M&A Deal Summary

Ahlstrom Capital Acquires Enics

On April 6, 2004, family office Ahlstrom Capital acquired electronics company Enics

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ahlstrom Capital’s 1st transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Ahlstrom Capital’s 1st transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-04-06
Target Enics
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Ahlstrom Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Enics

Zurich, Switzerland
Enics is an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) companies in the industrial and medical electronics field and provides end-to-end solutions consisting of design-support, NPI, manufacturing, supply chain management and after-sales services for the whole lifecycle of its customers’ products. Enics was founded in 2004 and is based in Zürich, Switzerland.

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Buyer

Ahlstrom Capital

Helsinki, Finland

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Family Office
Founded 2001
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Ahlstrom's main office in downtown Helsinki.
Ahlstrom's main office in downtown Helsinki.

Ahlström Capital is a family-owned, Nordic private equity firm that looks to invest in middle-market industrial companies as well as real estate. Within its industrial practice, Ahlstrom targets companies generating €100 to €500 million of annual revenue. Specific areas of interest include businesses providing innovative and advanced fiber-based materials, as well as industrial technology and related services. Within real estate, the Firm looks to acquire buildings and forest land. Ahlstrom Capital was formed in 2001 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 22
Sector (Electronics) 1 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 3 of 15
Country (Switzerland) 1 of 1
Year (2004) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-12-19 Paul Lippke Handels-

Neuwied, Germany

LIPPKE HANDELS-GMBH have been distributing innovative test systems to the packaging, pharmaceutical and food industry for more than 30 years. To help our customers to improve their products we are dedicated to providing innovative high-quality products, first-class application consulting and excellent technical support. We consider the MOCON Permeation Measurement Systems for oxygen, water vapor and CO2 and our LIPPKE® Package Test Systems as our key products.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-10-05 ZAO Akerlund & Rausing Kuban

Timashevsk, Russia

ZAO Akerlund & Rausing Kuban is a supplier of flexible packaging materials for the food industry in Russia. The company had annual sales of approximately 13 MEUR in 2003, with several western companies as customers, including Nestlé and Philip Morris.

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