Transactions

Weldon Biotech India Private Limited, an Indian manufacturer and distributor of in vitro diagnostic products (IVD), sold its i-chroma brand business (Boditech Med Inc., Korea) to CPC Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of clinical diagnostic products and services and the Indian subsidiary of Singaporean group Everlife.

Blanchon Group, a French leader in woodcare solutions, acquired the Dutch company Rigo Verffabriek.

ReMat Zrt., Hungary’s market leading plastics recycling company, was sold to MOL Group.

Advantage Engineering Inc, a provider of prototyping, additive manufacturing, and low-volume production, was sold to SyBridge Technologies Inc., a global industrial technology company established by Crestview Partners in 2019.

AWS Mittelstandsfonds, a Vienna-based growth equity fund focused on Austrian SMEs, sold its remaining shares in three portfolio companies to Evoco AG, a Zurich-based lower midmarket manager that invests in growth and buyout investments in Western Europe with a focus on the DACH region.

Agrozet Ceske Budejovice, one of the major Czech distributors of agricultural machinery and spare parts, was sold to the Czech investment group GES Group.

ARX Equity Partners, a Central European midmarket private equity specialist, acquired a majority stake in WTS Klient, which is part of the global WTS network.

LKE Group, one of the most important German suppliers of handling and logistic products and systems, acquired a majority stake in Someg S.A. and a part of the Transcarpatica S.A. business located in Gherla, Romania.

Dunning, Kruger & Associates, a Finnish digital product design and engineering agency, was sold to The North Alliance, a Scandinavian design and technology agency network.

Mapping, a French software publisher dedicated to document management, was sold to Efalia.

Groupe FEDD, a leading French electronic player dedicated to critical solutions, was sold to Argos Wityu.

The leading Dutch healthcare staffer Tosca Medisch Interim (TMI) was sold to House of HR, one of the largest employment agencies of the Benelux.

The French company Socotec, active in the testing, inspection and control sector for the construction and infrastructure industry, known as TIC, acquired the majority shareholding of the Catalan BAC Engineering Consultancy Group, which works in the fields of civil and building engineering, energy, and quality control.

Clairfield International in the UK (Orbis Partners) advised the management team of Stuart Turner, a leading manufacturer of pumps and water-boosting products, on its secondary buyout with Epiris.

Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) a leading technology and engineering services business was acquired for GBP 164 million by Fortescue Metals Group (ASX.FMG).

Versowood Oy, a Finnish forestry company renegotiated its EUR 80 million senior debt portfolio.

Bramble Foods secured investment from LDC private equity.

The independent private equity firm Mandarin Capital Partners acquired 63.7% of Selematic S.p.A., an Italian company leader in the production of automatic secondary packaging machines for the food, pet food and disposable sectors, from Vertis SGR and the other shareholders.

1881 Group, Norway’s leading provider of personal and corporate information, acquired Tjenestetorget, a price comparison portal, from ABBH.

Clairfield advised Terra Patris on refinancing its debt portfolio with a syndicated EUR 39 million sustainability-linked loan.