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ECM acquires Wieners+Wieners
ECM hopes to take advantage of the consolidation of the language services market
Investcorp’s SecureLink acquires Coresec
New cyber security group will have combined revenues of €200m
Adelis-backed Nordomatic buys Dominus
Following the bolt-on, the Nordomatic group will have a turnover of SEK 500m
Carlyle sells remaining 13.9% Applus stake for €150m
GP has fully exited the business after a nine-year holding period
Harbert backs B2X with €6m
Business claims it has grown revenues at an annual 59% rate since 2011
IK Investment Partners acquires OpenSolution
Investment maintains capital deployment momentum for the GP’s recently closed small-cap fund
Karmijn acquires art lessor Kunst.nl
Kunst.nl is the first investment made via Karmijn's second fund, Karmijn Kapitaal II
Rhône sells Eden Springs to Cott for €470m
Purchase price paid by Cott represents 7x EBITDA, or 1.3x revenues
Acton leads Comatch’s €4m series-A
Fresh capital will be used for further expansion in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
EQT buys Bilfinger’s real estate service for €1.4bn
EQT paid partly in cash and partly via a deferred fixed-interest facility
Dunedin's CET bolts on Omega
Deal marks 13th acquisition by the testing and outsourcing business
Electra's Axio group merges IP division with Chipworks
Deal comes eight months after group made its fourth divestment
Rutland’s Walstead picks up Let’s Print
Rutland-backed Walstead expands further into Europe with the €175m acquisition of Let's Print
Vei's Rina acquires Phoenix-backed Edif for £118.5m
Sale of the technical inspection business is the third exit for Phoenix's 2010 fund
Sovereign backs MBO of Xendo
Life sciences consultancy will undertake a buy-and-build growth strategy
Privet acquires CPS from De La Rue in deal worth up to £10.1m
Cash processing company will seek to profit from operational improvements
Carlyle Cardinal invests in Learning Pool
Deal marks the first investment for Carlyle Cardinal in Northern Ireland
Dunedin-backed CET acquires CTS for £3m
CET's revenues and EBITDA have increased by 75% over the past three years
Catalyst promotes Holden to partner
New partner oversees the advisory firm's London-based business services team
TPG Growth acquires FRG from Livingbridge
Deal is understood to give the recruitment company an enterprise value of around £200m
Livingbridge injects £8m into The Up Group
Digital executive search and networking business targets further domestic and international growth
Priveq takes stake in digital signage maker Visual Art
Stockholm-based digital signage business is the GP’s third acquisition in April
RCapital acquires Independent Group from LDC
The business bolted on carpet cleaning company Chem-Dry under LDC's tenure
Grant Thornton promotes Woodcock and Platt to director
New appointments focus on the business support services and TMT sectors, respectively