SONDA SA, the Chilean, listed IT services and solutions company, completed its buy of Platinum Equity Partners’ NextiraOne as the company continues to build its presence in Latin America and Mexico.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed and calls seeking comment were not acknowledged by press time.

SONDA has been growing via M&A all year; it bought several Brazilian IT service firms, including Telsinc (for $38 million) and Kaizen (for $6.7 million), as well as SOFTEAM and TI Procwork. SONDA also reached into Colombia this year to buy Red Colombia, an IT software and services firm. Founded in 1974 and taken public in 2006, the company is one of Latin America’s largest IT service providers.

Waldo Glasman, managing director investment bank CEA’s Latin America corporate finance advisory group, advised Platinum Equity on the transaction.

Platinum Equity invested in the company via its first fund in 2001. In September 2008, Platinum Equity Capital Partners II closed a $2.75 billion fund.

The private equity firm has been active over the past 18 months, largely making new investments. In 2009 it bought Pomeroy IT Solutions, an IT infrastructure company, and Canvas Systems, a refurbished equipment company. Earlier this year, it merged Pomeroy IT Solutions with its existing portfolio company OAO Technology Solutions, shifting headquarters to Pomeroy’s Kentucky shop and installing Pomeroy president and chief executive Christopher C. Froman as head of the merged unit.

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