M&A Deal Summary

De Forenede Dampvaskerier A/S Acquires Textilia AB

On May 17, 2017, De Forenede Dampvaskerier A/S acquired business services company Textilia AB from Accent Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is De Forenede Dampvaskerier A/S’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is De Forenede Dampvaskerier A/S’s 1st transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-05-17
Target Textilia AB
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) De Forenede Dampvaskerier A/S
Sellers(s) Accent Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Textilia AB

Orebro, Sweden
Textilia AB is a textiles full-services provider primarily for the health and social care sector in Sweden. Every day, approximately 150,000 people wear Textilia’s clothes and approximately 16,000 beds are made with linen from the Group. The company has around 450 full time employees and nationwide coverage through facilities in Boden, Långsele, Rimbo, Göteborg, Karlskrona och Örebro. Textilia was formed in 1997 and is based in Orebro, Sweden.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

De Forenede Dampvaskerier A/S

Måløv, Denmark

Category Company
Founded 1958
Sector Apparel/Textiles
DESCRIPTION

De Forenede Dampvaskerier A/S is a total textile supplier offering clothing and shoes, linen, mats, hygiene, protective equipment, clothing cabinets, TexMatic, and Viima Cleaning System. DFD was formed in 1958 and is based in Måløv, Denmark.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Accent Equity

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 1.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Accent Equity Partners is a middle-market private equity firm that targets buyout and expansion capital investments in Scandinavia. Accent Equity is sector agnostic and generally prefers acquiring controlling positions. Accent Equity was formed in 1994 and is based in Stockholm.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 42
Sector: Business Services M&A 3 of 7
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 12 of 23
Country: Sweden M&A 20 of 35
Year: 2017 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-17 Akademibokhandeln AB

Stockholm, Sweden

Akademibokhandeln AB is a book retailer in Sweden with a market share of about 35% of consumer book sold, and it has a strong offering for all product and delivery formats. With 108 stores nationwide, 80 under its own management and 28 run as franchises, together with online sales under the Akademibokhandeln and Bokus brands, the company operates modern and profitable sales channels focused on consumers, companies and public-sector operations.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-08 Blomsterboda

Vallentuna, Sweden

Blomsterboda provides flowers and plants to some 550 grocery stores across Sweden through full-service shop-in-shop flower concepts. The company focuses on sustainable flowers and grows 11 million tulips every year in its own greenhouse. Blomsterboda was founded in 2017 and is based in Vallentuna, Sweden.

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