The ever-prolific Riverside Company is expecting a flurry of deal activity by year end, according to Co-CEO Béla Szigethy.

Szigethy told Buyouts in an interview for an unrelated story that the firm expects to buy up to six new platform companies and put around $200 million of equity to work by year end.

Eric Keen has left left the Riverside Company, where he was VP, to join DW Healthcare Partners as a VP. PRESS RELEASE:  Park City, Utah,  September 20, 2010 – DW Healthcare Partners (DWHP), a healthcare focused private equity firm with over $250 million in committed capital under management, today announced that Mr. Eric Keen, former Vice President with [...]

The Riverside Company has sold Commonwealth Laminating & Coating Inc. to an “undisclosed group of investors.” No financial terms were disclosed, although Riverside said the deal produced a 10x cash-on-cash return. CLC is a Virginia-based maker and distributor of window film used for solar protection, aesthetics and security.

The Riverside Company has acquired Celvitae, a Madrid, Spain-based cord blood bank. No financial terms were disclosed.

Jeremy Holland has joined The Riverside Co. as a director of origination in the Western region. He previously was a principal with Vintage Fund Management.

The Riverside Company has sold Veritext Holding Co., a provider of deposition and litigation support services to law firms, to Investcorp. No financial terms were disclosed.

The Riverside Co. has sold Houston-based environmental consultancy Entrix Inc. to Cardno Ltd. (ASX: CDD). No financial terms were disclosed, except that Riverside reports a 20% gross IRR and 2.8% gross cash-on-cash return.

The Riverside Co. has acquired NAKA & Co. Ltd., a Japanese maker of crystal oscillators and crystal units used for microwave backhaul equipment and base stations for mobile communications. No financial terms were disclosed.

The Riverside Co. has opened an office in Melbourne, Australia. It will be led by existing Riverside partner Simon Feiglin.

Media Source, a Plain City, Ohio-based acquisition platform sponsored by The Riverside Company, has acquired three library publications from Reed Business Information-US. They are: Library Journal, School Library Journal and Library Hotline Join Media Source. no financial terms were disclosed.