Nactarome Group Acquires Plantex SAS

TA Associates Announces Strategic Growth Investment in Nactarome

November 24, 2021

Food & Beverage

TA Associates has made a strategic growth investment to become the majority shareholder in Nactarome S.p.A., a Milan-headquartered developer and manufacturer of natural flavours, colours and functional ingredients for the food and beverage industry. Nactarome's management and current investor Ambienta will retain minority stakes; the partnership aims to accelerate international expansion, organic growth and continued M&A.

ARCHIMED-backed Fytexia Acquires B Natural

June 1, 2021

Food & Beverage

Fytexia, the ARCHIMED-owned health ingredients developer, has acquired Milan-based B Natural, a European leader in the extraction and refinement of propolis for health ingredients. The add-on strengthens Fytexia's product portfolio and R&D capabilities, expands its geographic reach, and is expected to boost group sales by about 40 percent.

Pacur to Acquire CAROLEX SAS

November 17, 2021

Packaging

Oshkosh-based Pacur, a Gryphon Investors-backed supplier of PETG sheet for medical device packaging, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire CAROLEX SAS, a PETG sheet extruder based in Longué, France, from epsotech Holding GmbH. The deal expands Pacur's extrusion capabilities and European presence to better serve medical, pharmaceutical and food packaging customers; terms were not disclosed.

Marlin Equity Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Tennaxia

March 9, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Marlin Equity Partners, with co-investment from Bpifrance, completed a majority investment in Tennaxia, a Laval, France–based cloud software provider for EHS and ESG data management. The founders and management remain involved as the deal will support Tennaxia’s product development and international expansion.

Solina Acquires Food Compounds B.V.

October 6, 2021

Food & Beverage

French savoury-ingredients group Solina (majority-owned by PE firm Astorg) has completed the acquisition of Food Compounds B.V., a Netherlands-based specialist in powder-based premixes and coating systems for potato processors. The deal strengthens Solina's coating expertise and R&D capabilities as part of its ongoing expansion strategy; financial terms were not disclosed.

Barentz Acquires Viachem

October 6, 2022

Logistics & Distribution

Barentz International has acquired Viachem, a Plano, Texas–based specialty distributor of life science ingredients, specialty chemicals and food additives. Barentz said Viachem’s market development function, digital marketing and technical sales capabilities will be combined with Barentz’s global scale and infrastructure to accelerate market share growth in North America.