Transactions

Infobest Group, specialised in the development of customised software solutions, was sold to AROBS Transilvania Software (BVB: AROBS), the largest technology company listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof and The Economic Stabilisation Fund (ESF) sold Hood Media GmbH, a virtual selling platform, to The Platform Group.

Impuls Gebäudeservice GmbH was sold to Gebäudeservice Dietrich West KG.

Epta S.p.A., a global player in commercial refrigeration, strengthens its presence in the north of Germany with the acquisition of refrigeration activities from HEIFO GmbH & Co. KG.

PS-Pension Solutions GmbH (“Pension Solutions Group”), a Germany-based specialist broker and a leading solution provider of occupational pension schemes, occupational disability insurance, and company health insurance plans, was sold to Ecclesia Holding GmbH (“Ecclesia Group”), Germany’s leading insurance broker and partner for insurance, risk consulting, and contract support.

projekt0708 GmbH, a German IT services and consulting company, was acquired by cbs Corporate Business Solutions, the global specialist for digital end-to-end business process solutions part of the Materna Group.

LifeCare Europe successfully raised growth capital from a private investor consortium.

Customs Support, the leading provider of integrated customs services and digital customs solutions, acquired Errek Trento S.r.l. CAD and Errek Logistica Srl – together Errek.

Tractebel Engineering SA sold GKW Consult GmbH, a top international consultantcy for environmental engineering and donor-financed infrastructure projects, to GFA Holding AG, a leading European consulting firm active in international cooperation.

Palmia Oy, a business and food service specialist active in Finland, was sold to Mutares Nordics Oy, the Nordic company of the listed German investment company Mutares SE & Co. KGaA (ETR: MUX).

Kestrel Aluminium Systems Limited and Kestrel Powder Coating Limited (together “Kestrel”) was sold to Schueco UK Limited.

Sirti S.p.A., an Italian provider of construction services for energy infrastructure, sold 100% of Sirti Energia S.p.A. to Mutares SE & Co. KGaA.

The shareholders of AixSwiss reached an agreement for the sale of 100% of their shares to Vision Healthcare (VHC), a digital-first omnichannel consumer healthcare group with over EUR 250 million in sales.

Holland Capital, a Dutch private equity firm, sold Mauritskliniek to Corius, a portfolio company of Swiss-based Ufenau Capital Partners.

Hutzel DrehTech GmbH, a German medical implant developer and manufacturer, was sold to Consult Invest Beteiligungsberatungs GmbH, a family office focusing on midmarket companies.

Italian artificial intelligence and big data company Reply [EXM, STAR: REY] signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Fincon Unternehmensberatung GmbH, a leading German consultancy in digital transformation projects for the banking and the insurance industry.

Pluradent GmbH & Co. KG was sold in a simultaneous transaction in which Aurelius Private Equity, a prominent German private equity group, also acquires the Bauer dental distribution group from the Linneweh family to create a leading German dental distribution platform with more than EUR 300m in revenues.

One of the Czech largest operators of night-time distribution networks in the Czech and Slovak Republics, OptimNet Solutions, has been sold to the German provider of logistics services, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics International.

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.

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.