Industrials
VC firms back £30m funding round for Orbex
Capital will be used to launch orbital vehicles from the UK's newly announced spaceport
HIG exits Kondor in trade sale to DCC Technology
Kondor is HIG's first investment from its €825m HIG Europe Capital Partners II fund
Paragon buys stake in Asic Robotics
Shareholders STS Management and Renaissance Anlagenstiftung will remain invested alongside Paragon
Active Capital's FTNon sold to trade for €32m
US-based JBT Corporation acquires Dutch FTNon, the industrial food equipment provider
Pechel backs Vernicolor
Pechel buys a minority, while founding CEO François Champier and management retain the remainder
BWK buys Rasselstein Raumsysteme
Two unnamed private investors co-invested alongside BWK, taking 20% and 10% stakes
Nord Holding sells Parador to trade for €82.8m
Total cash consideration is €72.3m, which includes a payment of €53m to Parador's shareholders
Caledonia buys Cooke Optics from GCP for £96.5m
Management team reinvests £7.8m of their sales proceeds to secure the remaining equity
Cinven buys Envirotainer
Cinven draws equity for the deal from the Sixth Cinven Fund, which held a final close on €7bn
CM-CIC et al. inject €53.5m in Socomore
CM-CIC and Ace recommit to France-based Socomore, Raise and BPI France are new backers
Premium buys Clarus from Pinova
Clarus's management team led by Norman Thom and Markus Mondani will remain invested
Gilde Equity Management acquires Eiffel
Transaction sees founder Ferdi van Dommelen exit his investment in the Dutch consultancy
ProA Capital acquires Neoelectra in SBO
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Sandton, which bought the company out of insolvency
Lonsdale acquires Elite Electronic Services
Deal marks the sixth investment for Lonsdale since closing its first institutional fund
HQ Equita buys R2P and Open Access
Management teams of both companies will remain in their roles and retain significant stakes
Ardian backs paint-mixing machines business Corob
Company will use the fresh capital to bolster its growth both organically and through acquisitions
Partners Group buys Megadyne in SBO
Company's founders, the Tadolini family, reinvested in the business alongside Partners Group
Opera-backed Vetrerie Riunite sells Technoglas to Cerve
Acquirer will invest up to €30m in the production facilities in Austria, according to Italian press
Attestor Capital makes €200m offer for Condotte
Troubled Italian construction firm will enter administration unless an agreement is reached quickly
Cinven's Chryso buys Ruredil
Chryso, a producer of additives for concrete and cement, buys assets from Italy-based Ruredil
Quantum Capital Partners exits Barcelona Cartonboard
Group is sold to Italian trade buyer Reno de Medici after a three-year holding period
RCapital acquires Havelock from administrators
Acquisition of shopfitting company will safeguard 300 jobs and Havelock's manufacturing sites
21 Investimenti acquires Carton Pack
GP acquires an 80% stake in the Italian food packaging group while the CEO retains 20%
Stirling Square's Viscolube bolts on Centro Risorse
GP acquired a majority stake in motor oil regeneration specialist Viscolube in December 2011