Gilde Buy Out Partners Acquires TonerPartner Group

TonerPartner Group (backed by Rivean Capital) Acquires Trensco (HD Toner & HQ‑Fit)

September 17, 2024

E-Commerce

The TonerPartner Group, backed by private equity investor Rivean Capital, has acquired 100% of Trensco GmbH & Co. KG and its brands HD Toner and HQ‑Fit. The deal expands TonerPartner's e‑commerce platform, creating the largest online retailer in Germany for printer consumables with roughly one million active customers and over €100 million in annual revenue, and aims to capture growth via AI‑driven marketing, procurement synergies and new sustainable product ranges.

Gilde Buy Out Partners Takes Stake in EDCO Group

April 23, 2021

Transportation

Gilde Buy Out Partners will become a shareholder in EDCO Group as part of a transaction to support EDCO's next phase of growth; the Adriaanse family will retain a significant interest and continue to run the business. EDCO, a Netherlands-based distributor of non-food FMCG products headquartered in Eindhoven with over 500 employees, will use the partnership to accelerate its growth and pursue further European consolidation.

Gilde Buy Out Partners takes significant stake in Eichholtz Group

July 23, 2019

Consumer Products

Funds advised by Gilde Buy Out Partners have signed an agreement to become a significant shareholder in the Eichholtz Group alongside founder Theo Eichholtz and management. The investment will support Eichholtz’s international expansion and accelerate growth, particularly focused on the US and Asian markets; terms were not disclosed.

Gilde-backed conTeyor Group Merges with KTP Kunststoff Palettentechnik

August 13, 2024

Packaging

Benelux private equity firm Gilde Equity Management will become majority shareholder of the newly merged conTeyor–KTP group after conTeyor Group (Belgium) and Germany-based KTP Kunststoff Palettentechnik agreed to merge. The combination creates a leading reusable packaging and storage solutions provider (annual sales ~€200m), with KTP shareholders VR Equitypartner and Wagner Holding retaining a significant minority stake.

CWG International Acquires International Toner Company, Supplies Wholesalers and Cartridge World USA from Blackford Capital

June 13, 2022

Logistics & Distribution

Blackford Capital has sold its Imagining Supplies Consolidation (ISC II) portfolio — International Toner Company, Supplies Wholesalers and Cartridge World USA — to CWG International, Inc. Blackford said the sale was driven by an unrecoverable decline in print volumes and higher supply-chain costs following the COVID-19 pandemic; CWG, a long-standing aftermarket imaging operator, will steward the businesses and seek to optimize their market potential.

Gilde Buy Out Partners Acquires MBK Fincom (ProduceShop)

February 10, 2022

E-Commerce

Funds advised by Gilde Buy Out Partners have completed an investment in MBK Fincom (ProduceShop), with the company’s founders and management reinvesting alongside Gilde. Ardian has exited its minority stake; financial terms were not disclosed. Gilde said the investment will support MBK’s continued pan‑European growth and product‑brand expansion.