Private equity

HCP & Co., a Chicago-based private equity firm, has acquired Career Training Academy, a healthcare-focused career school with three campuses in the Pittsburgh area. No pricing terms were disclosed. Www.hcpcompany.com

Health Evolution Partners has acquired a majority interest in Freedom Innovations LLC, an Irvine, Calif.-based provider of high-tech prosthetic devices for individuals with lower limb amputations. No financial terms were disclosed. Www.healthevolutionpartners.com

Quadrant Private Equity has acquired a 50% stake in the outdoor advertising business of APN News & Media, publisher of the New Zealand Herald, for approximately A$190 million. Www.quadrantpe.com.au

Resilience Capital Partners has acquired the Heavy Duty unit of Vista-Pro Automotive. No financial terms were disclosed, except that $22.5 million in debt financing was provided by Monroe Capital. The division has been renamed Thermal Solutions Manufacturing, and is a Nashville, Tenn.-based maker and distributor of heat exchange and temperature control products to the North American heavy duty aftermarket. Www.vistaproauto.com

Sun Capital Partners has acquired Bonmarché, a UK-based retailer of affordable clothes to women over 45 years old. No pricing terms were disclosed for the deal, which was done via an administration process. Www.suncappart.com

USI Insurance Services, a portfolio company of GS Capital Partners, has acquired most of the assets of The Pinnacle Group, a Virginia Beach, Va.-based employee benefits consulting firm specializing in middle-market businesses. No financial terms were disclosed. Www.usi.biz

ZS Fund has sponsored a recapitalization of ECS Refining LLC, a Santa Clara, Calif.–based electronic waste recycler. No pricing terms were disclosed. Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. Managed the process. Www.ecsrefining.com

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