Trade sale
Egeria’s Clondalkin Group sells Cats-Haensel and Nimax to trade
Austrian packaging manufacturer Schur Flexibles buys the confectionery and tea packaging businesses
Gilde sells Synbra to trade for €117.5m
Sale ends an 18-year holding period for Gilde, which acquired the company in 1999
Turenne Capital exits Volfoni to trade
GP sells its minority stake in the French maker of 3D cinema glasses to Chinese corporate Shandong Luxin-Rio
Keensight Capital sells TravelFactory to trade
GP sells its stake in the French online provider of mountain holiday rentals
NorthEdge reaps 3.5x on £70m sale of DW3 to Masonite
Divestment of the window and door manufacturer results in a 59% IRR following a 40-month tenure
Chiltern divests Vantage to Exponent-backed Enra
Deal comes 20 months after the vendor acquired a significant minority stake in the mortgage broker
Equistone sells Concept Life Sciences to Spectris for £163m
Equistone formed Concept Life Sciences through a hat-trick of acquisitions in 2014
Waterland sells Premium Group to Blackstone's Clarion
Blackstone acquired London-based Clarion from Providence Equity Partners in July 2017
Triton's WernerCo buys Zarges from PE backers
Baird Capital and VR EquityPartner both made an exit in the sale after a 12-year holding period
Carlyle sells Companeo to Towerbrook-backed Infopro Digital
Acquisition of the French lead generation platform is an exit for Carlyle's Europe Technology Fund II
Gimv sells Mackevision to Accenture
Acquisition adds further visualisation capabilities to Accenture's digital services portfolio
Bridges-backed Viva Gym acquires Fitness Hut
Bridges made a further investment from Fund III to finance the bolt-on acquisition
Cinven sells NPS to trade for £475m
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Cinven, which acquired NPS in December 2014
Mobeus sells Gro Company to trade for £22m
Sale generates a total return of 2x money for Mobeus and an IRR of more than 20%
Carlyle exits Lily O’Brien’s in €40m deal
GP invested in 2014 via its Carlyle Cardinal Ireland fund for an estimated £12.5m
Baird Capital exits RaySpec
Polatechno acquires RaySpec for its products and future collaboration opportunities
Baltcap sells Magnetic MRO to trade for €43m
Number of employees has increased from 160 to 440 under Baltcap's ownership
Madison Dearborn sells Finland-based Powerflute for €365m
Transaction comes only a year after Madison Dearborn Partners acquired a majority stake
Nord Kapital sells Rapp to MacGregor for €16m
According to Rapp Marine, the enterprise value of the acquisition was approximately €16m
3i makes 4.4x on €307m sale of Atesteo to IHO
Sale ends a four-year holding period for the GP, which acquired Atesteo in September 2013
AnaCap sells First Names to Astorg's SGG
Transaction sees AnaCap generate a 2.6x money multiple on its investment in the administration business
Enterprise sells Macon to Xella in trade sale
Deal ends a 12-year holding period for Enterprise, which acquired the business in 2006
Graphite divests Corbin & King to Minor Hotels
Luxury restaurant group opened four new restaurants and one hotel during the GP's holding period
H2 Equity sells Brink Group to trade for €169m
GP makes the divestment from its 2010-vintage €300m buyout fund, H2 Equity Partners Fund IV