Europe

6 food deals that whetted private equity's appetite

PAI Partners, Advent International, Apax Partners and Investindustrial are among the PE firms making deals in the food sector.

Hedging ‘wake-up call’ for private equity; Abris exits fish firm

Abris Capital Partners is set to sell all its shares in Polish canned fish producer Graal, alongside the company’s founder.

Abris Capital to exit canned fish producer Graal

Graal will be bought by Lisner Holding, owned by German food business Müller Group.

Altor takes majority of VTU from DPE Deutsche Private Equity

VTU’s management will reinvest in the the company.

Exponent takes bite of IFF’s Flavour Specialty Ingredients

Flavour Specialty Ingredients serves more than 970 clients across Europe, North America and Asia and generates over $100 million in revenue.

PE firms enjoy luxury goods: HIG picks up Pinalli; KPS Capital acquires Princess Yachts

Pinalli is a distribution platform for beauty and personal care (BPC) products.

HIG Capital adds Pinalli to its beauty kit

Pinalli is a distribution platform for beauty and personal care products.

SCF Partners invests in Global E&C

GEC is a differentiated engineering, modification, maintenance, and commissioning firm.

PE-backed Kpler buys MarineTraffic & FleetMon

Kpler has over $200m funding from private equity firms Five Arrows and Insight Partners.

PAI likes taste of frozen dessert firm; ITP takes majority stake in NetRom

NetRom builds business-critical software products and provides development support to firms in Western Europe and North America.