Commentary

GSAM lining data center contractor Divcon up for sale, sources say; Broad Sky closes sale of professional services firm Smith + Howard to TPG

Highlighting two exclusives: a professional services deal close that PE Hub was first to report and a data center power engineering firm coming up for sale by Goldman Sachs; our companies for sale update, looking at sales of gChem, Gong cha and Trinity Consultants.

Partners Group in talks to buy beauty biz Aroma-Zone from Eurazeo; CVC, Veritas Capital vie for Bodycote

Bodycote is a heat treatment and metallurgical services provider.

Music an ‘exceptionally active’ market, says Reed Smith’s Josh Love; Thoma Bravo to sell Command Alkon to FP; Clearlake partners with OpenAI

PE firms like Blackstone, TPG and EQT have also been active in partnering with AI businesses.

Naval shipbuilding attracts private equity; Sheridan acquires Carolina Components; KKR to take Integer Holdings private for $5.7bn

A look at the growing private equity interest in investing in Naval-centric deals; Sheridan Capital Partners acquires Carolina Components Group, a provider of custom-engineered bioprocessing assemblies and components; KKR set to take medical device manufacturer Integer Holdings private; CapVest portfolio company Curium intends to take Lantheus Holdings private.

Graphite’s Mike Tilbury: Rise of AI content could lead to ‘rights-clean’ data re-rating; Mutares completes largest-ever deal with Sabic carve-out

Mutares has completed its largest deal with the $450 million EV acquisition of Sabic’s engineering thermoplastics business in the Americas and Europe.

Cortec said to ready A1 Garage Door Service for sale; McNally takes majority stake in Tenica as demand for defense and intelligence services grow

Cortec Group is readying for sale A1 Garage Door Service, a 2019 portfolio company that provides residential garage door maintenance services; McNally Capital announced it has made a majority investment in Tenica Global Solutions.