Insolventie, pre-pack & herstructurering

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.

DRK-Kliniken Nordhessen in Kassel was sold to Helios, the largest European hospital group, out of insolvency proceedings.

Gehring Technologies, a precision manufacturer specialized in honing technology, agreed to be acquired by the Nagel Group.

Krankenhaus Ingelheim gGmbH, a German hospital, was sold by the University Clinic Mainz and the City of Ingelheim to Ccare AG, a German healthcare services group.

Impack, an investment group, acquired OTICR, a printed-packaging company.

Terrafame, a fully-owned subsidiary of the state of Finland, acquired Talvivaara Mining Company plc., a mine that uses a bioleaching process to produce mainly nickel and zinc.

DMM sold its business in the transportation of ICT products to a company wholly owned by the courier company Sogetras. Sogegroup is active in the transportation of documents in Italy. The sale was conducted through a bankruptcy procedure.

Aretè Capital, a holding group offering managerial skills and financial resources to companies facing changes or important challenges, acquired OCEM, specialized in the production of lighting systems for airports and electronic power converters for physic laboratories, through bankruptcy procedure.

Pluradent Group, Germany’s second largest distributor of dental consumables, dental practice equipment and accompanying technical support services, was acquired by Deutsche Mittelstandsholding, a German investment holding as part of a debtor in possession insolvency proceeding.