Industrials
Arkéa Capital backs Lumiplan in MBO
GP acquires a minority stake in the French communications service for trasport businesses
Ontario Teachers' exits Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group
OTPP sells 33% stake in Belgian wire and cable manufacturer BBRG to subsidiary Bekaert
Finatem buys Mungo Befestigungstechnik
Selling consortium includes the CEO, Oliver Annaheim, who will retain a minority stake
Kerogen leads €15m funding round for Ideol
Amundi Private Equity, Sofimac Regions and Paca Investment are also subscribing to new shares
Tikehau Capital in exclusivity for Nexteam Group
GP enters exclusive talks to acquire French metals engineering company Nexteam Group
BGF exits Brownhills in Duke Royalty-backed deal
Glass merchant and processor has expanded via a bolt-on and investment in new facilities
Andera Partners in Conduent carve-out
GP acquires UK and France-based off-street parking business from US-based Conduent
VR Equitypartner, SüdBG sell Piller to Riflebird
Fresh capital from the transaction will be used to drive Piller's expansion into the US and Asia
Naxicap buys Groupe ABF in SBO
Naxicap buys a majority stake in the buildings insulation service from Ixo Private Equity
Three Hills-backed Magnaghi acquires Blair-HSM
London-based direct lender is supporting Magnaghi through a tailored financing package
Ouest Croissance, Adaxtra back Avignon Ceramic
GPs invest €3.9m in the French technical ceramic parts and cores manufacturer
EQT partially divests EIS Aircraft Group
EQT remains invested in the EIS Aircraft Products and Services division
IK buys Bahr Modultechnik
GP draws equity from IK Small Cap II, a €550m fund that held a final close in February 2018
LDC acquires Precision Micro in £22.5m MBO
Deal sees the GP invest £13m in the Erdington-based photochemical etching company
Accent Equity sells Stål & Hyr in trade deal
Deal comes only a year after Accent Equity purchased a majority stake in the business
Activa's Alliance Etiquettes bolts on Irisgraphic
Labels business Irisgraphic is the seventh add-on since Activa's investment in 2015
New Enterprise et al. back $20m series-B for Konux
Round is led by US-based New Enterprise Associates with participation from MIG funds
Gilde acquires Veco from Investcorp's SPGPrints
Micro-precision metal components manufacturing division recently acquired Dutch business Reith Laser
M Capital Partners injects €1.5m into Savimex
French company uses polymers to produce optical products, including helmet visors and heads-up displays
Alliance Entreprendre, BPI France buy Copac in SBO
GPs acquire a majority stake in the French construction equipment business
Mercia invests in £3m round for ITL
Automotive components supplier will undertake recruitment in its commercial and operations teams
Neuberger Berman and aPriori exit Guala
Guala will be acquired by special purpose acquisition company Space4 and listed on the Italian market
Arkéa et al. in Armor SBO
Existing backers reinvest in the French printing service, Unexo joins for the first time
Bain's Autodis announces intention to float
Autodis may implement a capital increase in the range of €350-400m as part of the IPO