PE manager Krokus Private Equity funded the Management Buy-out (MBO) deal of LOTOS Parafiny, Poland’s largest paraffin producer and distributor. A special purpose vehicle – Krokus Chem Sp. Z.o.o., jointly owned by the fund Nova Polonia Natexis II and the current management team, acquired 100 pc ownership of the unit in a leveraged deal from [...]

Termo-Organika, Poland’s leading manufacturer of domestic insulation materials and systems, has recently gained support for a leveraged management buyout with private equity funding from Krokus.

Poland’s Krokus Private Equity has announced its sixth investment inCatermed, a capital increase which now gives them majority control of the catering company. The investment was made through Krokus PE’s €100 million Nova Polonia Natexis II fund and gives the firm a 55% stake in Catermed. Krokus is targeting the Polish catering sector for possible consolidation [...]

Nova Polonia Natexis II, a fund managed by Polish private equity firm Krokus PE, has announced its fifth investment after acquiring a 44% share in POLMED. The Krokus investment in the Polish medical services company was made via a capital increase to help finance future growth and expansion. Polmed S.A. (www.polmed.pl) Polmed is a polish [...]

Krokus Private Equity, the Polish PE firm and advisor to Nova Polonia Natexis II private equity fund, invested in concrete pre-fabricator PW Comfort Sp. z o.o. The deal is the fourth investment for Nova Polonia Natexis II since its €52 million first close back in 2006. Comfort joins Polish shipping company Odratrans, window and door [...]

Following its public offer in December 2007, Dalkia Polska has become, with 97.6% of the shares, the majority shareholder of Praterm, a Polish district heating company. Praterm S.A. (www.praterm.pl) Praterm operates heating companies in 21 mid-sized cities in north, south and southeast Poland. With 206 km of a small- and mid-sized network, Praterm distributes heat [...]

Krokus Private Equity has acquired through Nova Polonia Natexis II 19% of the shares of Odratrans S.A., the largest inland shipping company in Poland. The fund will increase its stake in the Company to 25% within three months from the first investment. Odratrans S.A. (www.odratrans.com.pl) Odratrans S.A. is the largest inland shipping company in Poland [...]

Krokus Private Equity has acquired a 70% stake in the Polish technology transportation system manufacturer, Transsystem. Transsystem S.A. (www.transsystem.com.pl) Established in 1991, Transsystem is one of the leaders in Poland and Europe providing technological transportation systems for manufacturing facilities. The Company specializes in the planning, design, manufacture and assembly of steel structure conveyor systems and [...]

Krokus Private Equity has acquired Izoterm, one of the leading providers of thermal insulation services and manufacturers of PVC windows and doors. Izoterm Sp. z.o.o. (www.izoterm.com.pl) Izoterm is one of the leading providers of thermal insulation services and manufacturers of PVC windows and doors in the Polish, Slovakian and Czech markets. The Company focuses on [...]