US-based private equity firm H.I.G. Capital has announced that it has invested in Brazilian ice cream firm Creme Mel Sorvetes through its affiliate. Headquartered in Goiás, Creme Mel is a leading ice cream producer in the Mid-West ...
US-based RTI Biologics, a manufacturer of orthopaedic and other biologic implants, has completed the acquisition of Pioneer Surgical Technology for $130m in an all-cash deal. RTI Biologics announced its plans to acquire Pioneer on 12 June ...
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Aston Capital, a limited partnership private equity firm, yesterday announced the formation of LightCap I Fund to finance LED lighting purchases and installations for Revolution Lighting Technologies customers. LightCap I Fund will now ...
Carl Prindle Schottenstein Stores and Rooms To Go have taken an ownership stake in online retailer Furniture.com, which will relaunch later this year, backed by a network of large retailers across the country handling fulfillment. ...
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Private equity firm India Value Fund Advisors (IVFA) has agreed to invest $40m in India-based ingredients firm Vallabhdas Kanji (VKL Seasoning) to support the next phase of growth of ingredient firm as it makes transition as a value-added ...
Texas-based private-equity firm TPG Capital is said to be considering signing an agreement to acquire Envision Pharmaceutical Holdings, an Ohio-based pharmacy-benefits manager (PBM), for an undisclosed sum. Sources familiar with the ...
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Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, made net investments of S$4 billion ($3.16 billion) in its energy and resources portfolio in the year to March 31, the fund said Thursday. The new investments included acquiring an additional 5% ...
US-based Moog has completed the sale of its Buffalo, New York operations of Ethox Medical to Dempsey Ventures. The annual sales from this division are approximately $12m. Ethox Buffalo has 88 full-time employees. There is an after-tax ...
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US-based private equity firm Arbor Investments has completed the acquisition of Keyes Packaging for an undisclosed amount. Keyes, headquartered in Wenatchee, Washington, is a provider of protective molded fiber and tissue wrap packaging ...
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Billionaire Carl Icahn is approaching investors for$5.2bn in loans to back an alternative bid to buy out ailing PC maker Dell. Icahn,who will become Dell's largest external investor if Southeastern sell him about$1bn of its Dell shares,is ...
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Abraaj Group, a Dubai-based private equity firm, has agreed to acquire Danish Fan Milk International from the Emborg family from Aalborg together with the private equity fund Maj Invest Equity and the management. Fan Milk International ...
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Carl Icahn's bid to disrupt plans to buyout Dell have ramped up, with the billionaire offering to pay $14 a share for a majority stake in the company if shareholders help him in reducing the proposed $24.4bn (£15.6bn) offer for the ...
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US-based Campbell Soup has agreed to acquire baked snacks producer Kelsen Group from Maj Invest, a Danish private equity firm, and several other investors for an undisclosed amount. Kelsen, based in Norre Snede, Denmark, is a producer of ...
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Desalination technology company Desalitech has secured an additional US$5 million equity funding from US private equity firm Liberation Capital and its institutional investors. This latest funding increases Liberation Capital's total ...
Gerber Scientific ended its fiscal year and its 65th year in business with 57 percent year-over-year earnings growth fueled by seven new product offerings, expansion of its four businesses into new geographies and the addition of nearly 900 ...
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