1. Home >
  2. M&A >
  3. Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) >
  4. Russia >
  5. Ahlstrom Capital Acquires ZAO Akerlund & Rausing Kuban

M&A Deal Summary

Ahlstrom Capital Acquires ZAO Akerlund & Rausing Kuban

On October 5, 2004, family office Ahlstrom Capital acquired packaging company ZAO Akerlund & Rausing Kuban

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ahlstrom Capital’s 1st transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is Ahlstrom Capital’s 1st transaction in Russia.
Investment Fate
  • ZAO Akerlund & Rausing Kuban was sold to a strategic buyer in 2006.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-10-05
Target ZAO Akerlund & Rausing Kuban
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) Ahlstrom Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

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.

Search 206,530 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try For Free 7-Day Free Trial

Buyer(S) 1

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 5 of 22
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 4 of 15
Country: Russia M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2004 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-04-06 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.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-01 Wessen Group

Moscow, Russia

Wessen was founded in 1966, under the name of Potencial, the company adopted the Wessen brand in 2002 and employs about 1,800 people at its production facility in Kozmodemiansk and 7 sales agencies in Russia. The group sells through more than 3,000 distributor outlets or retailer outlets in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

Buy -
Mergr

Product

Company

Legal