Essity Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Consumer ProductsCompany

Essity has acquired 10 companies, including 10 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Essity’s largest acquisition to date was in 2021, when it acquired Grupo Familia for $1.5B. Essity has acquired in 3 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include consumer products (34%) and medical products (34%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity9
    • M&A Buy Activity9
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

Essity

Essity AB

Waterfront Building Klarabergsviadukten 63 PO Box 200,
Stockholm, 10123
Sweden,
+46 87 88 51 00
www.essity.com

Essity is a global hygiene and health company dedicated to improving well-being through products and services. Essity AB's personal care products include incontinence products, including skincare products, wet wipes, and wash gloves; baby and pant diapers, as well as baby care products, such as wet wipes, shampoos, lotions, and baby oils; pads, panty liners, tampons, intimate soaps, and intimate wipes; and wound care, vascular, and orthopedics products and services. Essity was founded in 1849 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (1.8/yr) # - - 2 4 3 - 9
vol $8M $2.3B $460M $2.7B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  9

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Knix Wear, Inc. 2022-07-08 320M USD Add-on Acquisition
Toronto, Ontario · www.knix.com
Modibodi Pty Ltd. 2022-07-07 100M AUD Add-on Acquisition
Balmain, Australia · www.modibodi.com
Legacy Converting, Inc. 2022-02-02 40M USD Add-on Acquisition
Fieldsboro, New Jersey · www.everwipe.com
Hydrofera LLC 2021-12-29 116M USD Add-on Acquisition
Manchester, Connecticut · www.hydrofera.com
AquaCast Liner LLC 2021-12-21 - Add-on Acquisition
Newark, Delaware · www.aquacastliner.com
Grupo Familia 2021-04-22 1.5B SEK Add-on Acquisition
Medellin, Colombia · www.grupofamilia.com
Asaleo Care Ltd. 2021-02-16 608M AUD Add-on Acquisition
Springvale, Australia · www.asaleocare.com
Novioscan Holding B.V. 2020-04-01 8M SEK Add-on Acquisition
Nijmegen, Netherlands · www.novioscan.com
ABIGO Medical AB 2020-02-27 - Stake Purchase
ASKIM, Sweden · www.abigo.com
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Consumer Products 3 (33%) 2.2B (80%) - -
Medical Products 3 (33%) 8M (< 1%) - -
Apparel/Textiles 2 (22%) 420M (15%) - -
Life Science 1 (11%) 116M (4%) - -
Total 9 $2.7B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 3 156M - -
  New Jersey 1 40M - -
  Delaware 1 - - -
  Connecticut 1 116M - -
Australia 2 708M - -
Canada 1 320M - -
  Ontario 1 320M - -
Colombia 1 1.5B - -
Netherlands 1 8M - -
Sweden 1 - - -
Domestic 1 (11%) - - -
Cross-border 8 (89%) 2.7B (100%) - -
Total 9 $2.7B - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.5B
$100M to $1B 3 $1.0B
< $100M 3 $148M
TOTAL $2.7B
Largest Grupo Familia
$1.5B (2021-04-22)

M&A Connections

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Investor(s)
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