Canadian mid-market private equity firm Novacap partners with the GTI Group, an integrated provider of specialty transport solutions.

BOUCHERVILLE, March 3, 2014  - Shareholders of the Master Group, MM. Alain Fournier, Michel Ringuet and Louis St-Laurent, are pleased to announce they have signed a transaction involving the sale of 65 % of the company to Novacap, a Quebec-based firm and a leader in the field of private investment in Canada. The transaction will take effect in the coming days and The Master Group will continue to operate without interruption with the current management team remaining in place to pursue the continuous development of the company.

MONTREAL, Oct. 30, 2013 - Novacap, one of Canada's leading private equity firms, is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Atlanta-based IT infrastructure service provider Internap for the sale of the hosting and cloud provider, iWeb. Evaluated at $145M, this transaction will allow both Internap and iWeb to grow their market shares and their services portfolio to offer a complete range of IaaS to companies at every stage, from start-ups to multinationals.

BERWYN, PA, October 29, 2013 - AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced that it has acquired Creaform, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative portable 3D measurement technologies and a provider of 3D engineering services for approximately $120 million.  Based near Québec City, Canada, the privately held company has annual sales of approximately $52 million.