M&A Deal Summary

Grainger Acquires Fabory

On August 31, 2011, Grainger acquired distribution company Fabory from HgCapital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Grainger’s 6th transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Grainger’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.
Investment Fate
  • Fabory was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2020.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-08-31
Target Fabory
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) Grainger
Sellers(s) HgCapital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Fabory

Tilburg, Netherlands
Fabory is a provider of fasteners and fastener-related products in the Benelux with a pan-European presence. The company sources a broad assortment of high-quality and mission-critical fasteners from suppliers worldwide and distributes to over 60,000 customers throughout Europe. Its client base ranks from blue-chip to SME across various end markets, including machine building, electrical appliances, automotive, and construction. With its broad one-stop-shop offering of over 400,000 products, Fabory combines deep technical knowledge with smart inventory management solutions and a high degree of availability to provide its customers with efficient and convenient fastener-related solutions. Fabory was formed in 1947 and is based in Tilburg, Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Grainger

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1927
Sector Distribution
Employees21,800
Revenue 16.5B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Grainger's corporate headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Entrance to Grainger's corporate headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Grainger is a distributor of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) supplies and other related products and services used by businesses and institutions primarily in the United States and Canada. The Company also has a in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Grainger was established in 1927 and is based in Lake Forest, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 13
Sector (Distribution) 6 of 11
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 8
Country (Netherlands) 1 of 1
Year (2011) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-10-14 SafetyCertified

United States

SafetyCertified, Inc., a leader in online safety and risk management, SafetyCertified has helped thousands of organizations with proven solutions that have educated employees, created safer work environments and significantly reduced workers' compensation claims.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-03 AnFreixo S.A.

Sao Paulo, Brazil

AnFreixo S.A., a distributor of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) supplies in Brazil. The company serves more than 2,000 customers in industries such as manufacturing, steel, construction and mining, from its distribution center in Sao Paulo.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

HgCapital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 70.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HgCapital is a European private equity firm focused on a wide range of transactions including public-to-private leveraged buy-outs, management buy-ins, divestitures, and turnarounds. Broad sectors of interest include consumer and leisure, healthcare, industrials, services, technology, media, and renewable energy. The Firm will consider both majority and minority investment positions. HgCapital is the successor to Mercury Capital Partners, a former unit of Merill Lynch which was spun out by management in 2000. HgCapital has offices in London and Munich.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 29 of 93
Sector (Distribution) 1 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 12 of 45
Country (Netherlands) 5 of 7
Year (2011) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-01 Mondo Minerals B.V.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mondo Minerals B.V. is a European talc performance minerals business produces and supplies high quality and innovative talc products for use in a diverse range of end-markets, including plastics, coatings and paints, technical ceramics, pharmaceuticals and paper.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-11-16 IRIS

Slough, United Kingdom

IRIS is a private software house supplying business management solutions to over 60,000 customers, from start-ups to large organisations. IRIS was founded in 1978 and is based in Slough, United Kingdom.

Buy £425M
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