Industrials
BELGIUM - KBC acquires majority stake in industrial door maker Dynaco
KBC Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in Dynaco, a Belgian industrial door maker, from the company's founder and owner Benoit Coenraets. Coenraets will keep a substantial stake in the company, and Olivier Coune will remain CEO.
FINLAND - Empower Oy buys Daxtrum Oy
3i backed, Empower Oy, a service provider in the energy, telecom and industrial sector, has acquired a 90% stake in Daxtum Oy, a service provider for telecom operators in Finland. The management of 6 people will retain the remaining 10% of the shares....
UK – Bridges invests in Newcastle building
Bridges Ventures has invested £750,000 in The Sheffield Insulation Unit, an industrial building in Newcastle.
SWEDEN - Nordic Capital takes Nefab private for SEK 1.184bn
NPNC Interessenter, a company jointly owned by Nordic Capital and the Nordgren/Pihl family, has made a public cash offer for the shares in Nefab AB. The bid to delist the company values it SEK 1.184bn. Nefab delivers complete packaging solutions to international...
SPAIN - Panrico sells 50% its shares in Dunkin Donuts
Dunkin Brands has purchased 50% of the Spanish operations of Dunkin Donuts, held until now by Apax-owned industrial baker Panrico.
ITALY - DeA Capital joins Palamon to expand Sigla
DeA Capital, the investment vehicle of industrial player De Agostini, has purchased a minority stake of 26.75% in financial services provider Sigla from its co-founder for a total of EUR 38m. Upon completion of the deal, Palamon will remain holding its...
GERMANY - HgCapital exits Schenck Process via sale to Industri Kapital
Industri Kapital has acquired Schenck Process, a provider of industrial weighing, feeding, screening and automation equipment, from HgCapital. HgCapital bought Schenck in 2005 from D ürr AG and has grown the workforce to approximately 1,800 employees....
SWEDEN - Segulah makes two appointments
Segulah has taken on two new recruits. Lennart Kalén, the former CEO of Dahls Sweden and currently a member of the board of the Segulah Investment Advisor, has been appointed as industrial partner and will be active in evaluating new investments and...
FINLAND - Via Venture Partnres and Inventure invests EUR 3m in Beneq
Via Venture Partners and Inventure Oy have together with previous investors invested EUR 3m in Beneq, a Finnish nanotechnology equipment supplier. The new round of financing enables development of the organisation and international growth.
ITALY - Arca Impresa exits Diffusione Italiana Preziosi
Arca Impresa and Meliorbanca have sold their stakes in Diffusione Italiana Preziosi to industrial player Morellato & Sector. The sale value is understood to be EUR 60m and the deal is forecast to close by the end of September. Rothschild assisted...
CEE - Darby closes EUR 300m Central Europe mezzanine fund
Darby Overseas Investments, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, has closed its Darby Converging Europe Mezzanine Fund (DCEMF) with total capital commitments of EUR 248m. After the expected refinancing of a EUR 65m bridge loan, the...
SPAIN - New technology leads demand for seed capital
Around 40% of projects landing Spanish seed investment originate from the so-called "new technology" sector.
SPAIN - SRP invests EUR 3.4m in solar energy player
Government-backed agency Sociedad Regional de Promoción del Principado de Asturias (SRP) has led a funding round of EUR 3.4m for Rioglass Solar.
GERMANY - VTC Industrieholding exits TAKRAF
German industrial group VTC Industrieholding GmbH has announced the sale of TAKRAF GmbH to Milan-based Tenova, a fully-owned subsidiary of Techint Group. The deal value has not been disclosed and the transaction is subject to the approval by antitrust...
SPAIN – Clave Mayor leads buyout of Natural Food
Clave Mayor has wholly acquired Natural Food alongside industrial backer George Stravrakakis.
GERMANY – AUCTUS acquires electronics GmbH
AUCTUS Management GmbH has acquired a majority stake in German electronic manufacturing services electronics GmbH. The transaction value has not been disclosed.
SPAIN - Qualitas wins Alcasa deal
Qualitas Equity Partners has wholly acquired aluminium producer Aluminio Catalán SA (Alcasa) from Ibersuizas alongside the company's management. BBVA is providing the debt for the acquisition.
NORWAY - HitecVision and Statoil Innovation sell Pure Group to Torr Canada
Statoil Innovation and HitecVision Private Equity have sold Pure Group, a oil and gas purification company, to publicly-listed Torr Canada, a extractor of hydrocarbons from upstream oil and gas produced water. The two investors believed an industrial...
FRANCE - Osiris secures first industrial deal
Osiris Partners has backed the spin-off of Produits Plastiques Performants (3P) from listed-plastics company Plastic Omnium. The deal is Osiris' second transaction.
RUSSIA - Great Circle invests $21.1m in STS Logistics
Great Circle Fund has invested $21.1m in Moscow-based STS Logistics, a Russian freight forwarding, warehousing and customs services provider. The expansion deal represents the first investment of the $190m Great Circle Fund, which targets transportation,...
SPAIN - MCH beats Magnum on competition for Eptisa
Engineering business Eptisa has received a bid of EUR 90m from MCH Private Equity, according to press reports.
UK - ECI-backed wireless networks company makes £24m acquisition
ECI Partners portfolio company Aerial Facilities (AFL) has acquired its Swedish-based competitor, Avitec AB for up to £24m. Avitec was formerly owned by CapMan, 3i and a number of private investors. AFL designs, manufactures and installs specialist products...
FRANCE - Dailymotion raises extra EUR 20m
Video sharing website Dailymotion has received EUR 20m in a second round of funding, according to French press reports.
SPAIN - Magnum eyes construction business
Newly-established private equity house Magnum Industrial Partners is said to be nearing the final stages of the acquisition of civil construction business Eptisa. News reports suggest that the firm, currently fundraising for its EUR 800m fund, has the...