Industrials
Total acquires PCML for EV of £20m
KPMG acted as financial adviser on the sale of the precision engineering business
Idinvest backs refinancing of Quadriga's Kinetics
Quadriga acquired Kinetics in August 2011 - unitranche will in part to finance growth projects
Foresight invests £5m in PlantExpand
Debt funding for the transaction was provided by Santander Growth Capital
THI acquires road markings specialist WJ Group
WJ has a joint venture in Belgium, which it plans to grow, in addition to the firm's UK footprint
Afinum acquires SanderStrothmannn
Cosmetics and healthcare products developer is the 11th investment from Afinum's eighth fund
Andera invests in Pusterla 1880
GP deploys capital via Winch Capital 4, which closed on €445m in December 2018
QVM Privatkapital acquires Aachener Maschinenbau
Sale of the industrial machinery producer was managed by Sonntag Corporate Finance
Beyond Capital Partners acquires Xortec
Security systems company is the second platform investment from Beyond Capital Partners Fund II
Alder sells Nordic Water to trade
Swiss buyer is paying тЌ119m for the company and will see Alder and the management exit the business
CVC Capital Partners buys Stark Group from Lone Star
GP paid around тЌ2.5bn for the company, deploying equity from CVC Capital Partners VII
Blackstone, Carlyle in talks to take Signature Aviation private
Blackstone is currently investing from Blackstone Capital Partners VIII, which closed on $26bn
NCI acquires Sopano majority stake
Following the transaction, Sopano will aim to diversify its customer base towards industrial clients
OpenGate to buy Solvay subsidiaries in Europe and US
Solvay sold its Belgium-based strontium carbonate production unit to Latour Capital in November 2020
Equistone in talks to buy Ligentia
Sale process of the privately held company was launched in September, with Rothschild advising
Evoco carves out six industrial companies from Gesco
GP is deploying equity from its third fund, Evoco TSE III, which held a first close in June 2020 on €93m and is targeting €150m
Latour sells Nextpool to B&Capital-led consortium
GP sells its stake six years after acquiring it via Latour Capital I in December 2014
Triton announces merger of AVS, Chevron, Fero and Ramudden
Merger of Triton's four traffic services portfolio companies follows a refi earlier in December
Mutares to acquire Primetals Technologies France
Deal will see the business carved out from its parent company on expected completion in February 2021
Auctus acquires Energiekonzepte Mitteldeutschland
Solar panel installation business intends to pursue a buy-and-build strategy in the German market
Gyrus completes recap for DuPont Sustainable Solutions
First realisation since the GP's establishment in 2018 sees a 60% return on invested capital for investors
German government acquires 25% stake in KKR's Hensoldt
KKR is to own a 43% stake in the defence and security sensor company, which listed in September 2020
21 Invest buys Aussafer Due
GP plans to strengthen the company's market position across Italy while expanding its international presence
MB Funds to sell Kotkamills to trade
Sale comes five years after an MB Funds-led consortium acquired the company from Opengate Capital
SK Capital to buy Ipackchem from Sagard
Sale ends a holding period of around four years for Sagard, which bought Ipackchem from Céréa and BPI France