During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Andritz AG was an established manufacturer of machinery and equipment for the pulp and paper industry, the steel industry and water treatment industries.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Aprovia was a business publisher in the French language market, as well as in the French tradeshow industry.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Beru AG was the world-market leader in cold-start products for diesel-powered engines.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Bredbandsbolaget AB was a broadband communications company. The company was sold to Telenor AB in July 2005.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Casema was one of the Netherlands' leading cable operators.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Groupe Genoyer was a manufacturer of steel flanges and fittings for the process industries, particularly for the oil, gas and chemical industries.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Edscha was a manufacturer of door hinges, convertible roof systems and driver controls for the automotive industry.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Firth Rixson was a leading provider of highly-engineered forged, cast and other specialty metal products for the aerospace and general industrial markets.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Firth Rixson Limited was the leading integrated provider of highly engineered rings, forgings and specialty metal products to the aerospace sector and a range of industrial markets.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Groupe Genoyer was a manufacturer of steel flanges and fittings for the process industries, particularly for the oil, gas and chemical industries.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Honsel International Technologies was the European market leader for automotive light metal parts.

During Carlyle's period of ownership, Le Figaro publishes the leading French national daily newspaper as well as the leading women’s magazine and the second most circulated news magazine.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Materis was a specialty building materials conglomerate.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Medimedia was the fourth-largest global provider of healthcare educational materials and services.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, MEC Group had a global presence in the market for high-value-added maintenance and repair related welding consumable products and was the leading manufacturer of metal cutting machines and equipment.

Otor SA is the second largest producer of corrugated board and the industry leader for production of recycled containerboard in France.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Riello SpA manufactured and marketed heating products, was the global leader in residential burner production and one of the world’s largest producers of wall-hung boilers.

During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Groupe Genoyer was a manufacturer of steel flanges and fittings for the process industries, particularly for the oil, gas and chemical industries.