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OptiGroup Acquires Vatus Medical AB

On November 19, 2009, OptiGroup acquired distribution company Vatus Medical AB from Altor Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is OptiGroup’s 1st transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is OptiGroup’s 1st transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-11-19
Target Vatus Medical AB
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) OptiGroup
Sellers(s) Altor Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Vatus Medical AB

Solna, Sweden
Vatus focuses on direct sourcing of medical supplies from the Far East, to enable lower cost for the end customers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

OptiGroup

Molndal, Sweden
Category Company
Founded 1936
Sector Distribution
Employees1,588
Revenue 1.0B EUR (2019)
DESCRIPTION

OptiGroup is a distribution group offering customised supply solutions to B2B customers. OptiGroup companies specialise in providing customers, primarily within cleaning & facility management, hotel & restaurant, healthcare, manufacturing industries and the graphical sector, with products and services that streamline operations and promote a more successful business. OptiGroup was founded in 1936 and is based in Molndal, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 24
Sector (Distribution) 1 of 14
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 22
Country (Sweden) 1 of 9
Year (2009) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-06 Städcentralen Träffpunkten AB

Gothenburg, Sweden

Städcentralen Träffpunkten AB is a full service retailer within professional cleaning and a strong local presence in the greater Göteborg area.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Altor Equity Partners

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 8.3B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Altor Equity Partners is a private equity firm that looks to principally invest in medium-sized Nordic based companies across a broad range of industries. Altor typically seeks control positions when investing. Prospective companies generally have revenues of €50 to €500 million. Broad areas of interest include healthcare services, electronics, technology, financial services, business services, niche manufacturing, capital equipment, software, marine, consumer products, and communications. Altor Equity Partners was formed in 2003 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 53
Sector (Distribution) 1 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 25
Country (Sweden) 3 of 20
Year (2009) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-12 PaloDEx Group Oy

Tuusula, Finland

PaloDEx is a leading manufacturer of analogue and digital dental imaging equipment, both for extra-oral (?panoramic?) and intra-oral (?single tooth?) applications. It also produces computed radiography ?CR? systems for indirect digital image capture and supplies image management software. The company has approximately 360 employees and is headquartered in Tuusula, Finland

Sell €276M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-08 Apotek Hjärtat AB

Solna, Sweden

Apotek Hjärtat is an operator of independent pharmacy retail chain in Sweden.

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