EBRD has acquired a minority stake in Khask Group, a Ukrainian packaging manufacturer. The USD 6 million investment will enhance the company’s ability to bring in additional modern equipment and foster expansion. The investment will also be used to help the group maintain its position as the leading producer of adhesive tape in the CIS [...]

The European investment branch of U.S. based Sun Capital Partners, Sun European Partners, has acquired a 100% stake in Unterland, an Austrian packaging company. Sun European Partners purchased the company from Mondi, which originally purchased the company in 2007. This is the 15th packaging company purchase by Sun European Partners in the last 5 years. [...]

Bancroft Private Equity, a firm that focuses on Central and Eastern European companies, has acquired Croatian mail service company CityEx. CityEx currently delivers parcels and documents throughout Croatia, and is trying to expand to other countries. CityEx (www.cityex.hr) CityEx was founded in 2008, at a time when the Croatian government just began to loosen its [...]

Vienna-based Duropack appears headed for the selling block as One Equity Partners (OEP) is reportedly weighing its options for the company. OEP acquired Duropack last year when it purchased a 91% share of Constantia Packaging AG. Should OEP decide to go through with a sale, industry analysts expect that it go for as much as [...]

International private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) has reached an agreement to acquire a 66% stake in Constantia Packaging AG. The transaction will take place via OEP’s holding, Sulipo Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH. As required by law, OEP will announce a public offer for the remaining shares of Constantia at €38.67 per share. The deal, which [...]

A significant minority stake in Cezar has been acquired by Kerten Capital for an undisclosed amount. The transaction has been used to increase Cezar’s working capital. The company also appointed a partner to Cezar’s supervisory board and a new finance director to the management board. Cezar Sp.z.o.o. (www.cezar.pl) Cezar is located in Bialystok, Poland with [...]

KBC Private Equity acquired a minority shareholding in Grafika Press, a Hungarian printing company. In addition, KBC provided Grafika with a mezzanine facility to finance the acquisition of assets from Szikra, another printing company. Grafika Press (www.grafikapress.hu) Grafika Press is a full-service, heat-set and cold-set printer operating mainly in the commercial and magazine market. The [...]

Moscow based private equity investment group Mint Capital has acquired a minority stake in A-Dept Company for an estimated USD 5 million. The percentage and volume of shares as well as the transaction statistics and financials are not available. A-Dept (www.adept.ru) A-Dept was founded in 2002 and has become the largest Russian manufacturer of specialized [...]