Acquisitions in Solothurn, Switzerland

Healthcare Holding Schweiz AG, backed and managed by the Winterberg group, has acquired MCM Medsys AG, a Solothurn-based value‑added distributor of medical devices with a catalogue of ~900 products. The deal is part of Healthcare Holding's buy-and-build strategy to expand its medtech distribution platform in Switzerland and completes a planned succession; the seller and former owner Louis Weidmann will remain on the board.

Calibre Scientific has acquired RUWAG Handels AG, a Swiss provider of diagnostics and life sciences products and services that sells to hospitals, private labs, universities and pharmaceutical companies. The acquisition strengthens Calibre Scientific’s platform and product/service offering in Switzerland and the DACH region, adding technical product expertise, instrument maintenance/repair services and an in-house testing lab.

A fund advised by Patrimonium Private Equity Advisors AG has acquired a majority stake in ROTH GRUPPE AG from funds advised by Equistone Partners Europe; financial terms were not disclosed. ROTH GRUPPE, based in Gerlafingen, Switzerland, is a specialist provider of passive fire protection, technical insulation and coating solutions with c.450 employees; Patrimonium said it will pursue synergies and long-term growth while keeping the company's operational structure unchanged.