day. Prior to the launch, net mobile...