Clairfield in Belgium

Brewery Huyghe, known for the iconic Delirium and a leading Belgian brewery with four generations of family tradition based in Melle, acquired Het Anker, a historic family brewery and distillery based in Mechelen.

Brewery Martens, Belgium’s largest family-owned brewery, acquired United Dutch Breweries (UDB) from GIMV and management.

Dossche Mills, a Belgian producer of wheat flour and bakery ingredients, acquired Mühle Rüningen, a German producer of flour and grain-based products since 1312.

Circles Group was sold to Optio Group, a leading global managing general agency (MGA) specialising in specialty insurance solutions, backed by Preservation Capital Partners.

BCOH was sold to Optio Group, a leading global managing general agency (MGA) specialising in specialty insurance solutions, backed by Preservation Capital Partners.

Adveo, a French supplier of business and office supplies, sold Adveo Benelux, a wholesaler and distributor of business and office supplies, to PBS Holding AG.

GALERIA Karstadt Kaufhof and The Economic Stabilisation Fund (WSF) sold INNO SA/NV, a Belgian department store chain, to INNOvative Retail BV, a newly established company jointly owned by Axcent of Scandinavia and SKEL fjárfestingafélag.

Etex, a global building material manufacturer and pioneer in lightweight construction based in Belgium, acquired SCALAMID, a manufacturer of modern and innovative façade fibre cement boards, from Poznan-based company Pozbruk in a carve-out transaction.

Belgian Mobile ID, known for the leading Belgian app for digital identification, authentication, and signing Itsme, acquired nextAuth, a KU Leuven/imec spin-off, providing secured end-to-end authentication using strong public key cryptography.