Deal focus: PrimeMovers buys Malaysia machinist in debut deal
PrimeMovers, which spun out from Platinum Equity last year, and UK-based Lingotto Investment Management have jointly acquired Malaysian precision manufacturing company EngTek
Soo Jin Goh (pictured) and Randy Teo set up Platinum Equity’s Singapore office in 2014 and proceeded to make a handful of industrials and manufacturing-oriented investments. They had long considered...
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