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Accession Capital Partners Acquires Akomex

On February 4, 2020, mezzanine finance firm Accession Capital Partners acquired packaging company Akomex from Highlander Partners and 3TS Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Accession Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is Accession Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Poland.
Investment Fate
  • Akomex was sold to management in 2023.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-02-04
Target Akomex
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) Accession Capital Partners
Sellers(s) Highlander Partners
3TS Capital Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Akomex

Starogard Gdański, Poland
Akomex Group is a manufacturer of cardboard packaging in Poland. Akomex makes high-quality solid cardboard packaging, leaflets, labels, as well as trays and laminated sheets for the pharmaceutical, food, electronics and technology, personal care, and home appliances sectors. Akomex offers multiple options of product finishing such as hot-stamping, embossing (including Braille application), oil, dispersion, and UV varnishing. Akomex specializes in various methods for packaging protection against counterfeitings, such as holograms application, microprint, twin effect and more. Akomex was founded in 1993 and is based in Starogard Gdański, Poland.

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Buyer

Accession Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Mezzanine Finance Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 840M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Accession Capital Partners (ACP) is an investment firm that typically provides junior capital alongside financial sponsors when pursuing acquisitions or growth investments. The Firm typically seeks to invest in mid-sized companies throughout Central Europe. ACP was established in 2000 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 10
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: Poland M&A 1 of 4
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-01 Optimapharm

Zagreb, Croatia

Optimapharm is a clinical research organization. Optimapharm was founded in 2005 and is based in Zagreb, Croatia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-05-12 Optimapharm

Zagreb, Croatia

Optimapharm is a clinical research organization. Optimapharm was founded in 2005 and is based in Zagreb, Croatia.

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Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Highlander Partners

Dallas, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Highlander Partners LP is a private equity firm focuses on making both direct private equity and mezzanine investments in companies located in US and Europe. The firm seeks to target to invest in small and mid-size private companies with strong management teams, fundamentally strong operations and positive cash flows. HP looks to invest $10 to $50 million as an equity and $10 to $25 million in mezzanine financing in companies with revenues of $10 to $500 million and enterprise value up to $100 million. Specific areas of interest include manufacturing, food, healthcare products and services, and healthcare IT, retail and building materials. Types of transaction include buyouts, growth capital, divestitures, consolidation and recapitalization. Highlander Partners LP was formed in 2004 and is based in Dallas, Texas with additional office in Warszawa, Poland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 31
Sector: Packaging M&A 2 of 2
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 4 of 5
Country: Poland M&A 4 of 5
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-09 Popular Ink

McKinney, Texas, United States

Popular Ink LLC is a provider of custom printed flexible packaging for the consumer products market throughout the United States. Product capabilities include stick packs, single-serve liquid/gel packets and pouches, and single-serve dry powder packets. Popular Ink LLC is based in McKinney, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-19 SanoVita

Ramnicu Valcea, Romania

SanoVita provides snacks, cereals, rice cakes, tofu, mueslis, and nut and seed mixes. SanoVita was founded in 1995 and is based in Râmnicu Valcea, Romania.

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SELLER

3TS Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 400M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

3TS Capital Partners is a private equity firm that targets buyout and expansion capital investments in Central and Northern Europe. 3TS primarily targets growth tech businesses operating in the communications, internet, media, and technology-enabled services sectors. 3TS typically holds investments for three to five years. 3TS Capital Partners was formed in 1999 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 23
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 4 of 6
Country: Poland M&A 5 of 8
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-25 Entelo

San Francisco, California, United States

Entelo engages in recruiting automation, applying predictive analytics and AI to help find, qualify, and engage with the best talent for the organization. From eliminating unconscious bias within the sourcing process to offering a completely automated sourcing and outreach mode, Entelo goes above and beyond the typical search functionality of a sourcing platform. Entelowas founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-03 Clickad Interactive

Warszawa, Poland

Clickad Interactive is a Polish Internet advertising media company that provides media agencies, advertisers, and media owners with innovative online advertising and digital media solutions and services. Clickad Interactive was founded in 2000 and is based in Warszawa, Poland.

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