Secondary Buyout • Machinery

Madison Industries Acquires KraussMaffei

On June 6, 2006, private equity firm Madison Industries acquired machinery company KraussMaffei from KKR

Acquisition Context
  • This is Madison Industries’ 7th transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Madison Industries’ 1st transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • KraussMaffei was sold to a financial buyer in 2012 for 731M USD.
  • KraussMaffei was sold to a financial buyer in 2012 for 731M USD.
  • KraussMaffei was sold to a consortium of buyers in 2016 for 925M EUR.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date June 6, 2006
Target KraussMaffei
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Madison Industries
Sellers(s) KKR
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target Company

KraussMaffei

Parsdorf, Germany
KraussMaffei is a manufacturer of plastics and rubber processing machinery and of injection molding machines. It originally included four brands: KraussMaffei, Netstal, Demag, and Berstorff. KraussMaffei is based in Parsdorf, Germany.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Madison Industries

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Madison Industries is a privately held investment holding firm that targets growth investments in and acquisitions of industrial manufacturing companies. Madison prefers businesses with a defensible market niche, established technology, and significant cash-flow growth potential. Madison will also consider turnaround situations. Target opportunities generally have sales between $50 million and $2 billion. Madison Industries is based in Chicago, Illinois.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 15 of 50
Sector: Machinery 7 of 10
Type: Secondary Buyout 1 of 6
Country: Germany 1 of 2
Year: 2006 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-07-01 Synventive Molding Solutions

Peabody, Massachusetts, United States

Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc. is a solutions provider to the injection molding industry. Synventive is a designers, manufacturers and suppliers of hot runner systems and related components to the automotive, electronics, healthcare, and consumer packaging industries. Hot runner systems channel molten plastic from injection molding machines into molds. These systems are used in the molding of a variety of plastic products ranging from small medical devices to large automobile parts.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-12-08 Hudson Products

Beasley, Texas, United States

Hudson Products Corp. is a provider of heat transfer solutions firms providing air-cooled heat exchangers and axial-flow fans to some of the largest processors in the petroleum, natural gas, power generation, petrochemical and chemical industries.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

KKR

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 267.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.

KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 19 of 215
Sector: Machinery 1 of 2
Type: Secondary Buyout 4 of 41
Country: Germany 4 of 16
Year: 2006 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-06-01 BIS Industries

Sydney, Australia

BIS Industries is a provider of specialized logistics and materials handling solutions for the world’s biggest mining and resource companies. BIS Industries is based in Sydney, Australia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-07-24 Solocal

Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Solocal is a digital local communication company serving European small businesses. Solocal was founded in 1896 and is based in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

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