M&A Deal Summary

Sun Capital Partners Acquires Kobusch-Sengewald

On January 3, 2012, private equity firm Sun Capital Partners acquired packaging company Kobusch-Sengewald from Pregis

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sun Capital Partners’ 8th transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is Sun Capital Partners’ 5th transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • Kobusch-Sengewald merged with another company in 2013.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-01-03
Target Kobusch-Sengewald
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) Sun Capital Partners
Sellers(s) Pregis
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Kobusch-Sengewald

Warburg, Germany
Kobusch-Sengewald is a provider of high value, bespoke, plastic-based flexible and rigid packaging solutions to the food, chemical, hygiene product and medical sectors. The business benefits from its unique technical capabilities, custom-made product offering, and geographical presence providing a “one-stop-shop” of tailored solutions to customers across multiple jurisdictions. Kobusch-Sengewald, based in Warburg/Westfalen, employs over 1,100 employees across six sites located in Germany, Egypt and the United Kingdom. The Company’s range of manufactured products includes flexible films, rigid packaging, ready-made bags, pouches and sleeves.

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Buyer

Sun Capital Partners

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 13.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Sun Capital's corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.
Sun Capital's corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.

Sun Capital Partners is a large private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts, equity, debt, and other control investments in North America, Asia, and Europe. Sun looks for businesses that can benefit from the Firm's operating experience including underperformers, turnarounds, and special situations. Target companies typically have $50 million to $1 billion in revenue with strong market positions. Sectors of interest include paper and packaging, food and beverages, metals and mining, automotive after-market parts, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, media and communications, building products, telecommunications, technology, retailing and catalogs, restaurants, manufacturing and industrial. Sun Capital was formed in 1995 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 102 of 172
Sector: Packaging M&A 8 of 10
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 14 of 24
Country: Germany M&A 5 of 6
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-12-20 American Golf

Westbrook, United Kingdom

American Golf is a specialist golf retailer in the UK and Europe. It sells a comprehensive range of golf clubs, equipment, shoes and clothing and employs PGA professionals and Master Fitters who provide custom fitting services and specialist in-store advice. American Golf was founded in 1970 and is based in Westbrook, United Kingdom.

Buy £80M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Del Monte Canada, Inc. is a provider of canned fruits, refrigerated fruits, and canned tomatoes and vegetables in Canada.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Pregis

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Sector Packaging
DESCRIPTION

Pregis is a global provider of innovative protective packaging materials and systems. Pregis design, develop and deliver packaging solutions for a wide variety of consumer and industrial market segments. Pregis serves a wide variety of consumer and industrial market segments including food, pharmaceutical, healthcare, medical devices, agricultural, e-commerce, retail, automotive, transportation, furniture, electronics, building, construction, and military/aerospace. Pregis is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Ermelo, Netherlands

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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