IK Investment Partners to acquire Marle from The Carlyle Group

IK Investment Partners (“IK”) today announced that IK VII Fund has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Marle International SAS (“Marle” or “the Company”), an independent implant contract manufacturing company in Europe from The Carlyle Group. Carlyle’s Europe Technology fund, majority shareholder since 2009, will reinvest alongside management and the Marle family. Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed, and completion of the transaction is subject to legal and regulatory approvals.Established over 30 years ago as a family business, Marle has become a major