Industrials

GERMANY - Mid-market buyouts unscathed by finance crisis

According to a statement issued by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, activity in the mid-market buyout space in Germany is unbroken and is evidently unimpeded by the liquidity crisis. Market data issued today supports this: 35 transactions were recorded in 2007,...

Q&A - Small is beautiful

After an active and fruitful year of investment and fundraising in 2007, Patrick Lissague, director general of UGF Private Equity, and Activa Capital partner Charles Diehl talk to Francois Rowell about the challenge the year ahead will provide

BELGIUM - KBC Arkiv invests EUR 1m in Tailormade

KBC Arkiv has invested EUR 1m in Tailormade Logistics and Tailormade Transport, two Flemish companies specialising in integrated logistics services. This is a follow-on investment to the EUR 1m KBC Arkiv already invested in both companies in July 2006.

GERMANY - Halder acquires VAG-Armaturen GmbH

Halder has acquired VAG Armaturen through a management buyout from Equita Beteiligungen Fonds 2 KG, Bad Homburg. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. VAG-Armaturen designs, produces and distributes industrial valves and fittings for...

FRANCE – SG Capital supports buyout of Questel

SG Capital Europe has led the management buyout of intellectual property advisory business Questal for an undisclosed sum. Questal's services cover patents, trademarks and industrial design, databases, search and monitoring services, workflow solutions...

GERMANY - Doughty Hanson sells Moeller Group for EUR 1.55bn

Doughty Hanson has sold Moeller Group to Eaton Corporation for EUR 1.55bn. The sale is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008. Moeller is a global supplier of systems and components for energy distribution and automatisation for industrial, infrastructure,...