Mergers & Acquisitions
Claren Energy to own 100% stake in Romanian gas field
Claren Operations, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian oil and gas group Claren Energy Corp, has announced that it is entering into an agreement to purchase the remaining 60% interest in the Bobocu gas field licence in Romania from Zeta Petroleum.. Read more
EU approves sale of Antrim power plants to Czech EPH
It has been confirmed that Czech energy firm Energetický a Prumyslový (EPH) has been granted approval by the European Commission for the acquisition of the Kilroot and Ballylumford power plants in County Antrim, Northern Ireland from the AES Corporat Read more
Egypt's El Sewedy Electric acquires Greek renewables portfolio
The Egyptian energy and manufacturing company El Sewedy Electric is to enter in to share purchase agreement with R.F. Energy SA to purchase a 100% stake in four Greek renewable energy companies, three wind and one hydro-electric, for a total of... Read more
Bravida acquires Finnish HVAC company
Bravida Finland Oy has expanded through the acquisition of Jyväskylän LVI-Palvelu Oy, an HVAC-company in Central Finland. The company has 10 employees and a turnover of approximately SEK 19 million (€1.8-million)... Read more
Delek's Ithaca buys Chevron's North Sea assets
The UK-based oil and gas producer Ithaca Energy, part of the Israeli Delek Group, has agreed a $2-billion deal to purchase Chevron's assets in the North Sea. The acquisition will make it the second largest in the UK basin area... Read more
Stemmer Imaging continues growth with Infaimon acquisition
Continuing its systematic growth strategy, Stemmer Imaging, the machine vision technology provider for science and technology, has announced the acquisition of the Spanish group Infaimon... Read more
Umicore acquires Kokkola cobalt refinery from Freeport-McMoRan
Belgium's Umicore has acquired the Kokkola cobalt refinery in Finland from US copper miner Freeport-McMoRan for a reported $150-million (€134-million)... Read more
Sev.en Energy acquires Alpiq coal-fired power stations
Swiss energy producer Alpiq has announced that the tender for the acquisition of a 100% stake in the company's two coal-fired power stations has been won by Sev.en Energy... Read more
Trox acquires Czech air filter manufacturer KS Klima-Service
Czech air filter manufacturer KS Klima-Service has been acquired in a share purchase agreement by UK-based air conditioning and ventilation manufacturer, Trox Group. The official acquisition date is 31 May 2019... Read more
EU prepares for Japan Inc. spending spree
Economic analysts in the EU are forecasting a Japanese "spending spree" off the back of a historic trade deal. Businesses in Japan are sitting on over €800-billion combined and it is expected that the European Union will be the most likely target... Read more
Lesjöfors acquires Dutch spring & wire firm Spirbelt Beheer
Lesjöfors, one of Europe’s leading manufacturer of springs, pressings and wire parts acquires Spirbelt Beheer B.V. which includes its two subsidiaries Tribelt and De Spiraal in the Netherlands... Read more
Sweco acquires UK based MLM Group
Sweco has signed an agreement to acquire MLM Group, a UK engineering consultancy with services primarily within buildings, transportation infrastructure and environment, predominantly located in South East England. Read more
Luxcara acquires mega-wind farm in Sweden
Luxcara, an asset manager in renewable energy, increases its Scandinavian portfolio with the acquisition of one of Europe’s largest single onshore wind projects with an expected total capacity of 750 MW. The project is part of Markbygden 1101 in... Read more
Sandvik acquires digital mining tech company Newtrax
Sandvik acquires privately-owned Newtrax, a supplier of leading technology in wireless connectivity to monitor and provide insights on underground operations, including people, machines and the environment. Read more
Japan's Terra Drone acquires Slovenian aerospace firm C-Astral
One of Japan's largest industrial drone companies, Terra Drone, has announced the acquisition of a stake in the Slovenian aerospace solutions provider C-Astral Aerospace. Read more
MOL Group acquires recycled plastics compounder Aurora
MOL Group announced that it has signed a sales-purchase agreement to acquire Aurora, a recycled plastic compounder with production plants located nearby automotive manufacturing and plastics conversion clusters in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Read more
Moldovan Trans-Oil granted IIB loan for Ultex vegetable oil acquisition
The International Investment Bank (IIB), based in Moscow, has granted a loan to Moldova's Trans-Oil, an agro-industrial group, which it will use for the acquisition of Romanian vegetable oil producer, Ultex. Read more
Total Eren completes NovEnergia deal
French renewable independent power producer (IPP) Total Eren said on Monday that it had concluded the acquisition of NovEnergia, a southern European power firm, after the approval of all stakeholders and clearance from Portuguese regulators. Read more
Berlin Packaging acquires French firm Verrerie Calvet
Chicago-based packaging firm Berlin Packaging has announced a deal to acquire French packaging manufacturer Verrerie Calvet, as it looks to strengthen its business in Europe. Read more
Italmatch Chemicals Group acquires Eco Inhibitors
Italmatch Chemicals, a speciality chemical group focused on the production and marketing of performance additives for water & process treatment, oil & gas, industrial lubricants and plastics, has announced the acquisition of Eco Inhibitors, a... Read more
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Bravida acquisition
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Stemmer Imaging
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Kladno power plant
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Sweco acquires MLM Group
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Trans-Oil
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Certex
