M&A Deal Summary

One Equity Partners Acquires Vacuumschmelze

On October 4, 2005, private equity firm One Equity Partners acquired manufacturer Vacuumschmelze from Morgan Advanced Materials for 300M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is One Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is One Equity Partners’ 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is One Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • Vacuumschmelze was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2011 for 700M EUR.
  • Vacuumschmelze was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2015.
  • Vacuumschmelze was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2023.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-10-04
Target Vacuumschmelze
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) One Equity Partners
Sellers(s) Morgan Advanced Materials
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 300M GBP

Target

Vacuumschmelze

Hanau, Germany
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Vacuumschmelze is a producer of advanced magnetic solutions, rare earth permanent magnets, and inductive components. Vacuumschmelze was founded in 1923 and is based in Hanau, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

One Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

One Equity Partners (OEP) is a private equity firm that targets buyout and growth capital investments in North America, Europe, and Asia. OEP prefers to be the lead investor and typically commits $30 to $300 million per transaction. Sectors of interest include industrial products/services, consumer, retail, chemicals, media, communications, and healthcare. One Equity Partners was formed in 2001 and spun out of JP Morgan Chase in 2015. One Equity Partners is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 122
Sector (Manufacturing) 1 of 15
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 26
Country (Germany) 2 of 8
Year (2005) 5 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-06-22 Sud-Chemie AG

Munich, Germany

Süd-Chemie is a specialty chemicals company headquartered in Munich, Germany and operating on a worldwide scale. Products manufactured by the Catalysts Division offer solutions for the chemical, petrochemical and refinery industries, for energy storage and hydrogen production, as well as off-gas purification. Key markets served by its Adsorbents Division include the consumer goods, packaging and foundry industries, as well water treatment.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-11-10 Russell-Stanley

Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States

Russell-Stanley is a manufacturer and marketer of steel and plastic industrial containers used primarily for the transportation of specialty chemicals, food products and other liquids. Russell-Stanley is based in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

Buy $96M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Morgan Advanced Materials

Windsor, United Kingdom

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Category Company
Founded 1856
Sector Consumer Products
Employees7,800
Revenue 1.1B GBP (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Morgan Advanced Materials is a world leader in advanced materials and is committed to building a sustainable competitive advantage in attractive markets with truly differentiated products and services underpinned by world-leading technology. We supply innovative products which enable our customers’ products and processes to perform more efficiently, more reliably and for longer. Morgan Advanced Materials was founded in 1856 and is based in Windsor, the United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 7
Sector (Manufacturing) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 5 of 7
Country (Germany) 1 of 1
Year (2005) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-06-15 Morgan Advanced Materials - Auto & Consumer Global Business

United Kingdom

Morgan Advanced Materials - Auto & Consumer Global Business manufactures a wide range of carbon brushes, commutators and energy conversion systems for consumer, automotive, and industrial applications.

Sell £33M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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United Kingdom

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Buy $21M
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