Valmet Acquires Majority Stake in FactoryPal from Körber

Palatine Acquires Majority Stake in FourNet

October 6, 2021

IT Services

Palatine has acquired a majority stake in FourNet, a Manchester‑headquartered digital transformation and customer experience specialist. The deal sees previous investor YFM Equity Partners and two founding shareholders (Frank Jennings and Mike Jervis) realise their holdings while Palatine will support FourNet's growth, focusing on expanding capabilities and public‑sector market penetration.

Valmet Acquires Demuth, Wood-Handling Equipment Provider in Brazil

August 2, 2024

Manufacturing

Valmet Oyj has completed the acquisition of Demuth, a Brazilian provider of wood handling technology and services for the pulp industry. Demuth operates two manufacturing facilities in Rio Grande do Sul, has net sales of around EUR 20–30 million and about 400 employees; the operations will be included in Valmet's reporting from Q3 2024, strengthening Valmet's wood handling offering and local presence in South America.

Valmet Acquires Severn Group to Strengthen Process Performance Solutions

December 22, 2025

Industrial Services

Valmet has entered into an agreement to acquire Severn Group, an industrial valve company, from Bluewater, a UK-based private equity firm. The deal covers Severn’s three divisions—Severn Glocon, ValvTechnologies, and LB Bentley—and is intended to strengthen Valmet’s Process Performance Solutions segment and expand its flow control business.

Valmont Industries Acquires Majority Interest in ConcealFab in Partnership With Ericsson

July 1, 2022

Telecommunications

Valmont Industries signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in ConcealFab, a Colorado-based provider of 5G infrastructure and passive intermodulation (PIM) mitigation solutions. Ericsson will reinvest its ConcealFab equity and retain a minority position in the newly combined business.

Palatine Acquires Majority Stake in Skills Alliance

August 2, 2022

Staffing & HR

Palatine has acquired a majority stake in Skills Alliance, a specialist life-sciences recruitment and workforce solutions provider operating across the UK, Europe and the US. The investment will support Skills Alliance’s expansion of its consulting and outsourced recruitment offerings, accelerate international growth (particularly in North America and Europe) and pursue buy-and-build opportunities.

CloudCover Acquires Palotac

July 12, 2022

IT Services

CloudCover has acquired network support and hardware provider Palotac, a deal that roughly doubles CloudCover’s scale and adds access to over 1,200 engineers and hardware replacement coverage in 130 countries. The acquisition strengthens CloudCover’s global maintenance delivery, TAC capabilities and integrates Palotac’s engineering resources with CloudCover’s AI-driven maintenance management platform to deepen channel and enterprise support.