Done Deals

Georgia-based Global Aviation has acquired Dallas-based Aviation Excellence, a distributor of aircraft spares to airlines and maintenance organisations. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Healthcare investor MVM Life Science Partners has acquired just over nine per cent of AIM-listed pharmaceutical company Alliance Pharma Plc.

US teen social networking websites Stardoll and Piczo have merged. The details of the deal remain undisclosed. Read more
    
Hill & Knowlton, a public relations and public affairs company, has acquired the remaining 70 per cent stake in Poland-based rival Feedback Hill & Knowlton for an undisclosed sum.

PR firm Tangent Communications has acquired digital communications company Lateral for an undisclosed sum. Read more

Communications companies Applinet Plc and Unified Group have merged, with the newly established company trading under the name Proximity Communications Plc. The details of the deal were undisclosed.

NXP, the independent semiconductor company, has transferred its mobile services business to French digital security company Gemalto. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Snell & Wilcox and Pro-Bel, two technology providers to the international broadcasting market, have merged in a management buy-out worth £72 million. Read more