Grupa Kety to Buy METRA in 645 Million Euro Aluminium Push
Poland-listed aluminium group Grupa Kety has signed a conditional deal to buy Italy-based METRA Group from KPS Capital Partners, putting a mid-cap European extruder on a path to true transatlantic scale just as buyers chase lighter metals for rail, buildings and industrial systems. What happened Grupa Kety S.A. agreed to acquire 100% of Fengari Holdings […]
SP Global to Acquire OpenZeppelin for Onchain Finance Security
S&P Global has agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin, the smart-contract security firm whose open-source libraries sit under much of todays onchain finance stack. Terms were not disclosed. Closing remains subject to customary conditions. OpenZeppelin will keep its name and operate as a standalone unit led by CEO Demian Brener, who will report to Yann Le Pallec, […]
LEO Pharma Closes Dersimelagon Deal as FDA Grants Priority Review
LEO Pharma moved a rare-dermatology asset from deal closing into a near-term regulatory window in one day. On 18 September 2026 the Danish medical-dermatology specialist said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted the New Drug Application for dersimelagon, granted Priority Review, and set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act action date by the end […]
HIG Capital Agrees to Acquire MISTRAS Group in 866 Million Deal
What happened MISTRAS Group, the Princeton Junction-based provider of technology-enabled industrial asset integrity and laboratory testing solutions, has entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by affiliates of H.I.G. Capital in an all-cash deal. Stockholders will receive $20.35 per share, implying an enterprise value of roughly $866 million including outstanding debt. The board unanimously approved […]
FedEx Advent Consortium Clears InPost Tender Threshold
Europes largest automated parcel-locker platform is leaving the public market. InPost said Friday that 89.81% of its shares were tendered into the recommended all-cash offer from a consortium led by FedEx and Advent International, clearing the 80% minimum acceptance threshold on a deal valuing the company at about EUR 7.8 billion. What happened The offer […]
GE Aerospace Frames CPP Deal as Targeted Castings Fix
GE Aerospace is putting a clear fence around its largest deal since becoming a standalone company. After agreeing to buy Consolidated Precision Products for $11.75 billion, management is telling investors the move is a surgical answer to a casting bottleneck – not a playbook for buying the broader aerospace supplier base. What happened On 8 […]
TotalEnergies and GIP Seal $1.8B Africa Midstream Infrastructure Pact
TotalEnergies has turned a slice of its African midstream book into an immediate capital event. Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), now under BlackRock, is putting US$1.8 billion into a partnership over some of the majors oil and gas infrastructure interests on the continent. In return, TotalEnergies will pay a throughput-based tariff for as long as 15 […]
Nexperia and Tata Electronics Partner on India Chip Fab and Packaging
Dutch discrete and power semiconductor specialist Nexperia and Tata Electronics have locked a multi-stage manufacturing partnership that puts Nexperia products onto Indian front-end and back-end capacity. The framework covers MOSFET wafer production at Tata Electronics upcoming 300 mm fab in Dholera, Gujarat, and assembly and test of Nexperia discrete devices at the Jagiroad, Assam packaging […]
Hitachi Energy Plans $528 Million Mississippi Transformer Factory
Hitachi Energy has outlined its largest single manufacturing bet in the United States to date: a $528 million transformer factory in Gallman, Mississippi. The plant sits at the center of a broader U.S. manufacturing expansion the company puts at about $1.5 billion, aimed at lifting domestic output of transformers and other critical grid equipment as […]
GSK Buys Chimagen Trispecific TCE to Deepen Myeloma Franchise
GSK has locked full global rights to a trispecific T-cell engager from privately held Chimagen Biosciences for multiple myeloma. The London-listed biopharma plans to develop and commercialise the asset, with first-in-human work eyed for 2027, under a package that can reach up to $750 million in upfront and success-based milestones. The move builds on an […]