Industrials
PE-backed Garda Plast sells division to trade
Gruber Logistics buys the transportation and logistics activities of Progressio's Garda Plast
Nord Holding sells stake in Avista Oil
Family office Bitburger Holding and entrepreneur Susanne Klatten's investment arm acquired the stake
Alpha acquires ceramics specialist Laminam
GP invests via its Alpha Private Equity Fund 7, which held a final close on €903m in June 2017
KKR to acquire Gunnebo Industrier from Segulah
Segulah owns an 87% stake in Industrier since carving it out from Gunnebo in 2008
Silverfleet's Prefere Resins bolts on two Ineos divisions
Industrial resin manufacturer acquires the trade vendor's melamine and paraformaldehyde divisions
Innova buys Chemes from Abris
Sale ends a three-and-a-half-year holding period for Abris, which invested from its second fund
Mutares to buy TrefilUnion from ArcelorMittal
Carve-out transaction sees special situation investor Mutares buy France-based TrefilUnion
Orlando carves our Nidec’s compressor business
Orlando drew capital from the €320m vehicle European Special Situations Venture Partners IV
Oxford leads £6.5m round for Weengs
Courier service will use the capital to invest in its automated warehouse and product development
Sparring, Socadif buy Cesa-cap in SBO
Management team retains a minority stake in electrical engineering company Cesa-cap
Apicap backs T&T Consulting MBO
Founder and CEO Christophe Janin retains a majority of the engineering and consulting firm
Hannover Finanz acquires stake in Lacon Electronic
Hannover Finanz targets medium-sized enterprises with annual sales of at least €20m
BNP Paribas partially exits Nexeya to Hensoldt
KKR-owned Hensoldt will buy some activities of the electronic equipment provider
Cartesian's Arlington Industries secures £95m refinancing
Deal will enable the automotive and aerospace components firm to bolt on Wahler
GEI, Nord Croissance back Manganelli
GPs will support the buy-and-build strategy of the audiovisual services specialist
Abac Capital backs building materials specialist Isolana
GP invests via its Abac Solutions I fund, which held a €320m final close in 2016
PAI's M Group makes triple bolt-on
Infrastructure group acquires telecoms-focused Avonline Networks and water specialists IWJS and TPC
Credo Partners acquires MMC First Process
Main vendor is Norwegian maritime group Hayvard, which is selling a 77% stake in the business
Andera exits VMI Jokon to management
Marc Laisne and management buy back VMI Jokon, an automotive equipment manufacturer
YFM exits Leengate Valves in management buy-back
Divestment of the industrial valve wholesaler brings to an end a five-year holding period
PE-backed Addev Materials bolts on Graytone
Addev will focus on synergies from the Graytone project in Europe and the Middle East
Triton's Chevron acquires Traffic Management Services
Acquisition of the traffic management business comes one year after the GP invested in Chevron
EQT buys Dellner Couplers
GP draws capital for the transaction from its latest flagship buyout fund, EQT VIII
IK acquires BST
Since 2016, BST's annual revenues have grown from SEK 220m to almost SEK 340m in 2018