PARIS – French green technology company AFYREN (Paris:ALAFY) said on Wednesday it has raised 23 million euros in a share capital increase from industry leader Kemin Industries and state-backed investor Bpifrance to fund an expansion of its flagship bio-refinery. The capital increase was subscribed by Kemin Industries, a global specialty ingredients maker and a customer of…
PARIS, FRANCE: Wendel has successfully completed the sale of 40.5 million shares in Bureau Veritas by way of an accelerated bookbuilding process, representing c. 9% of the company’s share capital, for total proceeds of approximately 1.1 billion euros. As part of the Offering, the Lac1 fund, managed by Bpifrance, has purchased c.4% of Bureau Veritas’…
PARIS, FRANCE: Bpifrance, the French public investment bank, has announced that it has acquired about 5% of the capital and voting rights of Quadient, a French company that provides digital solutions for business transactions. Bpifrance said it supports Quadient’s transformation strategy, which aims to diversify its service offering and create synergies in attractive markets such…
PARIS, FRANCE: LACROIX has signed an exclusive agreement for the acquisition of a majority stake in the capital of the US based company FIRSTRONIC with its main shareholders. LACROIX, which already has a 12.5% shareholding, will rise its equity stake in FIRSTRONIC to 62% at the end of the operation. LACROIX first acquired a stake…